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Posting Reason:

Replacement of a temporary position

Job Type:

Employee

Anticipated Duration in Months (for contracts and temporary assignments):

24

Job Family:

Application Development

# of Open Positions:

1

Faculty/Service - Department:

IT, Faculty of Engineering

Campus:

Main Campus

Union Affiliation:

N/A

Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD):

2026/01/08

Applications must be received BEFORE (YYYY/MM/DD):

2026/01/19

Hours per week:

35

Salary Grade:

Non-Union Grade NC8 - 35 hrs

Salary Range:

$94,214.00 - $117,768.00

About the Faculty of Engineering
The Faculty of Engineering strives to provide a learning environment that promotes excellence and innovation, ethical practice and responsibility towards society. Our workplace will challenge, energize and motivate you to be your very best while providing opportunities for career growth and professional development. Our work makes a world of difference in the lives of our students, who will become the next generation of leaders and change makers of our society. Our dynamic community is dedicated to building innovations that will not only help the advancement of technology, but solutions that will revolutionize the industry. We look forward to making the future TOGETHER!

Position purpose:

The Senior Software Developer, is responsible for the overall analysis, design, development and user experience of all Engineering outreach systems, as well as for other software development projects. Manages medium to major projects and may be required to supervise the work of others. Is focused on meeting user needs and improving the efficiency of the Faculty’s outreach operations processes through the Engineering outreach web systems and software solutions.

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

Analysis: Provides professional expertise and leads the analysis of client, business and functional requirements for projects of medium and large scope and assists in determining technical, operational and economic feasibility.

Architect: Provides leadership in the creation of technical designs and system specifications or plans in order to translate requirements into technical specification documents. Create complex, hardware-agnostic architecture for Engineering outreach systems and activities. Leverages the latest cloud technologies and best practices to provide resilient and scalable systems across all Faculty of Engineering software development initiatives.

Development and Testing: Develops and writes complex programs and oversees the work of others in developing effective program code, tests, debugs and performs integration tests to ensure correct functionality of software.

Operational management: Takes a leadership role in the area of user trends, technical trends, and metrics to improve the Engineering systems. Takes responsibility for any serious or unresolved issues through contacts with clients, manufacturers, other institutions, and IT personnel from another sector of the Faculty.

Usability Testing: Leads usability studies with key stakeholders. Analyzes these results to determine enhancements to the system’s design and user interfaces. Presents these enhancements to the stakeholders for approval.

Documentation and Process Development: Produces documentation touching all aspects of the design and architecture processes. Develops processes dictating the way systems should be constructed and deployed within the group. Documents, as needed, workarounds to account for idiosyncrasies in the development and deployment of modules. Produces a document library facilitating knowledge transfer between the other team members.

Deployment and Maintenance: Coordinates release process for new and upgraded software in alignment with established procedures and processes. Reviews and identifies the requirement to repair and maintains current systems and software to ensure they continue to perform in keeping with client expectations.

Project Management: Provides guidance and leadership to project teams and establishes project steps, milestones and timetables including analyzing and estimating feasibility, costs, time and compatibility with hardware and other programs in order to ensure completion within the established timeframe and budget, while maximizing the use of the unit’s resources. Ensures that all development is reviewed, approved and properly documented to ensure collaborative future development.

What you will bring:

• University or College degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum 5 years of experience developing and implementing software applications or large scale web systems and applications
• Advanced knowledge & experience with development using various technologies, libraries & programming languages such as Javascript, Angular, HTML5, CSS, PHP, Ruby, JSON, JQuery, Composer etc.

• Advanced knowledge of systems architecture & operating systems principles. (LINUX, Debian, UBUNTU, APACHE, Docker, etc.)

• Experience in configuration of cloud systems and infrastructure as code (AWS, Azure)

• Experience working with various types APIs & other frameworks (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Mailgun, etc.)

• Experience with stored procedures and the design of relational databases using MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL

• Knowledge of the principles, techniques, tools and best practices in JavaScript Web environments (i.e. git, node, npm, TypeScript)

• Proven knowledge of enterprise architecture and system design, integration testing and best practices touching cloud technologies

• Knowledge of project management concepts and methods, and experience in planning and managing cross-functional projects that are usually completed within 1 year

• Experience in providing guidance, leadership and feedback to project teams and junior resources

• Ability to communicate technical concepts to users

• Advanced knowledge of server security and access principles and best practices

• Analytical skills to diagnose, troubleshoot, debug and repair complex programming issues

• Ability to proactively keep abreast of new and emerging technologies

• Leadership and consensus building skills

*We operate in a hybrid environment, with three days per week on campus. 

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Key Competencies at uOttawa:
Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa: 

Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realize an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.
Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.
Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.
Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.

The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact [email protected] to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Note: if this is a union position: The hiring process will be governed by the current collective agreement related to the union affiliation noted above; you can click here to find out more.

If this is a front-line position with responsibilities to interact with students, selected candidates must be rated at the Low Advanced proficiency level or higher for both oral comprehension and reading comprehension in their second official language. The rating is determined by a proficiency test designed by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute.

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