Software Engineering Co-op Student

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) is the statutory body responsible for regulating Ontarios capital markets in accordance with the mandate established in the provincial Securities Act and the Commodity Futures Act. The mandate of the OSC is to provide protection to investors from unfair improper or fraudulent practices to foster fair efficient and competitive capital markets and confidence in the capital markets to foster capital formation and to contribute to the stability of the financial system and the reduction of systemic risk. This mandate is performed through policy operational and enforcement activities. The OSC also contributes to national and global securities regulation development.

We offer a diverse fair and flexible work environment and take pride in our challenging and rewarding work.

The OSC has recently undertaken a significant enterprise-wide initiative to modernize business practices through digital transformation and current technology solutions. The Digital Solutions Branch is responsible for system development and support services and is a key partner in this transformation. As a key member of the Digital Solutions Branch you will support the full spectrum of OSC employees information needs and partner with managers and directors in our Digital Solutions Team to develop solutions that both streamline operations and consolidate efforts across all points of information technology.

The Software Engineer (better thought of as a full stack developer) is responsible for developing quick-to-value applications to support the delivery of analytics and data products. This role is involved in the practice of monitoring emerging trends and new technologies evaluating their feasibility and providing recommendations on new technologies equipment and tools to the Analytics and Technology Innovation Engineer Lead.

Working collaboratively this role delivers work products in a strategic and timeboxed fashion to explore possibilities and to prototype potential solutions with highly complex business needs. Working in a Hub-and-Spoke model the role will work to take requirements that have been gathered from the business and to implement ongoing Minimum Viable Product (MVP) work to show business users incremental value returns on analytical and development work.

This role will be tasked with participating in a solution-oriented team culture and fostering open collaboration. This role will be introducing a new skill set to the team and will need to be involved in building the process from the ground up such as source control code management and ongoing continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD). The tech stack is still early in development and this role will be required to provide input on future growth and development.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Application Development

Work in an Agile team setting as an application developer to develop new functionality or improve existing functionality in the delivery of MVP solutions that allow business units to see the incremental value and to test out ongoing hypotheses to drive business value.

Work on challenging projects and communicate regularly with the wider team on roadblocks and needs in order to meet stakeholder deadlines.

Assist in architecture testing and delivery of cloud-based application solutions to establish quick wins and business value.

Collaborate with team members to ensure they have factored all requirements and risks appropriately into ongoing support initiatives.

Establish a strong understanding of data entities and their contextual relationship with analytics and data science needs.

Working in an Agile Framework participate in Agile ceremonies such as sprint planning backlog grooming stakeholder demos and daily scrums.

Identify blockers and work in collaboration with the team lead to clear them.

Participate in ongoing code reviews and provide input on technology stack design.

Work to formalize development standards and share industry best practices with other team members to ensure high quality and consistency in outputs.

Provide strategic advice to the Practice Lead and wider team to identify developments or technical improvements that impact the OSCs operational and policy work.

Focus on introducing a rapid development model to the organization geared at delivering quick actionable value.

Work with cloud infrastructure specialists to assist in the design of application infrastructure.

Participate in projects from inception to end-state production by defining and recommending system enhancements application design reporting/data requirements and conversion activities.

What do you need to be successful in this role

Pursuing a Bachelors degree of Mathematics Computer Science or Software Engineering or in a related undergraduate/masters program

Experience in full-stack development. This includes working on the front-end API and underlying data stores.

Working knowledge or solid understanding with application development languages and frameworks with a priority on Angular React and/or Vue

Experience working with programming languages such as Python (preferred) R and SQL including familiarity of data science libraries.

Nice-to-have: Experience with Microsoft Azure or other cloud providers Spark Scala Git

Strong analytical skills with the ability to analyze large datasets

Excellent problem solving and strategic thinking skills.

Clear and concise verbal and written communication skills.

Strong work ethic and organizational skills to meet aggressive deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Internally motivated dynamic able to work proficiently both independently and in a team environment.

**Please note this opportunity is considered to be a business critical role supporting the ISDS Department*

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We thank all applicants for their interest in the Ontario Securities Commission. We will contact those selected for an interview.

The OSC is committed to diversity and providing an inclusive workplace and providing accommodation in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and the Human Rights Code. It is our priority to ensure employment opportunities are visible and barrier-free to all under-represented groups including but not limited to Indigenous Black and racialized groups people with disabilities women and people from the 2SLGBTQI community to achieve an employee demographic profile reflective of the demographic profile of Ontarians.

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