Applications Development Specialist

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Position Snapshot Business area : Nestlé Canada Location: North York, ON located at 25 Sheppard Ave W, North York, ON M2N 6S8 (Hybrid)

A little bit about us While Nestlé is known for KitKat, Gerber, Nescafe, and Haagen-Dazs, our recipe for success comes down to one thing: our people.

We strive to lead a people-focused culture that empowers employees to bring their authentic selves to work each day. There are 3,000+ members of Nestlé Canada celebrated for taking action using agility, courage, and trust to find solutions that benefit the business or greater good. We're a team of changemakers, who are curious and challenge the status quo, that take risks that will help drive us forward.

Our focus is not only on nourishing our customers, but also about enriching you. We know that empowerment leads to strong employee engagement, a great work culture, and motivated employees.

What to Expect: The Applications Development role involves managing and performing IT software development initiatives and projects. This includes activities such as application design, development, testing, deployment, and sustainment of software and web applications. The role requires adherence to organizational standards, procedures, ways of working, and guidelines. As a full-stack software and web developer, the individual will support the product lifecycle and deliver through a DevOps/agile approach. They will interpret business requirements, define technical tasks, engineer quality software, and provide support and troubleshooting for technical questions, software and database management, and cloud platform management throughout the product lifecycle.

A day in the life: Reporting to the Manager of Enterprise Automation and Citizen Development, the Applications Development Specialist will be responsible for managing and performing various tasks related to IT software development. The individual will design and develop software and web applications, ensuring adherence to organizational standards. They will also be responsible for:

Operational Effectiveness and Efficiency

• Designs and reviews user interfaces, database design, and data models within design constraints.
• Conducts quality assurance, approves developed code, and executes end-to-end system and program tests.
• Ensures adherence to continual delivery/continual integration standards, release methodology, and technical change management procedures. Additionally, creates user and technical documentation, improves development efficiency, and participates in Communities of Practice.

Risk Management

• Reviews input into risk analysis and development plans in order to consider the impact of design decisions
• Manages risks related to application development and implementation
• Responsible for ensuring code complies to Industry and Nestle security Standards to deliver Security, Compliance & Privacy by design.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Collaborates with colleagues from different disciplines in a cross-functional team to deliver against iteration targets

Role Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a field requiring strong analytical and quantitative skills, such as Computer Science or equivalent.
• 5+ years of full-stack software development experience including ideally 2-3 in DevOps/agile teams
• Proficiency in C# .NET, SQL, HTML, JSON, CSS, JavaScript, and Python, along with the ability to independently manage and support Azure cloud software hosting environment (web servers, containers, VMs, database servers, etc.).
• Broad experience in translating business and functional requirements into technical specifications and developing the code to create the solutions

Preferred Skills

• Experience with automated deployment, continuous integration, testing and release tools
• Experience with cloud platforms and virtual environments (e.g. Azure, AWS, etc.)
• Experience with effective communication at different levels in the organization and in English

Benefits

• Comprehensive total rewards benefits package including Health and Dental benefits that start on day one of employment.
• Company matched pension plan.
• Three weeks of vacation and five personal days (Personal Paid Holidays)
• Flexible and hybrid work arrangements
• Excellent training and development programs as well as opportunities to grow within the company.
• Access to Educational Assistance & Tuition Reimbursement
• Gender affirmation benefits to ensure access to necessary care, resources, and coverage for gender-affirming procedures
• Fertility Services and Surrogacy Medical Coverage to support the pursuit of a path to parenthood regardless of medical conditions, gender or sexual orientation.
• Adoption benefits to remove some of the financial barriers associated with adoption.
• Up to 50% off - Nespresso Coffee Machine, Capsules and accessories
• Access to the Discount Company store with Nestlé, Nespresso, and Purina products (Located across various Nestle offices/sites)
• Additional discounts on a variety of products and services offered by our preferred vendors and partnerships

What you need to know We will be considering applicants as they apply, so please don't delay in submitting your application. Nestlé Canada is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. We welcome qualified applicants to bring their diverse and unique experiences as a result of their education, perspectives, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran's status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.

If you are selected to participate in the recruitment process, please inform Human Resources of any accommodations you may require. Nestlé will work with you in an effort to ensure that you are able to fully participate in the process.

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