Developer II

Come make your difference in communities across Canada, where authenticity, trust and making connections is valued – as we shape the future of Canadian retail, together. Our unique position as one of the country's largest employers, coupled with our commitment to positively impact the lives of all Canadians, provides our colleagues a range of opportunities and experiences to help Canadians Live Life Well.

At Loblaw Companies Limited, we succeed through collaboration and commitment and set a high bar for ourselves and those around us. Whether you are just starting your career, re-entering the workforce, or looking for a new job, this is where you belong.

As a Developer II, you will be working along side junior and senior members in software development team of Retail Media Platform. You will be reporting to Software Engineering Manager, and you will be working on complex ad server logic to implement exciting new features with maintaining the quality of the code, adhering to latency and performance of APIs. You will be hands Developer who will develop, and design the backend system which will allow external advertisers to create, manage and report advertising campaigns. You should be comfortable working with multiple teams include FE developers, ML engineers, analytics team.

What You will do

• Cultivate a deep understanding of the portfolio of applications we use, along with their respective strengths and weaknesses, to provide solutions to existing and future challenges.
• Design of software components to enhance our portfolio.
• Construct design documents and documentation to aid in maintenance and code reuse.
• Work with the team to improve our software, our environment, and our process; based on your knowledge of industry trends, tools, and your own experiences.
• Provide guidance and direction to the development teams to tear down obstacles and keep initiatives on target and moving forward.
• Translate project goals and product roadmaps into organized technical tasks.
• Organize, prioritize, and manage multiple projects and multiple stakeholders simultaneously.
• Provide technical guidance and support in resolving critical issues.
• Offer your input and expertise to technical and non-technical audiences.

Does this Sound like you

• You are a developer and at least 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• You are opinionated about what it takes to produce great software, but remain receptive to other's ideas.
• You are committed to delivering code that works properly, and is thoroughly unit- and integration-tested.
• You care about ownership. You proactively seek out bugs and fix them. Occasionally, when bugs find you, you don't sweep them under the rug.
• You are experienced with software estimation, often confronted with complexity and uncertainty.
• You make decisions based on data. You are versed with tools to measure every aspect of the application.
• You have developed large applications in a team environment.
• You are not afraid of changes. Armed with excellent refactoring techniques, you work effectively with legacy code.
• You are a good communicator. You are able to present complicated solutions to non-technical audience in a simple and logical way.

Preferred Qualification

• Java, Kotlin, Spring Boot, Junit, Gradle, Go lang
• Swagger, Hoverfly
• Hibernate
• Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, GCP
• GitLab, GitLab CI, Sonarqube
• Looking into Apigee, Ambassador
• Experience building and maintaining RESTful APIs;
• Strong understanding of systems and microservices design;
• Strong understanding of security architecture;
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture in GCP or similar cloud architecture such as Azure/AWS.
• CI/CD experience (GitLab IC, Jenkins, Team City).

Our commitment to Sustainability and Social Impact is an essential part of the way we do business, and we focus our attention on areas where we can have the greatest impact. Our approach to sustainability and social impact is based on three pillars – Environment, Sourcing and Community – and we are constantly looking for ways to demonstrate leadership in these important areas. Our CORE Values – Care, Ownership, Respect and Excellence – guide all our decision-making and come to life through our Blue Culture. We offer our colleagues progressive careers, comprehensive training, flexibility, and other competitive benefits – these are some of the many reasons why we are one of Canada's Top Employers, Canada's Best Diversity Employers, Canada's Greenest Employers & Canada's Top Employers for Young People.

If you are unsure whether your experience matches every requirement above, we encourage you to apply anyway. We are looking for varied perspectives which include diverse experiences that we can add to our team.

We have a long-standing focus on diversity, equity and inclusion because we know it will make our company a better place to work and shop. We are committed to creating accessible environments for our colleagues, candidates and customers. Requests for accommodation due to a disability (which may be visible or invisible, temporary or permanent) can be made at any stage of application and employment. We encourage candidates to make their accommodation needs known so that we can provide equitable opportunities.

Please Note
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Candidates who are 18 years or older are required to complete a criminal background check. Details will be provided through the application process.