Senior Full Stack Developer (Term)

Date Posted: 07/16/2026

Req ID: 49405

Faculty/Division: VP-People, Finance & Digital Services

Department: Enterprise Apps & Solutions Integration

Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Position Number: 00059810

Existing Vacancy: Yes

Description:

About us:

The University of Toronto is consistently ranked among the world’s leading research institutions, recognized for its commitment to innovation, academic excellence, and global impact. Within the Information Technology Services (ITS) Division, the Student Information Systems (SIS) group plays a critical role in supporting the academic and administrative needs of students, faculty, and staff. The SIS team is known for its dynamic, collaborative, and forward-thinking culture. It fosters an environment that values creativity, continuous learning, and the delivery of impactful technology solutions. Team members benefit from a supportive and inclusive workplace that promotes professional growth and offers the opportunity to contribute to transformative projects that shape the future of student services at one of Canada’s most prestigious universities.

Your opportunity:

Reporting to the Manager, SIS Products and Applications, you will serve as the technical architect and senior developer for a dynamic, collaborative team focused on delivering transformational technology solutions to the University. Your work will directly shape the University's administrative management and student systems.

As a Senior Full Stack Developer/Architect, you will lead the design, development, and modernization of the Course Information System (CIS) and other enterprise applications within the EASI suite. You will provide technical leadership and architectural direction for a team of developers building front-end applications, APIs, and microservices, while working closely with business, security, operations, and architecture stakeholders. This role is critical to ensuring our applications are scalable, secure, cloud-native, and aligned with the University's long-term technology vision. You will also play a key role in mentoring developers, reducing key-person risk, and establishing architectural standards across the EASI application portfolio.

Your responsibilities will include:

Architecting, designing, and overseeing the development of full stack applications using Java (Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate) and Angular, ensuring scalability, security, and long-term maintainability

Leading the modernization and migration of legacy applications (including AngularJS to Angular) with minimal business disruption

Designing and implementing cloud-native, containerized solutions using Azure and Kubernetes, including CI/CD pipeline architecture

Writing complex, clean, modular, and well-documented technical code, while establishing and enforcing coding standards and design patterns across the team

Reconciling business requirements with information architecture needs for highly complex, cross-system integrations

Analyzing, recommending, and designing technical solutions for highly complex IT problems, including cross-cutting infrastructure dependencies

Collaborating with UX designers, business analysts, and architects to translate functional requirements into robust, scalable technical solutions

Providing architectural guidance and maintaining technical documentation for system architecture, APIs, cloud infrastructure, and release notes

Mentoring developers and providing technical leadership on highly complex projects to strengthen overall team capability

Keeping the team well-informed on current technologies, best practices, and industry standards, particularly around cloud, containerization, and modern frontend frameworks

Creating complex technical documentation and user support guides

Essential Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent education and experience)

Minimum eight (8) years of relevant experience in full stack application development, including senior or architectural responsibilities

Significant, demonstrated experience in Java and Angular application architecture is required

Minimum seven (8) years of experience with Java applications, including REST API development, microservices architecture, and OAuth 2

Minimum six (6) years of experience building and architecting front-end applications using Angular (version 13+), with strong working knowledge of modern Angular features (standalone components, signals, RxJS, reactive forms, lazy loading, and dependency injection)

Minimum three (3) years of hands-on experience with AngularJS (1.x), including maintaining, extending, or migrating legacy AngularJS applications

Demonstrated, hands-on experience leading at least one full AngularJS-to-Angular migration for a production enterprise application, including planning, execution, and post-migration support

Deep understanding of the architectural differences between AngularJS and Angular, and ability to advise on migration strategy, risk mitigation, and phased rollout approaches for legacy systems

Demonstrated experience designing and deploying cloud-native applications on Azure, including containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes

Experience with Azure services such as Azure Function Apps, Azure Event Hubs, Azure Service Bus, Azure Queues, and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Experience working in and leading development teams using git, code reviews, and pull requests

Experience building applications that are secure, performant, maintainable, and WCAG compliant

Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams on highly complex, multi-application projects

Proficiency in Java web applications and APIs: Java Web Services, Spring MVC, Spring Boot, JUnit, JPA/Hibernate, Maven, and Gradle

Proficiency in front-end development: JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular, HTML5, and CSS

Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and infrastructure-as-code principles

Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues across interconnected systems and meet tight timelines

Ability to exercise sound judgment, provide technical direction, and work effectively both independently and as part of a team

Strong communication skills, both oral and written, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences and senior leadership

Assets (Nonessential):

Relevant certifications in Azure, AWS, Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD), or Java

Prior experience in higher education or large enterprise IT environments

To be successful in this role you will be:

Adaptable

Communicator

Cooperative

Multi-tasker

Organized

Proactive

Problem solver

Mentor and technical leader

Strategic thinker

NOTE: This is a 1 year-term position.

Closing Date: 07/27/2026, 11:59PM ET

Employee Group: USW

Appointment Type: Budget - Term

Schedule: Full-Time

Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:

USW Pay Band 18 - $116,547. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $149,043. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.

Job Category: Information Technology (IT)

Recruiter: Khristen Sivaramalingam

Lived Experience Statement

Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.

Job descriptions are available upon request for internal applicants.

Diversity Statement

The University of Toronto embraces Diversity and is building a culture of belonging that increases our capacity to effectively address and serve the interests of our global community. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black and racialized persons, women, persons with disabilities, and people of diverse sexual and gender identities. We value applicants who have demonstrated a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that diverse perspectives, experiences, and expertise are essential to strengthening our academic mission.

As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see http://uoft.me/UP.

Accessibility Statement

The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission.

The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities.

If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact uoft.careers@utoronto.ca.

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