Principal Software Engineer

Principal Software Engineer

MCAP at a Glance

Joining MCAP means you will be a part of our diverse workforce of highly talented individuals who are recognized for their expertise and success! At MCAP, your professional expertise, commitment to teamwork and passion for service excellence are recognized and rewarded with competitive total rewards offering, a career with continuous learning and development (formal & informal training), and exciting opportunities in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment.

The Role

This position is responsible for the design, execution, assessment, security, and troubleshooting of software programs and applications. This includes configuring, coding, developing, and documenting software specifications throughout the project life cycle. In addition, the Software Engineering stream provides day-to-day operations and production support, including off-hours problem resolution of supported applications.

The Principal Software Engineer is also responsible for providing guidance and oversight to multiple feature teams working on various initiatives and reinforce core principles of secure software development.

Strategy and Planning

• Collaborate with Architecture Team on development of overall application strategy, standards, capability needs, and lifecycle management.
• Evaluate priorities, design goals, risks, options, and compromises and recommend the most suitable approach.
• Familiar with architectural patterns that contribute to the production of secure, reliable, manageable, and high-performance solutions.
• Perform architectural modelling to assist in determining solution efficacy.
• Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate work to reliably and consistently deliver according to plan.

Acquisition and Deployment

• Direct research on emerging application development software products, languages, and standards in support of procurement and development efforts.
• Perform detailed technical design of proposed solutions.
• Evaluate relevant risks and determine mitigation strategies.
• Identify requirements and manage the procurement process and vendor selection for new technologies.

Operational Management

• Develop and review software programs, code, and unit tests for new and existing applications and systems, ensuring functional and non-functional requirements are met.
• Develop and maintain supporting documentation as required.
• Gather statistics and prepare and write reports on the status of the programming process for discussion with management and/or team members.
• Recommend, schedule, and perform software improvements and upgrades for optimal performance of company workstations.
• Perform troubleshooting and root cause analysis in support of incident and problem management, recommending options to address identified issues.
• Participate in development, implementation, and maintenance of plans to ensure continuation of critical operations in the event of a disaster or interruption.
• Provide ongoing system maintenance and monitoring to ensure adherence to SLAs.

What You Bring To The Team

• 10+ years relevant experience.
• Leadership and coaching skills necessary to provide oversight across technical teams.
• Organizational competencies and project management, aligning with agile methodology to keep projects, processes, and the entire engineering team on track.
• Experience in automated software engineering concepts including CI/CD and related processes used to streamline cycle time and improve product quality.
• Development of web-based applications and API services.
• Experience in microservices and distributed system architectures.
• Experience in AAA (authentication, authorization, access control) principles and the use of OpenID Connect, SAML, OAuth and related technologies.
• Architectural practices with specific emphasis on modelling and design.
• Functional, unit, and shift-left testing principles and methodologies.
• Secure coding, design and related practices used to reduce the risk of unauthorized access and information disclosure.

Technical Skills Required

• .NET/.NET Core/ASP.NET/MVC
• Azure DevOps
• JavaScript/Typescript
• Node.js/Express
• MS SQL Server
• NoSQL (MongoDB)
• Message Brokers (RabbitMQ)
• Docker
• Testing frameworks (jMeter, xUnit, Selenium)
• Postman

If this sounds like you and you are looking to be a part of one of Canada’s largest independent mortgage finance companies, then we want to hear from you!

Be A Part Of Something Great

MCAP is Canada’s largest independent Mortgage Finance company with over $150 billion in assets under management providing mortgage solutions for residential and commercial properties. For over 35 years, MCAP originates, trades, securitizes and services mortgages in offices across Canada. MCAP originates residential mortgages exclusively through the mortgage broker channel as we believe that a professional mortgage broker is a consumer's best option and MCAP actively promotes the services of mortgage brokers across the country. MCAP is also a leader in the Canadian residential construction lending market with over 25 years in the business. Our teams of dedicated professionals serve a variety of developer, construction and lender clients across Canada.

Position #: req2000

Employment Status: Permanent Full Time

Location:Waterloo; Ontario

Number Of Openings:1

Department: Information Technology

Internal Job Title:Principal Software Engineer

The above information in this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in the position. It is not designated to contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

MCAP provides equal opportunities for all applicants and is committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees feel valued, respected and supported throughout the recruitment and employment process. If you require accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs.