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Fidelity International

Software Developer

Toronto, ON · Hybrid

CA$101K - CA$118K/yr

We are looking for a Java Software Developer who will take a key role on our team. The ideal ... Generous time off policy, including 2 paid days annually to volunteer at a charity of your choice

Dixon Hall

Job Developer, FT

Toronto, ON · On-site

CA$29.87/hr

The Job Developer is required to perform their duties in a manner consistent with Dixon Hall ... and volunteers. * Actively participate in department and agency meetings and events. * Meet ...

THOMSON REUTERS

Salesforce Engineer

Toronto, ON · Hybrid

The Commercial Engineering Organization within Thomson Reuters is looking to add a strong and ... We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro ...

Alstom

VIE - DevOps Engineer (m/f)

Toronto, ON · On-site

Could you be the full-time DevOps Engineer in Toronto, ON we're looking for? Your future role We're ... Part of this allowance is the same for all volunteers ( 772.87 /month); and another part called ...

Alstom

VIE - DevOps Engineer (m/f)

Toronto, ON · On-site

Could you be the full-time DevOps Engineer in Toronto, ON we're looking for? Your future role We're ... Part of this allowance is the same for all volunteers (€ 772.87 /month); and another part called ...

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What is a volunteer developer?

A Volunteer Developer is an unpaid software developer who contributes their skills to projects for nonprofits, open-source initiatives, or community-driven efforts. They help design, develop, and maintain software applications, websites, or tools to support an organization's mission. This role allows developers to gain experience, build a portfolio, and give back to the community while collaborating with other professionals. Volunteer Developers typically work remotely or on a flexible schedule, depending on the project's needs.

What do volunteer developers do?

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Senior Web Developer

Imagine Communications

Toronto, ON • On-site

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life

Re-posted 5 days ago

Job description

Overview

Every day, Imagine Communications is delivering billions of media moments all over the world - anywhere, anytime and on any device.  Imagine Communications delivers innovative, end-to-end media software and networking solutions to over 3,000 customers in more than 185 countries, including the top broadcast facilities and the most technologically advanced sports and live-event venues.

Why Imagine?

Imagine Communications offers a generous Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance package. We like to make sure all our employees are safe when travelling so we've got travel insurance covered too.  Employee Wellbeing is a priority for us, so all employees and their family have access to our EAP and Wellness programs, including LifeSpeak and Vitality. Volunteer in your community and we will pay for that too.

A Bit About The Role

Imagine Communications is seeking a Software Engineer with web development expertise to join our engineering team in Toronto, Canada or Cambridge, UK (both locations are remote friendly). This role focuses on web-based user interfaces for real-time broadcast and media monitoring systems. The successful candidate will design, implement, optimize and maintain user interfaces for configuration. Monitoring and management of multiviewer systems in collaborating with the existing cross-functional product development teams.

  • Implement responsive, accessible UIs using raw HTML, CSS, JavaScript/jQuery, and TypeScript with Stencil (web components).
  • Develop reusable UI components and patterns for status dashboards, alarm views, signal tiles, layouts, and device configuration screens.
  • Work with CGI endpoints written in Perl or Python; extend or bridge them into a cohesive interface layer.
  • Design and execute queries against PostgreSQL; collaborate on schema design and migrations for new UI features.
  • Partner with product management and development engineers to translate monitoring/management workflows into intuitive UIs.
  • Profile and troubleshoot web UI to identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies.
  • Collaborate with QA, DevOps, and product teams to ensure robust feature delivery.
  • Participate in code reviews and contribute to continuous improvement of code quality and architecture.
  • Support ongoing code maintenance, refactoring, and technical debt reduction.
About You
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • Core Web: Strong hands-on with semantic HTML, modern JavaScript (ES6+), CSS fundamentals, and jQuery for legacy/CGIdriven views.
  • TypeScript & Components: Solid experience with TypeScript; componentbased development using Stencil (or similar web component frameworks).
  • Back-End Web: Proficiency with Node.js and ExpressJS for building RESTful/streaming endpoints; understanding of middleware, routing, and error handling.
  • CGI & Scripting: Comfortable reading/writing Perl or Python CGI scripts, form handlers, and templating in serverrendered flows.
  • Web Server Ops: Practical experience configuring Nginx (reverse proxy, caching, compression, HTTP/2/3, TLS, upstreams).
  • Databases: Working knowledge of PostgreSQL (schemas, indexing, joins, migrations, performance basics).
  • Containers: Experience building and running services in Docker, composing multicontainer environments.
  • Testing & Tooling: Familiarity with Playwright or similar; linting, formatting, and CI (e.g. Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI).
  • Security & Performance: Understanding of CSP, CORS, CSRF, XSS mitigation; profiling and performance optimization for production UIs.
  • Collaboration: Version control with Git, code reviews, and clear technical communication.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively in Agile teams.

The following experience is considered an asset:

  • Real-time/Streaming UI: SSE/WebSockets experience; visualization of telemetry or alarms.
  • Streaming media: video playback in the browser.
  • Docker Compose, container networking, basic Linux admin on appliance-like environments
  • Experience implementing or consuming REST APIs.
  • UX: Experience with operator consoles, tiled layouts, keyboard navigation and multimonitor workflows.
  • Experience in broadcast or media processing environments.

 

 

Celebrating difference, together stronger

At Imagine Communications, we don't just accept difference - we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our customers, our employees, our products, and our communities.  We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect.  Imagine Communications is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.

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