POSITION – Back-End Developer

At Stride, we proudly partner with foundations and not-for-profit organizations to raise critical funds through professionally managed lottery programs. Our work helps generate millions of dollars annually in support of life-changing healthcare initiatives, groundbreaking research, and essential community services across Canada. By combining strategic insight, operational excellence, and a deep commitment to our clients’ missions, we help deliver high-impact results that make a real difference in the lives of Canadians.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Junior back-end developer is involved in maintaining and supporting core business systems and, analyzing, developing, testing, implementing and documenting changes to these systems that will contribute to the organization's ability to achieve its goals.

POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Responsible for the delivery of software solutions within a Scum Agile delivery methodology.
• Developing and maintaining interactive e-commerce web applications and backend systems, primarily using Microsoft .NET Core (7 & up), ASP.NET Core (7 & up), VUE/NUXT (2 and/or 3), Typescripts and CSS, operating within an Agile Sprint framework (Scrum)
• Responding to development and maintenance requests via a task tracking system (Jira), and participate in daily team scrum meetings
• Participating in peer code review and QA processes
• Contributing to quality assurance by improving maintainability and testability of existing codebase by developing additional automated test components
• Delivering reliable software releases as part of a whole team release process

• Maintaining an understanding of the latest applications and programming practices

• Staying up to date with industry developments and trends in back-end development

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor of Engineering degree or equivalent
• 3+ years’ experience using the following skills:
  • ASP.NET Core (7 or 8) (Programming language C#)
  • Moder Web technologies (VUE, TypeScript, Node, HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript. jQuery highly regarded)
  • Relational databases (MySQL)
  • Source Version (GitHub)
  • Authentication (Firebase, AUTH0)
• Able to work in a self-directed fashion while also contributing to team goals and harmony
• Strong desire to learn new technologies/methodologies
• Good interpersonal communication skills
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills

Desirable

• Previous experience in a Cloud Computing (Azure)
• Exposure to Scrum Agile workflows, Automated testing, Code review