Software Developer, Azure

Job Title: Software Developer, Azure

At Stride, we proudly partner with foundations and not-for-profit organizations to raise critical funds through professionally managed lottery programs. Our work helps generate millions of dollars annually in support of life-changing initiatives, groundbreaking research, and essential community services across Canada. By combining strategic insight, operational excellence, and a deep commitment to our clients’ missions, we help deliver high-impact results that make a real difference in the lives of Canadians.

Key Areas of Responsibilities:

• Developing cloud native applications (Azure) and maintaining interactive e-commerce web applications and backend systems, primarily using Microsoft .NET Core (7 & up), ASP.NET Core (7 & up), VUE/NUXT (2 and/or 3), Typescripts and CSS, operating within an Agile Sprint framework (Scrum)
• Diagnosing, replicating, isolating and debugging software problems and perform Responding to development and maintenance requests via a task tracking system (Jira), and participating in daily team scrum meetings.
• Participating in peer code review and QA processes
• Contributing to quality assurance by improving maintainability and testability of the existing codebase by developing additional automated test components
• Delivering reliable software releases as part of a whole team release process
• Maintaining an understanding of the latest applications and programming practices
• Staying up to date with industry developments, technical regulatory requirements and trends in back-end development

Requirements

3+ years’ experience using the following skills:

• Build and develop cloud-native applications in Azure, optimized for cloud scale and performance.
• Knowledge of Azure App Service Plan, Web app, and serverless computing
• ASP.NET Core (7 or 8) (Programming language C#)
• Modern web technologies (VUE, TypeScript, Node, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, highly regarded)
• Relational databases (MySQL)
• Source Version (GitHub)
• Authentication (Firebase, AUTH0 and/or Azure AD)
• Able to work in a self-directed fashion while also contributing to team goals and harmony
• Strong desire to learn new technologies/methodologies
• Good interpersonal communication skills
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills

Desirable

• Tertiary qualification in Information Technology or equivalent
• Previous experience in Cloud Computing (Azure)
• Exposure to Agile workflows, Automated testing, and Code review