Student, Software Engineer (Winter 2026, 8 Months)

Toronto, ON
Permanent
Full-time

20 hours ago

Choose a workplace that empowers your impact.Join a global workplace where employees thrive. One that embraces diversity of thought, expertise and experience. A place where you can personalize your employee journey to be — and deliver — your best.We are a purpose-driven, dynamic and sustainable pension plan. An industry leading global investor with teams in Toronto to London, New York, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe. We embody the values of our 600,000+ members, placing their best interests at the heart of everything we do.Join us to accelerate your growth & development, prioritize wellness, build connections, and support the communities where we live and work.Don’t just work anywhere — come build tomorrow together with us.Know someone at OMERS or Oxford Properties? Great! If you're referred, have them submit your name through Workday first. Then, watch for a unique link in your email to apply.We’re seeking a talented Backend Developer Co-op to join our pension technology development team as we develop exciting, interesting pension system related applications. You will be working closely with the architecture and development team under the project’s solution architect, as well as more broadly with a cross-functional team to deliver quality and leading-edge digital experience. You’ll be able to quickly synthesize business requirements, research and design principles into well-considered applications. You will need to be able to identify and solve problems, explore different design solutions and present best options to the project team members and stakeholders.As a member of this team, you will be responsible for:

Consuming and understanding business, functional and technical requirements
Participating in solution evaluation, developing Proof of Concepts
Collaborating with other team members to interactively design and develop new applications and features
Working with technology platforms such as Google Cloud Platform, Java, Node.js and AngularJS
Developing and maintaining complete end-to-end cross-browser compatible web applications
Developing technical documents to accurately represent the design and code
Participating in design review sessions with project teams, acquiring consensus and approval on designs and documentation

To succeed in this role, you have:

Enrolled in a University or College program in the field of Computer Science, Software Engineering or Mathematics preferred, other University programs in information technology disciplines will be considered
A strong commitment to collaborative problem-solving and experience working in product development teams an asset
Experience with Java/Spring Boot, NodeJS
HTML/CSS, Javascript, AngularJS, JQuery, ReactJS
Node.js, JEE, Apache, PHP, .Net, Spring
SQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, NoSQL
Web Services (RESTful), XML, JSON
AWS, Google GCP, Azure, Heroku
Apache Kafka (Nice-to-Have)
Docker, Kubernetes
Git/TFS
UI/UX Design (Nice-to-Have)
Android/iOS (Nice-to-Have)

IMPORTANT: Application InstructionsTo ensure your application is submitted to our applicant tracking system accurately, please follow the instructions below.Please include all required documents (Resume, Cover Letter) in one combined file. Your application may be submitted in PDF of Microsoft Word format.As one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, our people-first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities where we live and work — and the members we proudly serve.From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our Purpose@Work committee and employee recognition programs.

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