Employment Type: Full-time Regular
City: Canada (Remote Work)
Posting Open Date: 05/24/2023
Posting Close Date: 06/07/2023 (Please note the posting will close at
11:59pm MST)
Why WestJet:
Every WestJet journey has the potential to enrich lives; a career with us is no exception.
WestJet arrived on the Canadian airline scene in 1996 and changed the industry for the better. We made air travel more affordable for Canadians and now we're going global.
Join us and love where you’re going.
Remote Work:
This position is eligible for remote work, within Canada, under our mobile workforce program.
Overview of role:
WestJet is seeking a senior Software Developer reporting into our Information Technology team. This individual can demonstrate a high standard of excellence, enjoys challenges, and is results-driven. The incumbent must be highly motivated and demonstrate the ability to work in an agile environment.
The senior Software Developer is responsible for designing and developing code, verifies, tests, documents, amends, and refactors moderately complex programs/scripts and integration software services that meet user needs following best-practice guidelines. This role will collaborate closely with Data Engineering, DevOps, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and product engineering teams.
Key deliverables include:
- Develop clean, secure, and well-tested code with error handling
- Operate the services they build and identify issues in production
- Find ways to improve system robustness, resilience, and stability
- Works with business stakeholders to define and prepare functional and design specifications of new features/products
- Provides accurate estimates for development effort, complexity, and risk for WestJet software development projects
- Translate logical designs into physical designs.
- Produce detailed designs and document work using required standards, methods, and tools, including prototyping tools where appropriate.
- Contributes to selection of the software development approach for projects, selecting appropriately from predictive (plan-driven) approaches or adaptive (iterative/agile) approaches
- Participates and leads reviews of own work and reviews of colleagues' work
- Works with quality assurance partners to assess the impact of code changes, to ensure the validation of requirements and to provide timely troubleshooting and fixes to software defects
- Performs unit and component testing. Supports functional and non-functional unit testing
- Monitors service component capacity and initiates actions to resolve any shortfalls according to agreed procedures. Applies techniques to control the demand upon a particular resource or service. Contributes to capacity modelling and planning. Supports the design of service component capacity.
- Document system components, related interfaces and provide input into preparing release notes
- Work with operational partners to ensure the supportability of new features/products and to provide timely technical support and fixes to production applications
- Design systems characterized by medium levels of risk, impact, and business or technical complexity
- Coordinate building activities across systems undertakes and supports integration testing activities
Experience and Qualifications:
- Completed bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- 3-5 years of progressive experience with the ServiceNow platform including ITSM, ITAM, ITOM, SPM, Integrated Risk, HRSD, WSD, CSM and custom application development disciplines
- Strong knowledge of C#, and .NET.
- Experience with Microsoft Azure PaaS and SaaS solution development technologies including JavaScript and .NET is an asset
- JavaScript libraries such as VueJS, React, Angular and NodeJS
- Version control systems such as Subversion and Git
- Experience with Kafka an asset
- Object-oriented software design, design patterns, security awareness and development best practices
- Experience with Microsoft App Services Fabric and Microsoft Azure API Management platform technologies.
- Proficiency with workplace tools such as Office 365, MS Visio, MS Teams is required.
- Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code and DevOps methodologies is required.
- Requires expert problem-solving skills and interpersonal and communication skills
- Hands-on experience building and testing simple interfaces between systems or worked on more complex integration as part of a wider team
- Proficient in managing service components to ensure they meet business needs and performance targets
- Strong communication skills (both verbal and written), are essential in order to interact with vendors, support groups and business groups.
- Broad understanding of information security and the types of security controls that can be used to mitigate security threats within solutions and services
- Hands-on experience collaborating with others when necessary to review specifications and used these agreed specifications to design, code, test and document programs or scripts of medium to high complexity, using the right standards and tools
- Hands-on experience remediating faults following agreed procedures and can carry out agreed infrastructure
The benefits of being a WestJetter:
WestJet provides all WestJetters with a competitive total rewards package. On top of that, we offer:
- A fun and friendly culture with colleagues who work together to win
- Travel privileges for you and your family, effective from your start date
- Savings and Benefit programs that are flexible to meet your specific needs
Think we are a fit? Apply now!
About WestJet Group Of Companies
Together with WestJet's regional airline, WestJet Encore, we offer scheduled service to more than 100 destinations in North America, Central America, the Caribbean and Europe and to more than 175 destinations in over 20 countries through our airline partnerships.
Our Safety Promise
At WestJet, the safety and security of our people and our guests is a core value and at the heart of what we do. As safety and security is a shared responsibility, it is expected that you will use safe work practices to ensure your well-being and the safety of others.
WestJet recognizes that the use of Alcohol and Drugs can adversely impact a safe work environment and the well-being of others including guests, suppliers and the public, as well as place WestJet's operations at risk. All roles that are identified as safety sensitive are required to pass a Pre-Employment Alcohol and Drug Test as per WestJet's Alcohol and Drug Policy.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
We embrace what makes us each unique, and what makes us uniquely WestJet. WestJet is committed to inclusiveness, equity, and accessibility and if you require accommodation during the selection process, please let our Talent Acquisition team know. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply. We thank all applicants for their interest in WestJet; however, only those candidates who are selected will be contacted.
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