Software Developer (Property Tax)

REMOTE - Canada

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• About CentralSquare Technologies

  CentralSquare is a unique enterprise software company whose mission is to build safer, smarter, more connected communities. More than 8,000 public sector agencies trust CentralSquare solutions each and every day. We serve governments of all sizes, from small towns to major cities, to make delivering public services less costly and more efficient.

  Job Description

What We’re About

At CentralSquare, you’ll get the opportunity to work in a collaborative environment within a company that builds complex web-based enterprise applications for our Public Servants across North America.

Looking to grow your career? That’s great! We believe in growing and cultivating careers here. There is plenty of room for growth for motivated people.

Hard work should be rewarded. We are committed to providing competitive compensation with a great benefits package, including tuition reimbursement, parental leave, paid volunteer hours, and 3 weeks of PTO. Our flexible work environment also enables you to take advantage of an excellent work-life balance whether you are in office or working remotely.

The Role

This Software Developer works as part of a development team in the design and coding of our Property Tax Software (https://www.centralsquare.com/public-administration/property-tax) . They will manage all aspects of developing new applications, including developing specs, coordinating with other developers, and designing databases. This role will also be responsible for mentoring junior and new team members in both the code base and team processes.

Job Duties:

• Design, write, edit, modify, and debug computer programs

• Support their team in the delivery of work against the agreed upon definition of completion

• Prepare for, attend, and participate in all agile scrum meetings

• Communicate with and conduct software demonstrations for internal and external customers

• Research and present new ideas, technologies, and concepts to their team

• Use their excellent understanding of product framework and infrastructure to make recommendations for improvement

• Make suggestions for foundation object changes and develop new objects to include in foundation classes

• Proactively select Product Backlog Items and commit to a timely delivery

• Engage in code reviews

• Recognize refactoring opportunities and technical debt issues to bring to the Product Owner

• Develop test scripts, design test plans, and create testing tools and QA documentation

• Perform peer testing of functional changes

• Design and write unit tests that require minimal future maintenance

• Work closely with Support to effectively diagnose field escalated issues and identify appropriate resolutions

• Participate in creating coding standards, best practices documentation, and quality release notes

• Help team to define and adhere to processes around team agreements, schedule, and rules of engagement while holding them accountable to act on retrospective action items

• Become a source of technical knowledge (Subject Matter Expert) for other team members

• Performs all other duties as assigned

  Skills & Requirements

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or similar, or equivalent experience

• 5+ years of professional development experience, including working in an Agile/Scrum environment

• Expert knowledge of Scrum values, principles, and practices

• Deep understanding of software architecture, principles, and common design patterns

• Expert knowledge of Microsoft programming stack: C#, ASP.NET, .NET Core MVC, REST API, Entity Framework Core

• Comprehensive knowledge of the team’s database backend

• Expert knowledge in the analysis and design of tables, databases, and relationships using standard normalization rules

• Proficient in writing efficient SQL queries and analyzing them for performance optimization

• Proficient in writing unit tests for validations and calculations in functions/methods

• Comprehensive knowledge of unit test mocking and can apply mocking concepts to improve unit test quality and performance

• Self-starter who can work independently in a self-managed team environment

• Ability to lead and engage medium to large teams of cross department resources to work collaboratively in solving challenging software development problems

• Assist, support, and train junior and new team members

• Understand the value of effective communication and work as part of a team to promote communication within it

• Proven presentation and facilitation skills

Other Skills That Would be Valuable:

• HTML, Javascript, Vue.js

• Azure DevOps, Git, Visual Studio

• Docker, Kubernetes

One more thing: Extended skill sets are welcome and encouraged so don’t be afraid to send us your resume even if you are a bit uncertain.

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