Sr. Net Developer (Oakville)

Job Title

Senior .Net Developer

Engagement

Contract; 6 months. This role is also available on a Permanent, Full‑time basis.

Location

Oakville, ON

Reporting

Reports to Senior Director. Start Date: Immediate.

Job Overview

Our client is seeking a highly skilled, motivated and dynamic individual to join their Development team. This role includes an active role in software development at a senior level, with occasional supervision of a small team of developers. The successful candidate will work with an experienced entrepreneurial team and be given extensive responsibility in a fast paced, agile development environment, working with product specialists, software architects, mechanical and electrical engineers, and quality assurance analysts to help get a high technology product line scaled to enterprise‑level.

Platform

• Microsoft-oriented (.NET 3.5/4.0, C#, MSMQ, SQL Server, WCF), with a rapidly increasing mix of technologies (Linux, Java EE, Glassfish, Android) as the organization’s network expands into other medical devices and platform offerings.

Product Focus

The role will work with a product in a fast track to market, including mechanical handling, sensors, machine vision, VOIP, web portals, user interactions, inventory systems, and database reporting.

Software Design

Software must be designed and implemented to operate in a highly distributed, dependable, and secure networked environment.

System Focus

• Applications and middleware services that provide network functionality including stocking, inventory control, call centers, video infrastructure, workflow and other edge devices.

Required Expertise

Expertise in multiple areas, especially including build, continuous integration, and Scrum/Agile project management.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Work with a team of software developers including architectural direction, mentoring, task assignment and coordination.
• Participate in the preparation of project plans and tracking to that plan using Scrum.
• Analyze, architect, design, develop, and unit‑test software to prescribed technical and business requirements.
• Debug and provide second‑tier production support (first‑line support may be required in low‑scale scenarios).
• Design and support documentation.
• Research and prototype.
• Evaluate vendor products.

Requirements

• University degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited educational institution.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant and recent hands‑on work experience.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience leading a team of professional software engineers.
• Eligibility to work in Canada.
• Exposure to enterprise‑level software development, including security and scalability aspects.
• Solid understanding of Web Services, WS‑I standards, and SOA architectural patterns.
• Experience with .NET 3.5/4.0, C#, WCF.
• Experience with Java EE and Linux (nice to have but not mandatory).
• Solid understanding of relational databases and SQL.
• Effective English language verbal and written communications, with an ability to effectively convey information, concepts and ideas to others.
• Ability to work effectively inside a multi‑disciplinary team environment.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple work activities to completion while meeting or exceeding deadlines.
• Ability to navigate dynamic requirements and priorities.
• Strong organizational skills, dependability, pro‑active, self‑motivated, and goal‑oriented with attention to detail.
• Eligibility for security clearance (police employment check).

Assets (Nice to Have)

• Experience with Enterprise Service Bus architecture (Glassfish) and messaging (MSMQ, JMS) or equivalent.
• Experience with Team Foundation Server, Kiln (Mercurial), and Fog Bugz.
• Familiarity with Unified Communications and video conferencing protocols such as SIP.
• Familiarity with the pharmaceutical and health industries, including policy and regulatory requirements.