Senior Application Developer - 2 Month Contract

About Compugen Compugen is Canada's largest privately-owned Technology Ally. To innovate industries, transform businesses, connect communities, and drive meaningful change, we must think bigger, reach broader, and act bolder. Through knowledge, curiosity, and collaboration, Compugen helps organizations delivering experience by design. This is what it means to be human-centered and technology-enabled.

Dreaming, designing, and delivering isn't just a mantra for us — it's a way of life. We believe that technology is the conduit, but our people – they are the connection that truly makes the magic happen!

Our Culture We are a human-centered culture where we prioritize your well-being and are invested in helping you reach your fullest potential. We're not only focused on achieving our goals — we're dedicated to helping you achieve yours.

If you're relentlessly curious, driven to make a difference, and collaborative at the core, then you belong with us.

Position Overview:

We are seeking a Senior Application Developer to join a dynamic and collaborative team responsible for designing, developing, and supporting complex enterprise applications. This role focuses on building and enhancing large-scale, database-driven systems within a modern web development environment.

The successful candidate will play a key role in architecting, developing, and maintaining secure, scalable applications, while contributing to technical strategy, solution design, and project delivery. This position requires strong full-stack development expertise, leadership capabilities, and the ability to work across cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact technology solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, architect, and develop complex, enterprise-grade applications
• Analyze and recommend software architecture and technical solutions for complex IT challenges
• Develop, test, and maintain high-quality, scalable, and secure code
• Evaluate and enhance existing applications to improve performance, reliability, and maintainability
• Design and implement database solutions using MySQL and PostgreSQL
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs and integrations with internal and external systems
• Ensure applications meet security, compliance, and best practice standards
• Develop technical implementation plans, including timelines, milestones, and deliverables
• Lead and support IT projects, including planning, scheduling, and execution
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex application and system issues
• Participate in code reviews and ensure adherence to development standards
• Support application deployment, testing, and release management processes
• Contribute to cost estimation, feasibility analysis, and solution planning
• Maintain documentation for architecture, code, and system processes
  
  
  

Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
• Minimum 5 years of experience in application development and programming
• Strong expertise in PHP and Laravel, with solid understanding of MVC architecture
• Proficiency in front-end technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript (Vue.js or React preferred)
• Experience designing and managing relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL)
• Hands-on experience with version control systems such as Git
• Experience building and maintaining RESTful APIs and working with API integrations
• Strong understanding of application security best practices
• Experience writing unit tests and ensuring code quality (e.g., PHPUnit)
• Experience optimizing application performance and scalability
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, particularly Microsoft Azure (AWS/GCP considered an asset)
• Experience working in Agile or similar development environments
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment
  
  
  

Nice to have:

• Experience with Azure DevOps and/or ServiceNow
• Experience in large, complex enterprise environments (e.g., higher education or similar)
  
  
  

Equity Statement At Compugen, we are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. We actively recruit from all groups, including women, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities. We recognize the importance of removing barriers to participation and provide accommodation upon request to all applicants throughout the recruitment process. If you require an accommodation, our People & Culture representative will work with you to meet your needs in a confidential and respectful manner. We believe everyone deserves a seat at the table-and we are taking deliberate action to make this a reality.

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