Senior Applications Developer (6 Months Contract) – Digital Nova Scotia – Leading Digital Industry

Senior Applications Developer (6 Months Contract)

Our family of 134,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.

A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1500 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.

All career opportunities will be open a minimum of 5 business days from the date of posting.

Ready to Make an impact?

 

Sobeys Inc. is investing big in technology – join us and invest in your future!

We are on a journey to completely transform how we do business, and we offer a hybrid work model with the opportunity for additional flexibility.

Join us and you’ll be working with:

  • Leading tools and systems in our modern PIM, EDAM, Azure and ADRM infrastructure.
  • A data-driven culture.
  • Strong, collaborative team of energetic and experienced digital experts.

 

We’re seeking a Senior Applications Developer with proficiency in Java or Stibo PIM for a six-month contract. In this pivotal role, you’ll play a key part in conducting thorough design and code reviews across the System Development Life Cycle, ensuring that the delivered solutions adhere to IT standards and exemplify best practices in software delivery.

 

As the Senior Applications Developer, your responsibilities extend to managing the development life cycle for both large-scale and medium to small projects, spanning diverse platforms or solutions. You will lead support teams in crafting software solutions, providing guidance in the development of comprehensive functional, technical, and operational specifications. You will also ensure that all documentation is current and accurate before the implementation of solutions or changes.

What you have to offer:

  • At least 5 years relevant experience.(Java or Stibo PIM).
  • Solid experience with SDLC methodologies – including agile/sprint processes.
  • Solid experience in performing data migration/conversion design and development.
  • Hands-on software troubleshooting experience.
  • Good to have experience in Stibo with proficiency in following areas:
    • Functional Knowledge of Stibo PIM, business rules and workflows.
    •  Maintenance and housekeeping activities in PIM environment.
    • Configuration settings on Stibo Workbench.
    • Customizations on Stibo and associated application servers.
  • Good communication skills to ensure that department management is informed of progress, status and issues of delivery team activities.
  • Leadership skills to support teams in the development and support of software solutions.
  • Ability to identify functional and technical solutions to meet client requirements.

We offer teammates competitive total compensation packages that will vary by role and location. Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by or monitored for accuracy by our organization. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.

Sobeys is committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.

 

While all responses are appreciated only those being considered for interviews will be acknowledged.

We appreciate the interest from the Staffing industry however respectfully request no calls or unsolicited resumes from Agencies.