About Us:
Sunwing Vacations Group is home to North America’s largest vacation brands, comprised of the leading Canadian leisure tour operators Sunwing Vacations and WestJet Vacations, along with the growing United States based tour operator Vacation Express, together with the Group’s own travel retail businesses SellOffVacations.com and Luxe Destination Weddings. Our culture is driven by our EPIC Values (entrepreneurial, passionate, innovative, and customer-centric) and our teams work together to deliver our purpose “passionate people making vacation dreams come true”.

The Opportunity:
Under Sunwing Vacations, we are looking for a Senior Mobile Developer to join us in making vacation dreams come true. A Senior Mobile Developer at Sunwing is responsible for developing, designing, and delivering quality mobile applications to meet business objectives. As a Senior Mobile Developer, you will play a large role in key initiatives, and work closely with the Development and associated IT teams to ensure success.

The position reports to the Senior Lead Developer and will be located in Toronto, ON.

What You’ll Do:

• Design and Implement high-performance mobile applications, setting an example for the team
• Be comfortable explaining, analyzing, and understanding Functional and Technical Requirements, and how it maps to coding
• Participate in the Design process of Technical Requirements and Solutions (and be comfortable to drive certain areas in the Design)
• Create prototypes, draw diagrams, analyze existing code, and research external sources
• Produce good quality code with an aim to be defect-free, robust, and extensible (future proof)
• Be very comfortable interacting with APIs, and working with a Micro-services oriented Architecture
• Understand and follow Sunwing SDLC practices
• Participate in Team Scrum activities such as Sprint planning, Sprint review and Sprint retrospective
• Participate in Code reviews
• Assist testing processes and provide knowledge sharing with QA team
• Take initiative in Software documentation and assisting others in Documentation writing
• Ensure and uphold coding standards and Best Practices, and provide feedback on process and practice where it can be improved
• Have a good understanding and knowledge of the larger Sunwing technology stack
• Be able to interact, communicate, and share ideas with both technical and non-technical minded personnel
• Provide assistance in areas of Support interacting with areas the Developer is familiar with (potentially after normal working hours)
• Be able to troubleshoot problems in the areas the Developer is familiar with, and works around (i.e. the larger group’s software portfolio)
• Identify issues, develop, and maintain processes that address and resolve them and communicate/alert stakeholders, as needed

What You’ll Need:

• Flutter / Dart – strong level of knowledge required
• Familiarity with native mobile development concepts (Swift for iOS, Kotlin for Android) to support platform-specific implementations when required, and other common mobile technology (Firebase, Push Notifications etc.)
• Strong understanding of mobile application release processes, including publishing to Apple App Store and Google Play Store
• REST APIs and Microservices architecture – strong understanding required
• Working with Software Version Control such as Git – good level of familiarity required
• Postman or similar API tools – good level of familiarity required
• Mobile UI/UX principles and responsive design – strong understanding required
• DevOps concepts (CI/CD pipelines) – good understanding required
• Understanding of Platform and Infrastructure concepts (Networking, APIs, Security) – good level of understanding required
• Azure (App Services, Functions, Storage, etc.) – familiarity nice to have
• SQL Server (including SQL, T-SQL, and working with SSMS) – nice to have
• .NET (C#, .NET Core, APIs) – nice to have
• 3-5+ years of experience

What We Offer:

• Hybrid Work Opportunities
• Great travel perks!
• Goodlife Corporate Discount
• Comprehensive benefits package
• RRSP Matching Program
• Growth opportunities
• Free Parking
• Open concept, collaborative workspace
• Fresh Café with delicious snacks and meals at a subsidized price!
• Opportunity to give back through our social responsibility initiatives
• See for yourself! @sunwinglife

We thank all who apply however only those who meet the qualifications will be contacted.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion - Diversity makes us EPIC; we strive to foster a culture where employees feel uniquely themselves and part of a team. Violence and harassment prevention and response - We partnered with White Ribbon to help us create a survivor-centric, trauma informed policy and educational programs used by all our divisions. Total wellbeing - Our approach is for holistic opportunities to help employees Be EPIC and Be Well. Learning and development - Our offerings are focused on the development of competencies, personal leadership, and leadership in groups and teams.

We are also committed to employment equity and to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment. We welcome applications from everyone. We will accommodate all applicants throughout the hiring process. If you are an individual who requires accommodation to apply to this position, please email recruiting@sunwing.ca