Software Engineer
Date: Mar 2, 2026
Location: Winnipeg, MB (Hybrid), CA Calgary, AB (Hybrid), CA Edmonton, AB (Hybrid), CA North York - Toronto, ON (Hybr, CA
Company: Wawanesa Insurance
Job ID: 9843
Employment Type: Existing Role
Working Business Language: English
Salary: At Wawanesa, salary is only one component of a holistic, comprehensive and competitive offering that we provide to our employees. In addition to salary, full-time and part-time permanent employees are eligible for an annual bonus plan, leave of absence top-up programs and provided with generous vacation time, personal days, premium free benefits and pension plan.
The salary offered for this role is determined with consideration to various factors, including but not limited to: your work location, local labour market conditions, external market salary data, internal pay equity and the knowledge, skills, experience and anticipated proficiency in the role. The salary offered is estimated to be within the following range: $85,000 - $110,000. Candidates with salary expectations outside of the range are still encouraged to apply.
About Us
At Wawanesa, we offer a hybrid work environment that offers flexibility to our employees in balancing in-office (2 days per week OR 15 hours per week in a Wawanesa office) and remote work. You may work from any of the following locations: Winnipeg, MB; Calgary, AB; Edmonton, AB; Toronto (North York), ON.
The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company (“Wawanesa Mutual”), founded in 1896, is one of Canada’s largest mutual insurers, with over $3.5 billion in annual revenue and assets of $10 billion (CAD). Wawanesa Mutual, with its National Headquarters in Winnipeg, is the parent company of Wawanesa Life, which provides life insurance products and services throughout Canada, and Western Financial Group, which distributes personal and business insurance across Canada. Wawanesa proudly serves more than 1.7 million members in Canada, and we are home to more than 3,300 employees distributed across the Canadian regions and communities where we operate. We give back to organizations that strengthen communities, donating more than $3.5 million annually to charitable organizations, including over $2 million annually in support of people on the front lines of climate change. We are also proud to be recognized as one of Manitoba’s Top Employers. To learn more visit wawanesa.com.
We are currently looking for dedicated, driven, and enthusiastic individuals who thrive in an environment that welcomes change and are looking for an opportunity for diverse experience and advancement on a growing team.
Job Overview
The Software Engineer is responsible for taking machine learning applications in a service-oriented architecture from concept to production support and everything in-between using their creativity and technical skills and applying the principles of software engineering. A Software Engineer is responsible for building, deploying, maintaining, automating, and integrating production grade APIs and services, while conforming to Wawanesa best practices/patterns and following established governance principals.
Job Responsibilities
- Understanding and translating business and functional needs into machine learning problem statements.
- Applying software engineering principles to analyze, problem-solve, and design a solution.
- Creating documentation, flowcharts, solution architecture diagrams, And of course well designed and documented code.
- Studying state-of-the-art development tools, programming techniques, and computing equipment.
- Collecting, analyzing, and summarizing development and service issues.
- Supporting department’s infrastructure, services, and tooling.
- Providing support and general guidance on technical issues .
- Studying information needs, conferring with users, studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes, investigating problem areas.
- Adopting Agile methodologies to develop software within a standard software development lifecycle.
- Committing to professional development and continuous experiential learning to build cross-functional knowledge, technical skills, and mastery in competencies.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- More than 6 years of work experience as a Software Engineer or Software Developer
- A bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or a related field [or equivalent work experience] is required
- Proficiency in Python or other object-oriented programming languages.
- Proficiency with Linux, Bash.
- Proficiency with SQL and NoSQL.
- Proficiency with AWS technologies or equivalent cloud services.
- Proficiency with AWS CloudFormation or equivalent infrastructure as code.
- Proficiency with Github, CI/CD.
- Experience building and deploying infrastructure with cloud deployment technologies in an enterprise operational environment.
- Well versed in debugging and documentation.
- Prior experience working with test-driven development.
- Experience with code reviews and design patterns.
- Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
- Required to be creative and collaborative.
- Required strong communication skills and ability to translate technical concepts into appropriate language for all stakeholders.
- Has good judgment, a sense of urgency, follow-through, and ownership.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong problem solving skills.
Diversity Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
At Wawanesa, we are committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) and believe that our strength lies in the diversity of our people – this is supported by having a representative workforce.
We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, including racialized persons, women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, gender-diverse and neurodiverse individuals, and anyone who can contribute to the further diversification of thought and ideas.
We aim to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all candidates. If you require accommodations during any stage of the recruitment process, please reach out in confidence to jobs@wawanesa.com.
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