Why BCAA?
Feel proud of what you do and help shape the future of BC at a BC Top Employer. We’re driven by purpose – delivering peace of mind to one in three BC households with insurance, roadside assistance, auto repair, Evo Car Share and Evolve E-Bike Share. With a long history of keeping roads safe and giving back in ways that build stronger communities, we offer a wide variety of meaningful, rewarding careers that move BC forward.
We are currently hiring an Associate Cloud Developer (12-Month Contract) to join our Digital Technology team based in our Head Office in Burnaby.
As an Associate Cloud Developer, you'll play an important role in supporting and enhancing BCAA's cloud-native digital platforms built on AWS. Working alongside senior developers and architects,you'llhelpmonitorproduction systems, troubleshoot issues, resolve defects, and contribute to backend enhancements that improve the reliability, performance, and scalability of our digital ecosystem.
This is an excellent opportunity for an early-career cloud developer who enjoys solving technical challenges and building cloud-native applications. You'll gain hands on experience with AWS services, event driven architectures, enterprise integrations, low code solutions, automation workflows and AI enabled solutions while working in a collaborative environment that encourages continuous learning and professional growth.
Who you are:
- You're passionate about cloud technologies and excited to build your career in backend development.
- You're a curious problem solver who enjoys troubleshooting technical issues and finding practical solutions.
- You're collaborative, adaptable, and enjoy learning from experienced developers and technical leaders.
- You're detail-oriented and committed to writing reliable, maintainable, and secure code.
- You communicate effectively and enjoy working across technical and business teams.
Whatyou’lldo:
- Provide second-line support for cloud-native production applications running on AWS.
- Monitor system health, CloudWatch alerts, queues, and production pipelines to maintain platform stability.
- Troubleshoot production issues across AWS services, APIs, and enterprise integrations.
- Perform root cause analysis and contribute to long-term improvements that enhance system reliability.
- Support the reprocessing and recovery of failed transactions across digital platforms.
- Develop, test, and deploy backend enhancements, bug fixes, and integration improvements.
- Collaborate with senior developers, architects, and product teams to design and implement new features.
- Build and enhance monitoring, logging, and alerting capabilities for production systems.
- Support end-to-end validation of digital workflows and customer communication pipelines.
- Participate in QA, User Acceptance Testing, release activities, and production deployments.
- Contribute to technical documentation, runbooks, and knowledge sharing across the team.
- Participate in backlog refinement and continuous improvement initiatives that enhance platform performance and operational excellence.
What you bring:
- Diploma, Bachelor'sdegree, or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, ora relatedfield.
- 1–3 years of software development experience with exposure to production support or cloud operations.
- Experience developing and supporting cloud-native solutions using AWS services such as Lambda, API Gateway, S3, SNS, SQS, EventBridge, CloudWatch, and RDS (PostgreSQL).
- Proficiency in Node.js or Python for backend development, with Python considered an asset.
- Experience building and supporting RESTful APIs and system integrations.
- Understanding ofevent-driven architectures, asynchronous messaging, distributed systems, and DLQ monitoring.
- Experience troubleshooting production issues across cloud services, applications, and integrations.
- Experience working with PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, or other relational databases.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience working within Agile development environments.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and technical documentation skills.
- A passion for learning cloud technologies and building reliable, scalable backend systems.
- Bonus Skills:
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or higher.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
- Exposure to JavaScript or TypeScript.
- Experience with monitoring, observability, and logging tools such as CloudWatch.
- Experience supporting enterprise integrations across cloud and on-premises systems.
The salary range for this position is $75,363.00 ($41.41/hr)to $94,203.84 ($51.76/hr) and is determined via job-related knowledge, skills, experience, certifications, market demand, and internal equity. In addition to base salary and BCAA benefits, this position is eligible for a performance bonus target of 9%, with the opportunity to earn up to 15%.
Please note that this is a12-month contractwith the possibility for extension and/or permanent conversion, but subject to performance and operational needs. Please note that this is a hybrid role based out of our Burnaby, BC office (3 on-site / 2 remote days). Applicants who are not located within commuting distance of our Head Office or are not looking to relocate to the Greater Vancouver/Lower Mainland/Fraser Valley region will not be considered.
What we offer:
- The chance to make a difference every day in the lives of British Columbians, BCAA Members and our communities.
- Career and personal development to help you grow and reach your goals.
- Incentives that recognize team and individual sales and performance.
- Flexible benefits to support your health and lifestyle, and wellness dollars* to keep your body, mind and soul thriving.
- A competitive rewards package including salary performance bonus programs, pension plan*, and more to help build your personal wealth.
- Paid time off including vacation, and days for wellness, volunteering, and cultural, spiritual or religious connection.
- BCAA membership, with valuable perks and Member savings on every day and special spending, from gas and coffee to clothes, sports and event tickets, and hotels.
- Meaningful, rewarding work for a BC Top Employer known for putting people first and constantly building a better workplace for all our team members.
*for permanent employees
We’re always looking for amazing people like you. Apply today!
BCAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to providing accessible, inclusive employment. We have a long-standing partnership with the Presidents Group which strives to increase employment opportunities for people living with disabilities, and champion accessible employment in BC. If you need personalized support through application and recruitment, please contact HRAccommodations@bcaa.com.
