City : Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Category : Full time

Industry : Public Services/Utilities

Employer : Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)

Why you’ll love working here:

• high-performance, people-focused culture

• our commitment that equity, diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our work environment and business success, which helps employees feel valued and empowered to be their authentic selves

• learning and development initiatives, including workshops, Speaker Series events and access to LinkedIn Learning, that support employees’ career growth

• optional membership in HOOPP’s world class defined benefit pension plan, which can serve as an important part of your retirement security

• virtual fitness, yoga and meditation classes, nutritional consultations and wellness seminars

• flexible hybrid work model that embraces remote work

• the opportunity to make a difference and help take care of those who care for us, by providing a financially secure retirement for Ontario healthcare workers

Application deadline: October 1, 2023

Application requirements: resume, transcript and cover letter

Job Summary

The IT Corporate Solutions group at HOOPP is currently looking for a co-op student that is enthusiastic, collaborative and highly motivated to help us build and configure software and systems that support our core business functions such as Marketing, HR, and Finance. Working in a highly dynamic and agile team environment, you will learn the latest technologies and development practices, gain hands-on exposure to the pension Industry, and help make a major difference in the lives of over 400,000 current and future pensioners in our community. You will write code that will be quickly deployed to production, and that will help Communications, DevOps and Finance teams staff streamline their work and provide better service to their customers.

What you will do:

• Writing production code

• Collaborating and working closely with fellow your fellow Developers (who may have Business Analyst, Developer or Tester backgrounds)

• Writing and maintaining tests

• Maintaining build/deployment/development tools

• Providing and receiving inputs on system design and code

What you bring:

• Knowledge of object-oriented languages (C#, Java, C++, or similar), and/or JavaScript

• Knowledge of PowerShell or similar scripting language

• Knowledge of Microsoft Azure and/or other cloud computing platforms

• Passion for programming combined with the constant desire to learn, share and apply new skills

• Good verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to work well in a dynamic and fast-moving team-based environment

• High enthusiasm, self-starter and urgency to get things done