Applications Developer, Senior

Working Business Language : English. This role is considered a head-office role and will be required to communicate with internal and external stakeholders across Canada where the primary business language for this role is English. As such, the successful candidate must be fully proficient in English.

In addition to salary, full-time and part-time permanent employees are eligible for an annual bonus plan, leave of absence top-up programs and provided with generous vacation time, personal days, premium free benefits and pension plan.

The salary offered for this role is determined with consideration to various factors, including but not limited to: your work location, local labour market conditions, external market salary data, internal pay equity and the knowledge, skills, experience and anticipated proficiency in the role. At Wawanesa, we offer a hybrid work environment that offers flexibility to our employees in balancing in-office (2 days per week OR 15 hours per week in a Wawanesa office) and remote work. The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company (“Wawanesa Mutual”), founded in 1896, is one of Canada’s largest mutual insurers, with over $3.5 billion in annual revenue and assets of $10 billion (CAD). Wawanesa Mutual, with its National Headquarters in Winnipeg, is the parent company of Wawanesa Life, which provides life insurance products and services throughout Canada, and Western Financial Group, which distributes personal and business insurance across Canada. Wawanesa proudly serves more than 1.7 million members in Canada, and we are home to more than 3,300 employees distributed across the Canadian regions and communities where we operate. We give back to organizations that strengthen communities, donating more than $3.5 million annually to charitable organizations, including over $2 million annually in support of people on the front lines of climate change. Working under minimal supervision, this job contributes to Wawanesa success by maintaining, supporting and enhancing business systems and applications.

Design, develop, and test software.

Prepare technical specifications from requirements.

Participate in planning activities.

Mentor other Application Developers

Completion of Post-secondary degree or diploma in software development or equivalent experience.

Four years practical experience performing an application development role building software using current programming languages and working with relational database systems and structure query languages.

Strong planning and organizing skills, with the ability to develop and implement plans by prioritizing and multi-tasking.

Good leadership skills, with the ability to facilitate high team morale by encouraging and coaching team members.

Experience using software development tools, such as JIRA, Confluence, Source Code Management and TeamCity is considered an asset.

Experience with Policy Center is considered an asset.

Experience with Unix; Windows; Oracle; Microsoft SQL Server; Java is considered an asset.

Certifications in relevant technology or processes is considered an asset.

Knowledge and experience in Insurance industry is considered an asset.

Diversity Equity, Inclusion & Belonging

At Wawanesa, we are committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) and believe that our strength lies in the diversity of our people – this is supported by having a representative workforce.

We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, including racialized persons, women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, gender-diverse and neurodiverse individuals, and anyone who can contribute to the further diversification of thought and ideas.

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