{"id":2905711,"url":"https://alion.io/job/first-national-financial-lp-senior-application-developer-it","title":"Senior Application Developer, IT","company":{"id":1050374,"name":"First National Financial LP","domain":"firstnational.ca","url":"https://alion.io/company/firstnational-ca","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Dayforce","truth_index":null},"role":"Backend","role_family":"Backend","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Toronto, Canada"],"countries":["CA"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":108034,"max":128034,"currency":"CAD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":90858},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":7,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"COBOL","optional":false},{"name":"Db2","optional":false},{"name":"UML","optional":false},{"name":".NET","optional":true},{"name":"Angular","optional":true},{"name":"Blazor","optional":true},{"name":"C#","optional":true},{"name":"Entity Framework Core","optional":true},{"name":"JavaScript","optional":true},{"name":"MS SQL","optional":true},{"name":"TypeScript","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-13T04:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-20","last_verified_at":"2026-10-24T05:13:35Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":11,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":11},"description":"We are hiring a Senior Application Developer, IT\nReporting To:\nDirector and Team Lead\nFull-Time/Part-Time:\nPosting Date:\nFull-Time \nOctober 13, 2026\nClosing Date:\nOctober 27, 2026\nSalary Range:\n$108,034 - $128,034\nHours of Work:\n8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.\nGrade:\nOffice Location: \n14.4\nToronto, ON\nWhat we offer:\nHighly competitive compensation package which includes base salary, bonus, benefits, and career advancement opportunities! \n*Eligibility for benefits is dependent on the terms of employment\nThe Opportunity \n\nThe Senior Application Developer working within a cross-functional product team, will be responsible for analyzing, developing, and implementing application changes and enhancements. The Senior Application Developer develops solutions ensuring quality, scalability, and maintainability. The Senior Application Developer will provide guidance to junior members on their team.\n How you will contribute: \nParticipate actively in all phases of development, including research, design, coding, testing, and deployment. \nParticipate in effort estimations and contribute to impact and risk assessments during early project stages. \nEnsure alignment with application modernization plans and architecture roadmaps. \nEnsure adherence to best practices, coding standards, and design principles across the team. \nAbility to work with various stakeholders to gather consensus and make informed decisions. \n\nThe experience you need: \n\nSkills and Attributes:\nCOBOL, DB2, IBM iSeries experience.\nExcellent verbal and written communication skills. \nStrong technical skills and hands on development and production support experience with legacy mortgage administration systems.\nExperience and understanding of the mortgage lifecycle.\nExperience in the mortgage industry \nExperience with Mortgage Administration Systems \nStrong analysis/debugging skills to help remove blockers for the team. \nStrong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and multitask effectively. \n\nEducation/Certification/Experience Requirements:\nPost-secondary education in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. \nMinimum 7+ years of experience in application development. \nWorking knowledge of UML and other architecture modelling notations (class diagrams, sequence diagrams, use cases, etc.). \nStrong understanding of OOP concepts and frameworks. \nAbility to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies. \nProven analytical and problem-solving capabilities. \n\nNice to Have:\n.NET, Angular, Blazor\nREST, SOA\nEntity Framework, MS SQL \n\nWorking Environment and Physical Demands Analysis:\nOffice environment\nPeriods of high volume with tight timelines\nLong periods of stationary position/sitting\nProlonged periods of repetitive movement (i.e. using a keyboard and mouse)\nLong periods of time in viewing a computer screen\nMulti-tasking may include speaking to customers on a telephone call while looking up information on a computer program.\n\nWhy join First National?\nCompetitive Compensation \nComprehensive benefits program (i.e., Health Spending Account, Maternity and Parental Leave Top Up)\nVirtual work environment\nExtensive training programs to set our employees up for success \nModern office environment conducive to collaboration\nSupportive teamwork culture \nOpportunities to give back to the communities and work through events focused on a variety of charities \nOngoing social events throughout the year\n\nThe team you’ll join: \nFounded in 1988, First National is one of Canada’s largest non-bank lenders. We provide residential mortgages exclusively through the mortgage broker channel and we are Canada’s largest commercial mortgage lender. \nFirst National has been consistently recognized as a great place to work and we are proud that our employee engagement feedback is higher than our industry partners. \n\nWe would like to thank all applications for their interest in this existing vacancy but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. \n\nFirst National is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity and inclusion regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender identity, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation and any other category protected by law.\n\nFirst National supports requests for accommodation from applicants with disabilities; please contact Human Resources at  should you need an accommodation at any point in the recruitment process.\n\nArtificial Intelligence is not used in our recruitment or hiring process for this role.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4557,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":7,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Parental leave"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Mortgage Lending & Brokers"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-20T07:44:27Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":79,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.877,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":11,"expected_fill_days":23,"reasons":["conf:0","velocity","win:mid"],"computed_at":"2026-10-24T06:02:35Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":90858,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/first-national-financial-lp-senior-application-developer-it","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/first-national-financial-lp-senior-application-developer-it.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-24T06:34:26Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":9526,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-25T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1050374},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1050374"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Ffirst-national-financial-lp-senior-application-developer-it"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Ffirst-national-financial-lp-senior-application-developer-it"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Ffirst-national-financial-lp-senior-application-developer-it"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/first-national-financial-lp-senior-application-developer-it\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Ffirst-national-financial-lp-senior-application-developer-it"}]}