Senior Software Developer
- Role
- Backend
- Experience
- Senior
- Employment
- Full-time
- Company size
- Enterprise
Open to CA, US only. Set where you work from to check your eligibility.
No BS summary
Senior software developer with 3+ years, strong Java and Node.js, relational databases, GCP/GKE, Kubernetes, CI/CD, REST, and data transformation experience. Must be an on-shore Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident and eligible for Government Security Clearance. Billing/Kenan or ability to learn billing systems is required.
Core skills
Required skills
Optional skills
WHO WE ARE
With a global team across North America, South America, Central America, Europe, Africa, and APAC, we offer end-to-end expertise across various service offerings: Web, Mobile & Digital Marketing | Enterprise AI | Customer Care AI & Technology | Enterprise Technology Modernization
From mobile apps and websites to voice UI, chatbots, AI, customer service, and in-store solutions, TELUS Digital enables seamless, trusted, and digitally powered experiences that meet customers wherever they are — all backed by the secure infrastructure and scale of our multi-billion-dollar parent company.
THE OPPORTUNITY
As a Senior Software Developer, we are looking for the following:
Role Overview
TELUS Digital is seeking a Senior Software Developer to join our Digital Billing Engineering DevOps team. This is a critical role focused on supporting, transforming, and building continuity for our Kenan Application Support environments (specifically handling KGW and its migration/replacement with EBG). The successful candidate will work closely with existing domain experts to accelerate learning, manage data transformation logic, and support high-security Government of Canada (GoC) billing contracts.
Key Requirements (Mandatory)
- Location & Residency: Must be an On-shore Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident.
- Security Clearance: Must hold (or be eligible to obtain) Government Security Clearance due to the highly sensitive nature of GoC LCD environments, full database access, and customer account handling.
Technical Skills & Experience
- Overall Experience: 3+ years of professional Software Development experience.
- Core Developer Background: Strong proficiency in Java and Node.js. (Backend experience with TypeScript / Express is a strong plus).
- Database & Query Expertise: Strong relational database experience with PostgreSQL or Oracle.
- 3+ years of experience in data transformation and analytical querying.
- Deep understanding of relational queries including subqueries, analytic window functions, aggregations, triggers, partitioning, and index/optimization hints.
- Cloud & Modern Infrastructure: Solid knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
- Foundational understanding of Kubernetes and container orchestration.
- AI & Tooling Proficiency: Strong ability to work alongside AI tools (especially Claude) to accelerate development, identify broken logic, and plan new data transformation pathways.
- High IDE proficiency utilizing VS Code.
- DevOps & Standard Practices:
- Experience with GitHub and robust CI/CD pipelines.
- Solid grasp of API design and REST principles.
- Familiarity with Dynatrace for observability and performance monitoring.
- Familiarity with Jira for project tracking and issue management.
Soft Skills & Domain Competencies
- Billing Domain Aptitude: Existing fundamentals in billing domains, Kenan process/schema knowledge, or a strong aptitude to rapidly learn specialized billing systems.
- Quality Mindset: Acute focus on quality control, including unit testing, integration testing, and comprehensive data validation.
- Security Awareness: Deep consciousness of data sensitivity and security protocols related to government contracting.
- Collaboration: Exceptional communication and documentation skills to ensure smooth knowledge transfer and team alignment.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
At TELUS Digital, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. All aspects of employment, including the decision to hire and promote, are based on applicants’ qualifications, merits, competence and performance without regard to any characteristic related to diversity.
We will only use the information you provide to process your application and to produce tracking statistics. Since we do not request personal data deemed sensitive, we ask you to abstain from sharing that information with us.
What you'll do
- Support, transform, and build continuity for Kenan Application Support environments, specifically KGW and its migration/replacement with EBG.
- Work closely with existing domain experts to accelerate learning.
- Manage data transformation logic.
- Support high-security Government of Canada billing contracts.
What they require
- Must be an On-shore Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident.
- Must hold or be eligible to obtain Government Security Clearance due to the highly sensitive nature of GoC LCD environments, full database access, and customer account handling.
- 3+ years of professional Software Development experience.
- Strong proficiency in Java and Node.js.
- Preferred: Backend experience with TypeScript / Express is a strong plus.
- Strong relational database experience with PostgreSQL or Oracle.
- 3+ years of experience in data transformation and analytical querying.
- Deep understanding of relational queries including subqueries, analytic window functions, aggregations, triggers, partitioning, and index/optimization hints.
- Solid knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
- Foundational understanding of Kubernetes and container orchestration.
- Strong ability to work alongside AI tools, especially Claude, to accelerate development, identify broken logic, and plan new data transformation pathways.
- High IDE proficiency utilizing VS Code.
- Experience with GitHub and robust CI/CD pipelines.
- Solid grasp of API design and REST principles.
- Familiarity with Dynatrace for observability and performance monitoring.
- Familiarity with Jira for project tracking and issue management.
- Existing fundamentals in billing domains, Kenan process/schema knowledge, or a strong aptitude to rapidly learn specialized billing systems.
- Acute focus on quality control, including unit testing, integration testing, and comprehensive data validation.
- Deep consciousness of data sensitivity and security protocols related to government contracting.
- Exceptional communication and documentation skills to ensure smooth knowledge transfer and team alignment.
Benefits
- Offers Bonus
TELUS Digital is an award-winning digital product consultancy and the digital division of TELUS, designing and delivering transformative customer experiences through technology across digital product consulting, digital marketing, data and AI, strategy consulting, enterprise technology, enterprise applications, cloud engineering, and QA/test engineering.