Software Developer (Student Position)

Note: This is a student position starting in September 2023. We have positions available in Toronto, London, and Winnipeg.

Are you looking for a supportive, collaborative workplace with great teams and inspiring leaders? You’ve come to the right place. We’re looking for ambitious people who share our values and want to make every day better for people around the world. If this sounds like you, and the career below sounds exciting, we’d like to hear from you.

We are looking for Software Developers who are interested in working and enhancing their skills in one or more of Front End, Back End, and Full Stack disciplines.

What will you be doing?

• Join us in a fun, friendly, team-oriented virtual (work from home) environment, working closely with a coach/mentor
• Work on a variety of application systems that are used by the Group Customer organization within Canada Life; assist with software maintenance and make small enhancements to existing applications (design, development, testing and implementation of application changes)
• Conduct functional application testing of our end user applications to ensure compatibility with planned OS and MS Office upgrades.
• Learn how we use collaboration tools - work with our team to design and develop collaboration solutions to be used by IS team.
• Contribute learning from education experience to practical process improvement opportunities.

What will you be using?

You will be digging into several of the following, so experience in any of these areas is a huge plus:

• js, React, GraphQL, Node, Angular 2+, HTML, CSS3, Typescript and Modern JavaScript
• Java/Spring, JUNIT, C#/.Net/.Net Core, Python, Ruby
• Bash, PowerShell
• Web Services & APIs
• Oracle, MS SQL, MongoDB, DB2
• Git and branching strategies like GitFlow, Jenkins,
• VS Code, VB6, C++
• Some squad assignments may also involve data analysis using Python, DataBricks on Azure, and writing complex queries & stored procedures
• Kafka, Nifi

Nice to Have

• 
  Open source! Any experience with open source is very attractive to us!
• Containerization of applications into a cloud environment: AWS, Azure, Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF), Kubernetes
• Atlassian Jira & Confluence, Splunk
• Concourse/Fly, Docker, SonarQube, Artifactory, BlackDuck
• Configuration Management tools (Chef, Ansible, etc.)
• Administering and configuring web server technologies (Apache, WebLogic, nginx, etc.)

What do you bring to the table?

• Are in the process of completing relevant post secondary education within a Computer Science/Engineering discipline
• Are a team player, and have solid teamwork / collaboration skills
• Have strong analysis and problem-solving skills
• Are self motivated to learn new technologies and applications
• Have the ability to manage and report on the status of individual tasks
• Can communicate effectively, both oral and written
• Have experience working within a formally organized group or team (considered an asset)
• Have relevant work, school, and/or volunteering experience (considered an asset)

Did you know?

• Canada Life, and its subsidiaries (London Life and Great-West Life), are members of the Power Financial Corporation group of companies, which also includes sister companies Investors Group and Mackenzie Financial.
• The Information Services (I.S.) organizations of these five companies have combined to form one of the largest I.S. organizations in Canada. This division supports partners in Canada, the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, Ireland, Germany, and Hong Kong/Macau.