Senior Software Developer- Backend with Python

Job number:

J0626-0016

Job title:

Senior Software Developer- Backend with Python

Job Type:

Contract

Vacancy Type:

New

Location:

Ottawa, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Number of positions:

1

Contract Duration :

Until March 2027

Date posted:

August 5, 2026

Closing date:

August 18, 2026

Compensation:

$92,846.00 - $109,231.00/year

Who we are

We are an organization comprised of industry thought leaders who are passionate about health data and want to make a difference in the health care field. We are an independent, not-for-profit organization and together with our partners we provide essential information on Canada’s health systems, enabling decisions that lead to healthier Canadians. As a valued member of the CIHI team, you and your work will have a pivotal role in the evolution of Canada’s health care systems.

CIHI is recognized as an eceptional place to work that embraces diversity, respect, integrity, collaboration and innovation.

At CIHI, we recognize what matters to our employees. Some of the benefits of working at CIHI include

• HOOPP Pension Plan (Defined Benefits Pension)
• Retirement Planning Program
• Generous vacation days for permanent and long-term contracts
• Work-life balance
• Career Planning Program
• Learning and Professional Development Program Fle- ible benefits program from your first day on the job for permanent and long-term contracts

Why is this role important?

The Senior Software Developer develops, operates, maintains, and enhances system solutions that support CIHI’s products and services. This role includes requirements and feasibility analysis, design, coding, testing, quality assurance, implementation, documentation, and day-to-day application maintenance and end-user support, while working closely with business partners to meet business needs.

What you’ll do

1. Develop information systems, including the full range of requirements and feasibility analysis, design, coding, testing, quality assurance, implementation and documentation, as well as day-to-day application operation and end-user support.

2. Work closely with business partners, develop business processes knowledge and maintain ongoing contact, to ensure satisfaction by meeting their needs through information systems development, enhancements and integrations.

3. On a rotation mode, eecute the operational tasks related to incident troubleshooting and correction and scheduled product releases, and work on optimizing and automating these tasks to reduce operational effort.

4. Analyze software deficiencies/problems and change requests, implementing the changes within the production systems. May be required to oversee and ensure timely implementation of the changes for the technical team.

5. Develop, modify and eecute test plans, using automation to improve testing coverage and reduce effort.

6. Ensure the correct testing and sign-off procedures as part of CIHI’s quality assurance review.

7. Ensure the promotion and implementation of applications in accordance with departmental change management processes.

8. Participate in the planning, development and delivery of end user training.

What you’ll bring to the table

• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or related field, or equivalent combination of education and related eperience.
• 3-5 years’ eperience as a Senior Software Developer, developing technical solutions for a web-based environment.
• Eperience with software development, lifecycle tools and processes
• Eperience with Python.
• Eperience with front-end technologies including ML, HTML, CSS, Javascript, JQuery
• Eperience with RESTful API design and development with Python
• Eperience with database technologies such as SQL, RDBMS (Oracle), and Amazon Redshift.
• Eperience with CKAN, open data platforms, metadata management, or data catalog solutions is considered an asset.
• Eperience developing within the Cloud AWS Environment, tools and services, specifically with serverless framework with services such as Lambda, SNS, SQS, API Gateway, PostgreSQL, CloudFormation and AWS environment tools is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of WCAG and AODA legislation is an asset.
• Eperience working with Drupal is an asset.
• Knowledge and eperience with automated testing and DevOps are definite assets.
• Ability to document code and technical processes.
• Ability to understand and prioritize user and business requirements, and to conceptualize info…