CBC/Radio-Canada

Position Title:

Senior Web Developer Backend Typescript (French Services) (Telework/Hybrid)

Status of Employment:

Contractee Long-Term (Fixed Term)

Position Language Requirement:

French

Language Skills:

French (Reading), French (Speaking), French (Writing)

Work at CBC/Radio-Canada

At CBC/Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance.

Do you think you have the ability and drive to keep up with this exciting, ever-changing industry? Whether it be in front of the camera, on air, online or behind the scenes, you would be joining a team that thrives on making connections and telling stories that are important to Canadians.

Unposting Date:

2025-06-18 11:59 PM

At CBC/Radio-Canada, we all have a story to tell. What’s yours?

If you share our passion for Canadian storytelling, and you wish to help us engage with individuals and communities across our various digital platforms, this is where you’ll want to be!

Every day, you will have an opportunity to shape the way in which Canadians see themselves reflected in our digital services. Your work will have a direct impact on how millions of Canadians from various communities connect with our products, with one another, and with the diverse voices that make our country so unique.

You will have the opportunity to play a part in enlightening and entertaining Canadians through our innovative work in building the mediums that deliver our content. We are an innovative hub, where the talented professionals we work with are respected and valued for their contributions. Our product teams are vibrant and our work culture strives to achieve the highest standards of diversity and inclusion. We believe that hiring people with different career paths and backgrounds is fundamental in our shared success and in building healthy and highly performant teams.

When you join our mission, you are not only shaping the vision of CBC/Radio-Canada, but the future of our country.

We know that commitment to equity, inclusion and diversity is essential to creating content that mirrors and resonates with the rich and evolving makeup of our country. We’re also committed to reaching out and connecting with our audience on multiple platforms this includes creating virtual places where communities can come together.

This is a hybrid position with a mix of in-office and remote work. Work arrangements will be discussed with hiring managers per departmental guidelines.

Your role

As part of the Radio-Canada Digital Media team, you will play an active role in creating innovative projects on Radio-Canada’s major platforms, such as Radio-Canada INFO, Olympic Games coverage, OHdio, RCI and Mordu. You will take an active role in our development of our current platforms. You’ll be called upon to develop our content management system (CMS), adapting it to the needs of journalists, webmasters and developers.

Main responsibilities

• Take part in developing and upgrading the Radio-Canada’s CMS.
• Contribute to advancing development best practices and upgrading legacy technologies.
• Ensure that developed applications perform well, for a good DX, UX and enabling journalists to compose publications rapidly and without errors.
• Write business rules in the domain layer of CBC/Radio-Canada (DDD).
• Write unit tests and maintain them (TDD approach).
• Document technology changes for training and collaboration purposes.
• Take part in agile ceremonies (e.g., sprints, scrums, demos, retros) and in rollout of applications.
• Take part in code reviews.

We are looking for a candidate with the following:

Technologies

• Proficiency in TypeScript
• Advanced knowledge of MongoDB and ElasticSearch
• Advanced knowledge of Azure Functions
• Advanced knowledge of GraphQL Apollo server
• Knowledge of C#, .NET Core and Web API an asset

Skills and experience

• Thorough, self-reliant, proactive, resourceful and team focused.
• 3 to 5 years of backend development experience or University degree.
• Solid command of French mandatory; working knowledge of English, spoken and written, an asset.

Benefits and work environment

• Flexible work schedules, allowing you to prioritize yourself, your family and your work.
• Work from home opportunities.
• Competitive total rewards package.
• Opportunities to work with cutting edge technology.
• Opportunities for continued learning and professional development.
• Opportunities to become a member of our Employee Resource Groups.
• Pair programming and mentorship opportunities, where you can learn from the best in the industry and help coach new talent.
• A creative and dynamic work environment, where your ideas and contributions can be heard, valued and respected.
• A supportive management team committed to upholding the highest standards of diversity and inclusivity.
• An environment which favours experimentation and an iterative approach in order to achieve the highest form of technical innovation.

Please note that this is a 12-month contract position, potentially renewable on an annual basis. The term contract as used here refers to a regular position within CBC/Radio-Canada with access to a competitive, comprehensive benefits package.

Curious to know more about Radio-Canada Digital Media? Visit our website https://ici.radio-canada.ca/medias-numeriques/

Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

As part of our recruitment process, candidates who advance to the next

step will be asked to complete a background check. This includes:

• A mandatory Criminal record check.
• Other background checks may be conducted based on the operational requirements of the position.

CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country’s diversity. That’s because we can only create and tell the stories that connect Canadians, by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country. That’s why we, as an employer, value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canada’s public broadcaster. For more information, visit the Diversity and Inclusion section of our website. If you have accommodation needs at this stage of the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible by sending an e-mail to recruitment@cbc.ca.

You are invited to consult and familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct, which can be found on our corporate website. All employees must adhere to the Code as a condition of employment. We also invite you to take a look at our policy on conflicts of interest. In the event that you become an employee, it will be important to inform us, as quickly as possible, of any situation that, because of your hiring, constitutes or could appear to constitute a conflict of interest.

Primary Location:

1000, Rue Papineau, Montreal, Quebec, H2K 0C2

Number of Openings:

1

Work Schedule:

Full time

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