Senior Software Developer- PySpark

7 days ago

Toronto, Ontario, Canada CGI Njoyn Full time

We are an organization comprised of industry thought leaders who are passionate about health data and want to make a difference in the health care field. We are an independent, not-for-profit organization and together with our partners we provide essential information on Canada's health systems, enabling decisions that lead to healthier Canadians. As a valued member of the CIHI team, you and your work will have a pivotal role in the evolution of Canada's health care systems.

CIHI is recognized as an exceptional place to work that embraces diversity, respect, integrity, collaboration and innovation. Learn about our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and the work being done to create a more inclusive and welcoming organization by focusing on how we learn, govern and practise.

At CIHI, we recognize what matters to our employees. Some of the benefits of working at CIHI include

  • Retirement Planning Program
  • Generous vacation days for permanent and long-term contracts
  • Work-life balance
  • Learning and Professional Development Program
  • Flexible benefits program from your first day on the job for permanent and long-term contracts
Why is this role important?

The Senior Developer works on defining system solutions to acquire and share data and develop information and analyses to CIHI's clients and stakeholders. The Senior Developer operates, maintains and develops system solutions in current technologies as well as supporting and enabling initiatives on new platforms, technologies and services

What you'll bring to the table

1. Develops information systems, which may include the full range of requirements and feasibility analysis, design, coding, testing, quality assurance, implementation and documentation, as well as day-to-day application operation and end-user support, as part of a technical team.
2. Develops business processes knowledge and maintain ongoing contact, to ensure satisfaction by meeting business partner needs through information systems development, enhancements and integrations.
3. Executes the operational tasks related to incident troubleshooting and correction and scheduled product releases and works on optimizing and automating these tasks to reduce operational effort, on a rotation basis.
4. Works closely with CIHI analytical teams to develop, maintain and support products using Python and/or R and Spark programming languages.
5. Provides support and guidance on creating top-quality clean code and participates in code review.
6. Triages CIHI analysts' issues to proper administrators if required.
7. Prepares documentation, reports, and presentations related to projects and activities.
8. Shares knowledge and expertise across the organization; Provides learning opportunities and knowledge sharing to CIHI staff related to advanced analytics, machine learning methods and data visualization.
9. Analyses software deficiencies/problems and change requests, implements the changes within the production systems and may be required to oversee and ensure timely implementation of the changes for the technical team.
10. Develops, modifies and executes test plans, using automation to improve testing coverage and reduce effort.
11. Ensures the correct testing and sign-off procedures as part of CIHI's quality assurance review.
12. Ensures the promotion and implementation of applications in accordance with departmental change management processes.
13. Participates in the planning, development, and delivery of end user training.

Basic Qualifications


• A degree in Informatics, Data Science, Computing Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Biostatistics or a related field (or equivalent experience).

• 3 + years of hands-on programming skills, able to write modular, maintainable code, preferably Python & SQL. Good understanding of SQL, dimensional modelling, and analytical big data warehouses

• 3 + years of coding experience in Spark data frames, Spark SQL, PySpark.

• Advanced experience with Python and Spark programming languages to manipulate data and draw insights from large datasets. Working experience with SAS or R is an asset.

• Working knowledge of Visual Studio, Jupyter notebook, and Git(any one of them to create pyspark code)

• Understanding of good software engineering practices (e.g., code optimizations, version control, etc)

• Experience with AWS services such as S3, Lambda, IAM, Airflow, Glue, EMR or any similar cluster.

• Familiarity with AWS Lake Formation and Redshift is an asset.

• Experience designing and building analytical solutions to solve problems, with effective self-direction. Demonstrated ability to technically support Analysts with coding.

• Familiarity with high performance computing is an asset.

• Strong problem-solving skills, with an emphasis on product and service development for business decisions.

• Some experience with running presentations or training sessions is an asset.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills presentation skills,

• Understanding of Canada's healthcare system is an asset.

To find out more about this role and other exciting opportunities visit our website at and check out our 'Careers' section.

We thank all those who apply, however, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

At CIHI we are committed to fostering an inclusive, barrier-free and accessible environment. Part of this commitment includes arranging accommodations to ensure an equitable opportunity to participate in the recruitment and selection process. If you require an accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs.

Please note the CIHI Recruiting Team uses email to communicate with applicants. Please make sure your profile has an updated email address that is checked regularly, including the junk/spam mail folder, as we send time sensitive emails (i.e. testing and interview bookings).

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