Principal Developer (Edmonton)

Position

Principal Developer, Applications Development

Position Type: Full-time, Permanent, Excluded

Location: Edmonton, Alberta

Classification: Pay Group V

Salary Range: $79,655.00 - $117,207.00

Responsibilities

• Motivate and inspire project team members, focus the team on tasks, provide leadership and coaching.
• Communicate work progress and provide direction to developer team members.
• Analyze business requirements, prepare recommendations, estimates and work plans.
• Contribute to and work within the Agile framework established at APS for software development.
• Identify and resolve deficiencies and functional defects.
• Eliminate manual, error-prone work through responsible automation while maintaining appropriate governance and accountability.
• Create & own comprehensive technical and procedural solutions that meet business needs, are maintainable, scalable, performant, secure, and fit within current architecture standards.
• Proactively design sustainable solutions that reduce technical debt and operational complexity while improving long‑term team capacity and delivery speed.
• Ensure designs are documented and reusable.
• Conduct unit testing, system testing and coordinate integration testing with other analysts.
• Participate in the development code review process, providing mentorship and guidance to junior developers and reducing dependency on individual expertise.
• Aid in process development, process creation and adherence to processes.
• Provide support for infrastructure, security, and information management requirements.

Qualifications

• University degree or diploma, with 8+ years of related technical experience.
• Proficiency at analyzing and troubleshooting enterprise-level systems and a willingness to learn unique technologies and systems.
• Ability to switch contexts quickly and competently.
• Cooperative approach to analyzing technical requirements and implementing optimized solutions to address client needs and system requirements.
• Excellent prioritization and time management for a busy work environment.
• Ability to respond effectively to changes in an applications maintenance, integration, and development environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively with staff with varying degrees of technical expertise, in clarifying and addressing program/system requirements.
• Ability to respond to pressure situations and meet deadlines.
• Advanced interpersonal communication and people skills.
• Extensive experience with Microsoft C# .NET, Entity Framework, LINQ, Angular or equivalent, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Visual Studio, and providing technical leadership for project/operational work.
• Experience with the following is considered an asset: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS); Azure AD, Microsoft Identity, Identity Server, and Microsoft Graph; Microsoft Dynamics CRM, integrating solutions.
• Industry experience with Financial Services, Pension Administration or Pension Services.

Benefits

• Community-minded workplace with a friendly team environment.
• Vacation starting at 15 days per year, 13 statutory holidays, personal days, plus office closure between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
• Competitive benefits package featuring extended health and dental benefits and a 100% employer-paid flexible spending account.
• In-house training programs, extensive career development and coaching program, access to external education opportunities and wellness programs.
• Discount programs through various partner agencies.