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 Developer to join our team and help make vacation dreams come true. Reporting to the Sr. Lead Developer, the Senior Developer is responsible for architecting, developing and delivering robust, scalable and high-quality software solutions that support critical business objectives. In this role, you will play a central engineering role across key digital initiatives, driving end-to-end technical delivery from design through deployment and operational monitoring. Working within agile delivery streams, you will collaborate closely with Product Owners, Technical Leads, Software Developers and cross-functional IT teams to advance core enterprise platforms and champion engineering best practices.
Apply now and have your career soar to new heights - under our wing!
What You’ll Do
- Design, develop and deliver high-quality, scalable and maintainable software solutions that support business goals and key digital initiatives.
- Design, implement and maintain clean, readable and extensible code, adhering to SOLID principles and cross-team architectural standards.
- Analyze and break down complex functional and technical requirements into structured designs and actionable engineering tasks.
- Lead and contribute to technical solution design, including architectural diagrams, workflow specifications and proof-of-concept prototypes.
- Develop robust, secure and high-performing code with a focus on scalability and long-term maintainability.
- Design, build and integrate RESTful APIs and backend services within distributed, microservices-oriented architectures.
- Apply strong database engineering principles to schema design, table relationships, query performance and transactional data integrity.
- Participate throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), collaborating with Product Owners, Technical Leads, Developers and cross-functional IT teams.
- Champion clean code, security standards and architectural best practices across technical deliverables.
- Apply a strong understanding of enterprise architectures and downstream system dependencies to build seamless integrations.
- Work with minimal supervision and contribute to high-impact projects and major technology initiatives.
- Investigate, diagnose and resolve production incidents, service interruptions and defects across core applications and integrations.
- Provide escalation or after-hours support during critical operational windows, as required.
- Maintain clear and timely communication with Technical Leads, operations teams and key business stakeholders regarding incident status, workarounds and resolution timelines.
What You’ll Need
- 3–5 years of relevant software development experience.
- College diploma in Computer Science, Software Development, Information Technology or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
- Strong software development and application design skills with an emphasis on clean, scalable and maintainable solutions.
- Experience developing RESTful APIs and backend services within distributed or microservices-oriented architectures.
- Strong understanding of SOLID principles, clean code practices and software architecture standards.
- Knowledge of database engineering principles, including schema design, table relationships, query performance and transactional data integrity.
- Experience working within agile software development and delivery environments.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to independently address issues within areas of expertise and quickly understand unfamiliar concepts and technologies.
- Ability to analyze complex functional and technical requirements and translate them into structured technical solutions.
- Strong understanding of enterprise architecture, integrations and downstream system dependencies.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while collaborating effectively with Senior Developers, Technical Leads and cross-functional teams.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively with both technical and business stakeholders.
- Ability to contribute effectively to high-impact projects and major technology initiatives.
What We Offer
- Grow your career with challenging and rewarding work that makes a difference.
- Opportunity to give back through our social responsibility initiatives.
- Work with a fun, passionate, travel-loving team!
- Great travel perks!
- Free parking.
- Open-concept, collaborative workspace.
- 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
