About the role

We’re looking for a Software Development Specialist to join our growing team! This is an exciting opportunity to revolutionize Intact Insurance's Commercial and Specialty Lines Auto policy management system. You will be a key player in modernizing the suite of tools used to manage CL Auto Quotes & Policies which will help to drive growth and profitability by delivering frictionless experiences for customers, brokers, and employees. If you are passionate about technology, business, problem-solving, and making a real impact, this is the place for you.

What you'll do here:

• Develop high quality software systems to meet users' needs by finding solutions, solving complex problems, coding, testing, debugging, and documenting systems.
• Ensure DevOps, Security, & SRE principles and practices are embedded into the team’s processes and ways of working.
• Ensure sound application architecture, following Enterprise Architecture principles, patterns, and standards.
• Guide, mentor, and coach the team members in various development and technical activities.
• End-to-end accountability to deliver high-quality solutions by collaborating closely with end-users and business partners to iterate throughout the SDLC flow.
• Provide deployment support for production systems to guarantee their functionality.
• Ensure systems are optimal and meet quality standards by analyzing, providing suggestions, and developing assessments.
• Demonstrate a strong Continuous Improvement mindset through actioning retrospectives and lessons learned on very frequent basis, contributing improvements in development as well as system maintenance processes.
• Apply the SDLC (System Development Life Cycle) development methodology to ensure standards are met.
• Be a guardian of code quality and secure coding by conducting thorough code reviews and holding developers to the highest standards.
• Continuously optimize application performance and ensure scalability and reliability.
• Create a collaborative environment through leading by example when interacting on a regular basis with colleagues across the country.
• Re-engineer various monolithic and/or legacy CL Auto systems and move to IFC’s distributed core services architecture.

What you bring to the table:

• Degree in Computer Engineering / Science or any combination of equivalent education and experience.
• 8-10 years of software design and development experience.
• A minimum of 2-3 years of JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular 2+, HTML, CSS and AJAX experience is required.
• Excellent knowledge of and experience with Service Oriented Architecture, Microservices Architecture, Event Driven Architecture, Domain Driven Design, and Distributed Systems in general.
• Experience and deep understanding of best practices in secure coding and application security.
• Deep understanding of and experience with Object-Oriented design and development, as well as a solid understanding of UX design principles.
• Significant software development experience as both a front-end and back-end developer, including database design and development, Angular/React, Node.js, Java, Hibernate, Python, XML, Json, REST.
• Solid understanding and experience with API design, implementation, and lifecycle, as well as OpenAPI/Swagger specification.
• Strong understanding of and experience with: Kubernetes (K8N), OpenShift platforms, AWS or GCP, Dynatrace, ELK, Git, CI/CD pipelines, Jenkins, SonarQube, SAST/DAST tools, Kafka, MQ, NoSQL (Mongo/Elasticsearch).
• Solid understanding of Prompt Engineering and how to maximise the effectiveness of AI code assistants or agents.
• Strong analytical mind, curious by nature, love to solve complex problems, attention to detail, and are passionate about providing the best experience possible to your users.
• For candidates located in Quebec, bilingualism is required considering the necessity to interact on a regular basis with English-speaking colleagues across the country.
• No Canadian work experience required however must be eligible to work in Canada.