Full Stack Developer

REQuest for RESOURCE/SERVICE (RFR/RFS)

Reference No.: RFSQ-01-23, RFSQ-02-24

Issue Date: July 16, 2024

Submission Deadline: July 23, 2024 at 2:00pm CST

Submission Details:

Responses must be submitted electronically through Bonfire using the Bonfire system. Responses submitted in any other manner will not be accepted.

Proponents should submit the "Requested Information" listed in the Bonfire application.

For more information, contact:

Name: Christine Labatt

Method: Utilize the "Ask a Question" button located next to the question due date, within the Bonfire application

IMPORTANT: No legal obligation regarding the procurement of any service shall be created until SGI and the selected respondent have entered into a written contract for the Deliverables.

The Supplier DOES NOT have any obligation to submit a response. Providing a submission WILL NOT commit SGI or the Supplier to anything. The Supplier may withdraw or amend its submission at any time. For greater clarity, providing a submission WILL NOT commit SGI to obtaining all or any of the Deliverables from the Supplier or to otherwise deal exclusively with the Supplier in respect of all or any of the Deliverables. If SGI chooses to contract with the Supplier based on its submission, it may issue a notice or Purchase Order which will specify the Deliverables SGI intends to purchase from the Supplier.

DELIVERABLES:

SGI is seeking 4 Full Stack Developer resources for a period of 12 months with the option to extend. Services would be carried out onsite or hybrid in Regina, or remote within Canada. The desired work hour coverage is 8:00AM - 5:00PM Saskatchewan Time with the possibility of some after-hours support. Alternative coverage times will be considered.

Position Details:

Title: Full Stack Developer (Intermediate/Senior)

Duration: 12 Months

Start Date: August 12, 2024

Department: Auto Fund Delivery

Requirements:

The focus of this engagement will be to provide operational production level support and enhancements to SGI's new mySGI customer portal. Please limit your response to include only your top 2 resources that would fulfill the following expectations and requirements, unless you have a full complement of 4 that have previously worked together.

Senior and Intermediate Full Stack Developer Responsibilities:

• Designing, developing, testing, and delivering implementing high-quality software delivered in a cloud, micro-service, event driven architecture.
• Providing mentorship to other members of the team and requires an experienced understanding of the DevOps process, the expectations of the Feature Team and its relationship with the business.
• Ensure that development activities and deliverables are aligned to the standards and coding practices defined under established cloud principles.
• They understand and can communicate the relationship between business goals, applications they are developing, and their relationship with the platform. Working in a dynamic environment, they understand complex applications and can handle multiple requests and priorities.
• A deep understanding of coding languages and new technologies, and provides meaningful feedback on any developer tasks before, during, and after their execution. This role is an escalation point for conflicts of issues or priorities that may arise within a sprint.

Necessary Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:

• Candidates should have at least three years directly related experience in software development and operational support of enterprise class, micro-service architectures.
• Front and back-end development and skills to write software, such as: software languages, operating systems and cloud and server architectures.
• Software development lifecycle methodologies.
• Software testing primarily automated, accurately written, consistently executed.
• Relational, big data, and unstructured database architectures.
• Service-oriented design, including Microservices, APIs, and best practices.
• DevOps practices and agile software development.
• Microservice architecture adhering to Domain Driven Design and leveraging Event Sourcing.
• Azure DevOps for tracking work.
• Visual Studio (C#/.NET).
• React Front End with TypeScript using Jest for testing.
• Test Automation wherever possible.
• Extensive automation using Azure Pipelines and Git.
• Using Azure services for database technologies, monitoring, and identity.
• Feature flagging using Launch Darkly.
• Developing and supporting micro front ends.