Senior Backend Developer, Content Distribution Team (CDT) (English Services) at Radio-Canada

Position Title

Senior Backend Developer, Content Distribution Team (CDT) (English Services)

Status Of Employment

Permanent

Position Language Requirement

English

Language Skills

English (Reading), English (Speaking), English (Writing)

Work at CBC/Radio-Canada

At CBC/Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance.

Do you think you have the ability and drive to keep up with this exciting, ever-changing industry? Whether it be in front of the camera, on air, online or behind the scenes, you would be joining a team that thrives on making connections and telling stories that are important to Canadians.

Unposting Date

2026-01-11 11:59 PM

Working At CBC

At the CBC, we all have a story to tell. What’s yours?

If you share our passion for storytelling, Canada and having a positive impact on your community, CBC’s Digital Strategy and Product team is where you want to be!

CBC serves one of the country’s largest digital audiences and one of the few that is built and owned in Canada, by Canadians. Our product suite includes cbc.ca, CBC News app, CBC Gem and CBC Listen.

Our product vision is to make it effortless for all people and communities in Canada to tell and discover the stories that connect us. Whether delivering the latest breaking news, international hit series like North of North, deep dives into the issues of your town or neighbourhood, award winning podcasts like Someone Knows Something, or nation building events like the Olympics, our products ensure that these stories reach Canadians on their phones, TVs, desktops or smart speakers whenever they need or want us.

You have the opportunity to play a part in informing, enlightening and entertaining Canadians through innovative storytelling formats and content discovery. We are an empowered outcome-driven innovative hub for CBC, critical to the future growth of Canada’s public media company and the wider content ecosystem. We believe that we are most impactful when our teams reflect the breadth of experience of the audiences we serve and we are committed to an inclusive and equitable workplace to realize that belief. When you join our mission, you are not only contributing to the growth of the CBC, but the future of our country.

Why is this role important?

At CBC/Radio-Canada, the Content Distribution team is the heart of our digital presence. We're the foundation that enables other teams to access the content, metadata, and user data needed to deliver CBC's stories and media to Canadians on any digital platform. Our mission is to federate and distribute all of CBC's content including News, Sports, and Podcasts to thousands of Canadians and global aggregators alike through fast, flexible, and scalable services built with a modern stack of Spring, Hibernate, PostgreSQL, and GraphQL.

We're looking for a Senior Backend Developer to join us. You will have the unique opportunity to apply your technical expertise and expand on your skills using the latest tools to design, develop and build features to enhance our core content and metadata services. You will be instrumental in ensuring the consistent delivery of high-quality solutions, actively championing and implementing best practices in both coding and quality engineering.

This is your chance to tackle the unique challenges that come with an immense volume of in-house data, work with new and evolving technologies, and build the APIs that power our entire digital ecosystem. Most importantly, it’s a chance to optimize and elevate the way CBC's content reaches its audience, ensuring a seamless experience on any platform.

Here’s Why We Should Work Together

Our digital teams’ values - collaboration, inclusion, learning, and continuous improvement - embody who we are as a people-focused, digital-forward employer. We follow Agile principles and the empowered product operating model. Our dedicated managers work closely with every individual to ensure we are leveraging their strengths, championing their ideas and supporting their pursuit of new skills and their desired career progression.

Here at CBC Digital Strategy & Products, your well being is critical to our success. It is essential that work be a safe space where our employees are able to share their authentic selves with one another and to push each other to challenge conventions.

Perks You Can Look Forward To

• Work with purpose and impact at scale
• Flexible work schedules, allowing you to find balance for yourself, your family and your work;
• A hybrid environment you can enjoy the benefits of work from home and in-office collaboration
• Competitive total rewards package including robust health benefits and best-in-class defined benefits pension plan;
• Dedicated time for innovation, learning and development; wherever your interests lie;
• Opportunities to work with emerging technology;
• Opportunities for continued learning and professional development;
• Opportunities to become a member of our Employee Resource Groups;
• Pair programming and mentorship opportunities, where you can learn from the best in the industry and help coach new talent;
• A creative and dynamic work environment, where your ideas and contributions can be heard, valued and respected;
• A supportive management team committed to upholding the highest standards of diversity and inclusivity;
• An environment which favors experimentation and an iterative approach in order to achieve the highest form of technical innovation.
  
