Position: Software Developer (Integration & APIs)
Location: Toronto, ON
Job ID#: RQ10805
Duration:16 Months
Role Overview
The Software Developer will design, develop, integrate, and
support complex, large-scale digital health applications and integration
services. This role focuses on sustaining and enhancing secure, high-volume
systems that integrate provincial immunization platforms with internal and
third-party applications, ensuring performance, reliability, accessibility, and
compliance with public-sector standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain
and enhance integration components and APIs between provincial digital
health systems.
- Provide
programming and technical support for application integration, incident
management, performance tuning, and technical documentation.
- Develop
and sustain secure integrations between provincial immunization platforms
and third-party consumer applications.
- Support
public-facing immunization tools, including ongoing migration to on‑premise
containerized platforms using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Validate
immunization data submitted by clients and resolve data and API-related
issues.
- Implement
new features and enhancements within integration and data exchange
platforms.
- Conduct
performance tuning to ensure applications can handle high data volumes
from external sources.
- Design,
develop, test, support, and maintain multi-tier integration and middleware
applications.
- Perform
technical analysis, prepare detailed programming specifications, write
code, and conduct unit testing.
- Translate
technical and integration specifications into fully tested application
code.
- Provide
impact analysis, effort estimates, and solution designs for upgrades and
new requirements.
- Maintain
development environments and adopt Continuous Integration (CI) practices.
- Collaborate
with Quality Assurance and Solution Design teams to ensure alignment with
vendor upgrades and platform patches.
- Modify
application components to conform to vendor releases, evolving business
requirements, and system upgrades.
- Provide
software expertise across platforms, operating systems, databases,
middleware, and gateways.
Qualifications
Public Sector Experience
- Experience
working with federal, provincial, or broader public-sector healthcare
organizations.
- Knowledge
of provincial immunization systems and large, complex public-sector health
IT projects.
- Experience
integrating clinical IT systems such as client and provider registries.
- Familiarity
with public-sector enterprise architecture practices and standards.
- Knowledge
of industry standards such as PMI and public-sector SDLC methodologies.
Technical Skills
- 10+
years of experience in:
- Java
and Java EE development on Linux/Unix platforms.
- Web
and application servers and web services.
- UI
frameworks for web and mobile applications.
- JavaScript-based
frameworks and RESTful API development.
- Databases
including relational databases, SQL, and data modeling.
- Messaging
and integration technologies.
- API
testing and management tools.
- Version
control systems and issue tracking tools.
- Containerization,
Kubernetes, and API gateways (assets).
- Healthcare
integration standards and secure messaging protocols.
- Accessibility-compliant
UI development.
Core Skills & Experience
- Translating
business and technical requirements into scalable application designs.
- Developing
and sustaining large, mission-critical, multi-tier applications.
- Applying
Agile and SDLC best practices.
- Conducting
system performance optimization and load testing.
- Producing
detailed technical documentation and design models.
- Providing
production support, troubleshooting, and incident resolution.
- Ensuring
compliance with accessibility, security, and privacy standards.
- Contributing
to project planning, estimates, and status reporting.
General Skills
- Strong
analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
- Excellent
communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Proven
leadership and collaboration experience.
- Ability
to manage multiple priorities and meet strict deadlines.
- Customer-focused
mindset with strong consulting skills.
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