Position Title: Senior Cross-platform Mobile Developer

Status of Employment: Permanent

Position Language Requirement: English

Language Skills: English (Reading), English (Speaking), English (Writing)

Work at CBC/Radio-Canada At CBC/Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance.

Do you think you have the ability and drive to keep up with this exciting, ever-changing industry? Whether it be in front of the camera, on air, online or behind the scenes, you would be joining a team that thrives on making connections and telling stories that are important to Canadians.

Unposting Date: 2026-02-20 11:59 PM

Working at CBC: At the CBC, we all have a story to tell. What’s yours? If you share our passion for Canadian storytelling and you wish to help us engage with individuals and communities across our various digital platforms, this is where you’ll want to be!

Every day, you will have an opportunity to shape the way in which Canadians see themselves reflected in our digital services. Your work will have a direct impact on how millions of Canadians from various communities connect with our products, with one another, and with the diverse voices that make our country so unique.

You will have the opportunity to play a part in enlightening and entertaining Canadians through our innovative work in building the mediums that deliver our content. We are an innovative hub, where the talented professionals we work with are respected and valued for their contributions. Our product teams are vibrant and our work culture strives to achieve the highest standards of diversity and inclusion. We believe that hiring people with different career paths and backgrounds is fundamental in our shared success and in building healthy and highly performant teams. When you join our mission, you are not only shaping the vision of the CBC, but the future of our country.

Why is this role important? The Android and iOS mobile News applications are two of CBC's flagship platforms, bringing our content to our Canadian audience wherever they are. Millions of Canadians use these applications every day. The impact of this role spans the country coast to coast. We are looking for an 18 month contract Senior Mobile Cross-platform Developer to help us continue and transform this work. We have been exploring how to combine native and cross-platform development within a new architecture. We have created a new App Platform team that will focus on this new approach and creating shared components and modules for both Android and iOS. You will support the establishment of our new development practices around this cross-team, cross-platform work.

Here’s why we should work together: Digital Strategy & Products' values - collaboration, learning, continuous improvement and inclusivity - reflect who we are as a people-centered, digital-first employer. Our managers work closely with staff to make the most of their strengths, and help them build new skills and grow in their careers. We aim to build a diverse and inclusive work culture. Hiring people with different backgrounds and experiences brings valuable insights to our work. This helps us create more innovative and inclusive experiences for our audience.

We want you to feel happy and comfortable at work. It is important to us that work is a safe space where employees can be their true selves.

Perks you can look forward to:

• Flexible work schedule, allowing you to prioritize yourself, your family and your work.
• Work from home opportunities.
• Competitive total rewards package.
• 20% of time for innovation and exploration.
• Opportunities for professional development through CBC's own course offering and a large library of Udemy courses
• Opportunities to become a member of our Employee Resource Groups.
• A creative and dynamic work environment, where your ideas and contributions can be heard, valued and respected.
• A supportive management team committed to upholding the highest standards of diversity and inclusivity.
• An iterative and experimental approach to development.

How you will make an impact:

• Supporting cross-platform development work
• Transitioning the applications to a new architecture
• Contributing to and supporting the technical requirements and system designs that guide the development of the News apps
• Ensuring code and functional quality by participating in pull request reviews and testing
• Supporting the breakdown and clarification of work led by Technical and Product Leads.
• Communication of issues that block work and engaging with Leads to ensure they are addressed.
• Identification and implementation of shared cross-platform modules.
• Improving and optimizing existing cross-platform work.
• Being part of the full development cycle, including quality engineering to ensure we release engaging and reliable apps.
• Working collaboratively with your team and other partner teams to align development practices and explore new directions for our mobile applications.

Qualifications:

• You have 3+ years of experience in mobile development with a solid grounding in iOS app development.
• You have 2+ years of experience using a cross-platform framework or technology
• You are have practical experience with Kotlin Multiplatform and familiarity with Compose Multiplatform
• You are able to build and integrate cross platform modules in both Android and iOS native applications.
• You use REST APIs and Graph Query Language (GQL/GraphQL) to communicate with backend services.
• You understand common architectural and design patterns such as MVVM, Clean Architecture and Chain of Responsibility.
• You have a demonstrated understanding of modularizing code.
• Run-time, code quality, maintainability and scalability are key factors when you consider solutions.
• You proactively seek out new approaches to development and identify opportunities to improve the codebases you work with.
• You have a growth mindset and are curious and practical in how you explore potential solutions
• Quality engineering is part of your development process and you are able to write unit tests, and perform manual testing.
• You are familiar with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) and how it improves the release process.
• You clearly communicate your technical choices and why you made them.
• You use the Agile Principles for software development.
• You take responsibility for the team's work and success, not just your individual goals.
• You are an advocate for diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in your workplace and understand the advantage this brings to your work.

To Apply: We value diversity of knowledge and experience. If you meet most of the qualifications and are excited by the possibility of adding to the culture of the CBC, apply now!

If you’re interested in reading more about the various backgrounds of the talented people that make up our teams, our exciting new projects, and what we’re currently working on, check out our Digital Labs blog on Medium!

Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

As part of our recruitment process, candidates who advance to the next

step will be asked to complete a background check. This includes:

• A mandatory Criminal record check.
• Other background checks may be conducted based on the operational requirements of the position.

CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country’s diversity. That’s because we can only create and tell the stories that connect Canadians, by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country. That’s why we, as an employer, value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canada’s public broadcaster. For more information, visit the Diversity and Inclusion section of our website. If you have accommodation needs at this stage of the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible by sending an e-mail to recruitment@cbc.ca.

You are invited to consult and familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct, which can be found on our corporate website. All employees must adhere to the Code as a condition of employment. We also invite you to take a look at our policy on conflicts of interest. In the event that you become an employee, it will be important to inform us, as quickly as possible, of any situation that, because of your hiring, constitutes or could appear to constitute a conflict of interest.

Primary Location: Broadcast Centre 205 Wellington St. W., Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3G7

Number of Openings: 1

Work Schedule: Full time