Junior Programmer and Digital Designer

Date Posted: 10/13/2026
Req ID: 50508
Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga
Department: UTM: Institute for Management & Innovation
Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)
Position Number: 00053415
Existing Vacancy: Yes

Description:
About us:

U of T Mississauga—the second largest campus of Canada’s top-ranked university and the only research university in Ontario’s booming Peel Region—is one of the world’s great catalysts of human potential.

Our employee community hums with the energy of 3,400 faculty, librarians and staff, who power our campus with curiosity, connection and care. We work together to spark life-changing research and innovation, make an indelible mark on the world by building equitable cities and societies, enable healthy lives, create a sustainable future and ignite entrepreneurship. Above all, we prioritize student success, and seek to give our 16,500 students the lift of a lifetime through learning and discovery. We love to open opportunities available nowhere else for our community to achieve their ambitions and make their unique contributions to Canada and the world.

This work all comes together on a spectacularly green campus, alongside the Missinihe-ziibi (Trusting Creek or Credit River), where we seek to honour truth, reciprocity and reconciliation on the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, Seneca and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. We’re thrilled to welcome those who want to learn more about us and to be part of what we do.

Your opportunity:

ICUBE is part of the Institute for Management & Innovation and is the home of Social Entrepreneurship and early-stage start-ups at the University of Toronto, providing expert support, resources and access to opportunities for entrepreneurial students and community members across all industries. ICUBE is looking for a creative Student Lead for the ICUBE Studio with a background in software development and experience working with start-up ventures. The ICUBE Studio intends to serve the prototyping and design needs of the ICUBE and other University of Toronto Entrepreneurship start-ups, while also providing UTM students with a professional work-integrated learning (WIL) experience while they are still enrolled in school. The successful candidate should have experience in project management and entrepreneurship, either by creating a new product or company or by having worked with a start-up venture.

Your responsibilities will include:

Analyzing user needs and business processes to create programming solutions

Providing detailed analysis and recommendations on the suitability of major new technology and software systems

Advising on best practices and strategies to maximize digital communication initiatives

Training staff and faculty on the use of digital technologies

Designing graphic elements for digital and online media

Building and maintaining websites

Troubleshooting issues uncovered by testing or user feedback

Conceptualizing, organizing and executing event activities

Essential Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree or acceptable combination of equivalent experience

Minimum three years related experience

Experience with software design and development in a test-driven environment

Experience with databases and object-relational mapping (ORM) frameworks (e.g. Hibernate)

Experience with Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign

Experience working with WordPress and Shopify templates

Experience with CRM software

Demonstrated experience developing and producing a variety of graphic design and communications materials.

Proficient in website development and maintenance, including knowledge of coding languages (e.g. C++, Java, JavaScript) and frameworks/systems (e.g. AngularJS, Git)

Strong project management knowledge and skills

Strong organizational skills, ability to multi-task and manage competing priorities

Excellent communication skills, strong analytical ability and keen attention to detail

Resourceful and a strong aptitude for troubleshooting

Demonstrated ability to learn and innovate

Demonstrated ability to work independently, as well as part of a team

Assets (Nonessential):

Experience with Agile development methodologies, an asset

To be successful in this role you will be:

Accountable

Communicator

Multi-tasker

Organized

Problem solver

Team player

Please note that one (1) position is available as a one-year term.
Closing Date: 10/21/2026, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW 
Appointment Type: Budget - Term 
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 09 -- $70,633 with an annual step progression to a maximum of $90,329. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol. 
Job Category: Information Technology (IT)
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Lived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.

Job descriptions are available upon request for internal applicants.