Senior Software Developer

Senior Azure Developer - Toronto, Halifax or Canada Remote

Quest Software is looking for an experienced Senior Software Developer to join an agile development team in the Quest Toronto lab. We are working on building serverless cloud native SaaS solutions using the latest technologies in the Microsoft Azure platform. This team is building commercial software which simplifies and improves the management of critical enterprise data. The team member will be responsible for the design, development and successful implementation of software utilizing the latest software best practices. The candidate will be working in a highly agile, SCRUM team and be using the latest of technologies and coding environments. We are looking for candidates with experience in both front and back end web development.

• Work on an R&D team building serverless cloud native SaaS solutions using the latest technologies in the Microsoft Azure platform
• Build commercial products that work across numerous Microsoft technologies including Azure AD, Office 365, Active Directory, Exchange, SharePoint, Skype for Business, SQL Server, etc.
• Be a member of an agile SCRUM team and be motivated to produce high quality code that meets business requirements
• Develop leadership within the team by taking on design activities for components and taking ownership of their success

• Completion of a computer science undergraduate degree or equivalent
• Minimum of 5+ years working experience in software development
• Full Stack Development – C#/.NET Core (strongly preferred), Java, or Python
• Experience in writing quality code with techniques such as unit testing, mocking, automation, integration testing, and code coverage
• Good understanding of modern software practices including design patterns, SOLID principles, coding standards, and agile software development practices.
• Ability to work within a microservice architecture
• Solid understanding of building scalable web applications using WebAPI, RESTful API design
• Developing and maintaining CD/CI pipelines for build and deployment of services and components using Azure DevOps (preferred), Jenkins, or similar systems.
• Working with NoSQL databases such as Cosmos DB
• Ability to produce and document designs and specifications for new features and services
• Experience working with multiple agile development teams
• Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work well in a team environment

Preferences

• Experience with any of the Azure, Azure Stack, Azure AD, Azure PaaS
• Microsoft Graph API
• Proficiency in PowerShell, ARM Templates, Terraform
• Full Stack development using tools such as Angular (preferred) or React, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML5
• Serverless development using Azure Functions, AWS Lambda, or containers.
• Experience building Cloud Native applications using Azure or AWS using PaaS services
• Experience with claims-based authentication (SAML/OAuth/OIDC), JWT, MFA, and RBAC
• Secure Web Development Practices including OWASP and SANS Top 25