Senior Full Stack Developer

Role Responsibilities

The Platform branch is looking for two (2) Senior Full Stack Developers (FSD). These positions report to the Delivery Manager.

Senior FSD provides technical advice on platform and software development, supports transition to cloud-based platforms, and is expected to use AI tools, agentic workflows, and process automation responsibly to improve analysis, delivery speed, support, and service quality while maintaining human judgment and accountability.

The responsibilities of this role include:

• Lead platform development by translating product requirements into scalable, secure front- and back-end solutions across GoA services.
• Design, build, enhance, and maintain front-end and back-end platform services using modern software development practices.
• Analyze business and platform requirements and translate them into scalable, reliable, and secure technical solutions.
• Own delivery of enhancements, defect resolution, and ongoing maintenance across the full development lifecycle.
• Provide production support, troubleshoot complex issues, and ensure platform stability and performance.
• Drive modernization by advancing cloud adoption, reducing technical debt, retiring legacy components, and enabling reusable patterns and services.
• Apply AI-enabled tools and automation to accelerate delivery and improve quality, while validating outputs and safeguarding sensitive information.
• Contribute to platform standards, architecture, and cross-team collaboration, while advising leadership and supporting branch priorities, governance, and reporting.
• Collaborate effectively with product teams, architects, designers, researchers, vendors, and business stakeholders to deliver client-focused solutions.
  
  

To be successful in this position, you will demonstrate:

• Knowledge of Agile, service or human-centered design, and continuous value delivery.
• Experience working with cloud technologies, modern platform services, and software architecture principles.
• Ability to understand user needs, navigate constraints, and collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong troubleshooting, judgment, change management, teamwork, and delivery skills.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and advise non-technical decision-makers.
• Understanding of GoA services and client needs, with AI and automation fluency (including generative/agentic tools, prompt/workflow design, output evaluation, and risk management).

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APS Competencies

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

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Qualifications

Requirements:

• A university degree in a related field (e.g., Computer Sciences, Information Technology, Business, Commerce, or Arts), supplemented by four (4) years of progressively responsible related experience.
• Four (4) years of experience in digital development and delivery approaches, including Agile, human-centered design, and continuous delivery.
• Experience leading project teams and enterprise initiatives, including resource and contract management.
• Experience developing and maintaining applications/services using .NET, C#, JavaScript, React, SQL, and modern software development best practices.
• Experience with software architecture, design patterns, and application of computing science principles in platform development.
• Experience with database technologies, including relational and alternative database models.
• Experience communicating technical information to non-technical audiences and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.

Equivalencies:

• A related master’s degree and a minimum of three (3) years of related experience; or
• A related two-year diploma and a minimum of six (6) years of related experience; or
• A related one-year certificate and a minimum of seven (7) years of related experience.

Assets:

• Experience with financial management, access management, and/or mobile app development.
• Understanding and working within given constraints (including but not limited to technology, policy, regulatory, financial, legal, ethical, social, user constraints).
• Advanced troubleshooting and problem-resolution skills.Experience with AI-assisted development tools, CI/CD, automation, and DevOps practices.
• Experience with cloud platform development and modernization of legacy solutions
  
  

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification.

Notes

Term of Employment: Permanent, Full-time position (2x positions)

Hours of Work: 7.25 hours daily / 36.25 weekly – Monday to Friday

Location: Edmonton

Final candidates will be required to undergo a security screening.

This competition may be used to fill future vacancies, across the Government of Alberta, at the same or lower classification level. 

Applicants are advised to provide a cover letter summarizing information that clearly and concisely demonstrates how their qualifications meet the advertised requirements, including education, experience, and relevant examples of required competencies. 

Additional Information: 

In your resume, please include dates (including months and years) associated with all education and work experience. Also, please indicate whether your work experience is casual, part-time, or full-time. For example, January 15, 2006 - June 25, 2009: Assistant (PT three 8 hrs. shifts/week).

Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses will be the responsibility of the candidate. Out-of-province applicants can obtain the required documents/checks from the province they currently reside in. 

Links and information on what the GoA have to offer to prospective employees.

•    Working for the Alberta Public Service 
•    Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP) 
•    Alberta Public Service Benefit Information 
•    Professional learning and development 
•    Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool
•    Positive workplace culture and work-life balance.
•    Leadership and mentorship programs.