The Senior Developer designs and delivers the composition solutions that produce our clients' critical communications (print, archive and email). They take projects from requirements analysis through to production, lead a squad on their projects, and help continuously improve the way we work. Working closely with our technical lead, they play a key role in integrating our Quadient applications with our production, tracking and billing systems, and in migrating existing applications to shared standards.
 

Key responsibilities :

  • Analyze client requirements and turn them into technical solutions in Inspire Designer, then orchestrate production in Inspire Scaler.
  • Integrate applications with other systems using APIs, databases and structured files (JSON, XML, CSV).
  • Produce the data needed downstream, such as counts, piece tracking and integrity barcodes for print and insertion.
  • Migrate existing applications to new standards in phases, with the testing needed to keep production running.
  • Build reusable components so that new clients can be set up through configuration rather than new code.
  • Review applications as a whole to group common code, remove duplication and optimize performance.
  • Analyze, debug and fix programs, including during production incidents.
  • Manage several projects at once while staying within estimated hours and deadlines.
  • Lead projects and squads from analysis through to production.
  • Do code reviews, document solutions and help our programming standards evolve.
  • Suggest improvements to processes, standard templates and team tools.
  • Mentor less experienced developers and share knowledge.

Required qualifications :

  • Solid experience with Inspire Designer and Inspire Scaler, and a strong understanding of workflow structure (Data Input, Data Processing, Layout, Imposition, Output)
  • Scripting in Inspire, and JavaScript and Groovy in Scaler
  • Programming experience in Java and at least one other language
  • Experience integrating with other systems (REST APIs, web services) and good SQL skills
  • Experience migrating applications without disrupting production
  • Experience with Quadient Interactive or cloud platforms is an asset
  • Experience in high-volume print, inserting or mail integrity is an asset

The kind of person we'd like to meet

You're curious and open to new ideas. When something breaks, you dig until you find the real cause, and you can also step back to see the bigger picture. You take ownership of your work all the way to production. You don't need a perfect spec to get started, but you know when to ask for help. You keep several projects moving and raise risks early. And you work well with others, including developers, QA and the people who depend on what we build.