  

How You Will Make An Impact

You are an experienced backend developer looking to apply and build upon your skills in:

• Designing, developing and maintaining the core content and metadata services used by our digital platforms
• Working with the technical leaders, developers and quality engineers to ensure code is testable, maintainable, performant and high quality
• Ensuring continuous delivery and reliability through the development of comprehensive tests, observability and adherence to best practices
• Collaborating with product leads, agile team lead and development team to assess feasibility of features and provide estimation of work efforts
• Collaborating with other teams to ensure that the entire stack of products, including UI/UX, content management, and data analytics, all function smoothly together
• Having an opportunity to join a company with a mission, value set, and tech-forward approach that aligns with your own; a place where knowledge-sharing guides your learning
• Wanting to be part of a fun team, engaged in a continuous learning culture, where you can take on new challenges and be a significant contributor to engaging our pan Canadian audience
  
  

What You Bring To Our Team

• The education: A Computer Science, Engineering, Math degree or equivalent is preferred, but we know not everyone gains their programming skills this way
• Knowledge and understanding of software design, development and quality engineering practices including unit, integration and end to end testing
• You have expertise using Java and experience using various backend frameworks such as Spring and Hibernate and databases such as PostgreSQL
• Experience with writing code accompanied by unit tests sufficient to ensure coverage of realistic use cases and edge cases
• You have an understanding of application flow, from the data layer to the UI
• Experience with implementation and integration of API endpoints and/or services
• Demonstrated ability to drive innovation and improvements. You can learn and share knowledge on new technologies
• You are comfortable working in an Agile environment and with iterative and incremental development
• You know how to listen and relay empathy and understanding for diverse perspectives
• You thrive in a team-focused environment
• A problem solver and good communicator who takes ownership of the work they do, see problems as opportunities, and share new ideas. A dynamic individual who loves to learn and connect with others
  
  

Skills To Thrive On The Team

Must haves (with a minimum of 5 years experience):

• Expertise with Java using Spring, implementing REST API endpoints
• Expertise with SQL & relational databases e.g. Postgres
• Experience working with Data JPA e.g. Hibernate
• Experience with unit & integration testing frameworks e.g. JUnit
• Experience with an HTTP web server environment e.g. Tomcat
• Experience working on platforms such as Linux and MacOS
  
  

Nice To Have

• Experience with GraphQL.
• Experience working with React
• Experience working with TypeScript
• Experience with version control software such as Git, Bitbucket, etc.
• Experience with Workflow / CI / CD tools such as Atlassian JIRA, Bamboo, Jenkins etc.
• Interest, experience, and/or education in cybersecurity
  
  

To Apply

At the CBC, we recognize that not everyone takes the same path when it comes to building their skills. We value diversity of thought and of experience, and we are excited to hear from you! Hands-on experience, intelligence, innovation, a passion for learning, and a team-focused approach can combine to form the best set of qualifications. If you feel you meet most of these qualifications and you are excited by the possibility of adding to the rich culture of the CBC, take a chance and express your interest by applying now!

If you’re interested in reading more about the various backgrounds of the talented people that make up our teams, our exciting new projects, and what we’re currently working on, check out our Digital Labs blog on Medium!

Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

As part of our recruitment process, candidates who advance to the next

step will be asked to complete a background check. This includes:

• A mandatory Criminal record check.
• Other background checks may be conducted based on the operational requirements of the position.
  
  

CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country’s diversity. That’s because we can only create and tell the stories that connect Canadians, by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country. That’s why we, as an employer, value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canada’s public broadcaster. For more information, visit the Diversity and Inclusion section of our website. If you have accommodation needs at this stage of the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible by sending an e-mail to [email protected].

You are invited to consult and familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct, which can be found on our corporate website. All employees must adhere to the Code as a condition of employment. We also invite you to take a look at our policy on conflicts of interest. In the event that you become an employee, it will be important to inform us, as quickly as possible, of any situation that, because of your hiring, constitutes or could appear to constitute a conflict of interest.

Primary Location:

Broadcast Centre 205 Wellington St. W., Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3G7

Number Of Openings

1

Work Schedule

Full time