Junior Systems Developer - Temporary Up to 18 Months Job Details

Date: Feb 12, 2025

Location:

Pickering, ON, CA

Type of Position: Temporary

Type of Position:

Number of Positions: TBD

Salary Min: $64,177.00

Salary Max:

Description:

Do you want to be part of a team helping to strengthen every community across Ontario? Are you interested in seeing the importance of your work firsthand? Do you have a passion for big data and cloud computing – and know the benefit of using data to improve business practices?

Become a Junior Systems Developer - Temporary Up to 18 Months with MPAC

The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) is made up of a team of experts who understand local communities and assess every property in Ontario. What we do provides the very foundation that municipalities use to base the property taxes needed to pay for the services we use every day.

Our Information Technology team works closely with each department across the business to design, build and deliver innovative solutions that help make MPAC an international leader in the property assessment industry. The way we think about technology is different, and our teams are proud to share their knowledge and contribute to meaningful, technology-enabled success stories that enhance operational intelligence and customer service delivery. We tackle complex problems collaboratively in an agile environment, and are committed to ensuring MPAC technology is consistently available, scalable, performance-based and secure. We’re a group of forward-thinking and talented professionals who stay ahead of the game by using open source technology, cutting-edge cloud computing, advanced analytics and predictive and machine learning models. Learn more at mpacspark.ca

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism

MPAC is committed to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism. We take important steps towards ensuring that all voices are respected, valued and being heard. MPAC is dedicated to fostering an environment where employees can bring their full, unique and authentic selves and are inspired to do their best work.

Job Description

What makes you great for this role?
You are a collaborative, team-player who can assist the Information Technology branch by providing operational and technical support of new and enhanced systems, sub systems and services for a range of IT solutions.

We have:

A team of highly skilled, dedicated and collaborative staff
Leadership that supports you
An enterprise that embraces change
A work environment that has flexible work locations (including remote), hours of work and overall employee wellness support

You have:

Recent graduate within the last year or enrolled in a Computer Science program or related field in IT with a focus on Programming and Systems Development
Knowledge of computer science, data structure, design frameworks, programming languages
The ability to write well documented and quality code, with the use of source version control
Front-end web development experience with Angular or ReactJS, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML and CSS
Ability to build dynamic single page applications
Open communication – an ability to clearly convey thoughts, both written and verbally and proactive in asking questions to seek clarification and understanding
Self-motivation, ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment and work with minimal supervision
A strong passion for technology by keeping up-to-date with trends and upcoming technological advancements

Nice to have:

An understanding of agile methodology
Preference for those with interest or back-end experience with developing RESTful API, Python, Java, Springboot, Drools, Flowable, AWS Lambda, AWS S3, AWS SQS
Preference for those with interest or experience in database development with Postgres, SQL, ACS DynamoDB, or Apache Spark
Preference for those with interest or experience with geospatial concepts, including using Google Maps and Mapbox
Preference for those with interest or experience using cloud services, particularly serverless technology with AWS and/or Azure
Preference for those with interest or experience in Quality Assurance concepts and test automation using Playwright or similar tools
Preference for those with interests in AI concepts including Machine Learning

What you will do:

Support staff within the Information Services department, by documenting simple business problems in draft and reviewing existing code, and related programs and/or process
Assist with systems analysis on the impact of proposed maintenance or feature enhancements requests
Assist with User Interface coding and debugging based on given technical requirements
In collaboration with IT staff, write high quality, well documented and tested code, based on inputs and direction from the Manager, Information Technology
Assist with the creation of simple prototypes and proof-of-concept efforts including mock demos, ensuring that quality attributes (performance, scalability, extensibility) are met
Participate and assist, when required, in the review of detailed designs to ensure that they meet functional and nonfunctional requirements and comply with architectural standards

Additional Information:

Requisition ID: 2370
Job Type: Union
Closing Date: February 26, 2025

Ready to apply?

Please note, only applications submitted through the Applicant Tracking System will be accepted.

Successful candidates will be required to undergo a background verification with Mintz Global Screening. By applying to this job posting, you are providing your consent to MPAC to share your name, email address and phone number with Mintz, to conduct the criminal and driver abstract check and for Mintz to disclose the results to MPAC, should you be the successful incumbent.

MPAC is committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment where all employees and members of the public feel valued, respected and supported. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflect the diversity of the public and communities we serve.

Persons with disability who need accommodation in the application process or those needing job postings in an alternative format may email their request to careers@mpac.ca.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Please note that MPAC prohibits employees from holding a current/valid real estate license and successful applicants must at least suspend their real estate licenses during their period of employment at MPAC as outlined in our Employee Code of Conduct.

Job advertisements for positions that have been designated bilingual will be posted in both English and French on our website. Positions that are not designated bilingual are not translated and are only posted in English on the English version of our website.

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