Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer – Central Systems
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About OCS
The Ontario Cannabis Store provides safe, responsible access to recreational cannabis for adults 19 and older. We operate the sole legal online store for recreational cannabis in Ontario and are the provincial wholesaler of cannabis for private retail stores.

Working at the OCS is a unique opportunity to be part of an agile start‑up in a ground‑breaking new industry. We’re a diverse team passionate about delivering a great customer experience, working together with mutual respect and building value out of our differences. We’re an inclusive organization that understands that delivering great results comes out of ensuring every voice is heard.

About the Role
We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer – Central Systems to join our team! The Software Engineer is a senior member of the IT Development team, responsible for development of individual projects / applications within our Central Systems area. They are highly proficient in specific applications / technology, and competent in identifying emerging technologies that may benefit this domain. They are also skilled in collaborating with other Software Engineers to problem‑solve technical issues.

They foster relationships with Architects, S&T team, and business leads in the OCS to understand the project design and deliver on all technology requirements. They execute development plans according to solution design plans, and work with the QA team to ensure no defects in promoted code. They work with the QA and Dev Ops team in transition planning to the support team, and act as L3 support for completed development work.

About Your Day

Develops and provides effort estimates for design and development activities across their area of expertise

Refactor and migrate legacy code and systems to new cutting‑edge technologies

Practiced ability to influence strategy within the application domain and related domains

Translate functional requirements and wireframes into working technology

Deploy established development tools, guidelines, and conventions and advocate solutions for the application / solution

Develop real‑time and batch interface programs and scalable and high‑performance interfaces

Writes programs to extract, translate, load, and verify data using an enterprise messaging layer (i.e. Kafka)

Develops programs to address requirements for data conversions and other data transformations

Ability to configure SaaS, COTS (Commercial Off‑The‑Shelf) Software with training

Participates in system and application upgrades and other support activities as needed

Assists users in solving programs and answers systems and application‑related questions

Adheres to programming standards when performing analysis, writing documentation, and testing components

Develop code utilizing modern development practices such as Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, and agile methodologies

Develops unit test cases and validates test results during testing

Develops documentation for the programs written or modified

Provides input for training materials

Responsibilities (Continued)

Participates in triage meetings involving all required stakeholders to discuss actions on any defects and issues the testing team has found during testing

Investigates, resolves and escalates problems and develops recommendations for resolution

Identifies need for technical assistance to help in problem resolution

About You

Post‑secondary education in Computer Science, Information Technology or related areas OR equivalent combination of education and experience

Significant experience in Systems Integration and Application Development within the Retail or B2B Systems industry

Certification in Microsoft Dynamics AX and D365 is an asset

6+ years of experience with development, databases and data warehouses

Proficiency in working with widely used DBMS platforms like Azure SQL, Postgre

SQL, or Cosmos

DB, including advanced knowledge of SQL Server Engine architecture and SQL Server Integration Services

Cloud experience (Azure preferred) and proven experience with Azure Synapse, Logic Apps, Azure…