Programmer Analyst I

Job Profile AAPS Salaried - Information Systems and Technology, Level B

Job Title Programmer Analyst I

Department Education Delivery Solutions A | Med IT | Faculty of Medicine

Compensation Range $6,251.00 - $8,986.00 CAD Monthly

The Compensation Range is the span between the minimum and maximum base salary for a position. The midpoint of the range is approximately halfway between the minimum and the maximum and represents an employee that possesses full job knowledge, qualifications and experience for the position. In the normal course, employees will be hired, transferred or promoted between the minimum and midpoint of the salary range for a job.

Posting End Date March 6, 2026

Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date March 31, 2027

Application Note Please provide a cover letter with your application.

EEO Statement At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Job Summary The Digital Solutions Programmer Analyst I supports the Faculty of Medicine vision "To Transform Health for Everyone" with design, development, and support of educational and administrative platforms and solutions for the Faculty of Medicine community. Our team is proud to say, we help build medical doctors and health professionals!

Team Culture

Take creative and pragmatic approaches to problem‑solving.

Are self‑motivated and take initiative.

Care about craftsmanship and ownership.

Love to innovate and experiment, safely.

Do their best work as part of a team.

Have a desire to "do the right thing"!

Organizational Status The University of British Columbia is a global centre for research and teaching, consistently ranked among the top 20 public universities in the world. Since 1915, UBC’s entrepreneurial spirit has embraced innovation and challenged the status quo. UBC encourages its students, staff and faculty to challenge convention, lead discovery and explore new ways of learning. At UBC, bold thinking is given a place to develop into ideas that can change the world.

Our Vision: To Transform Health for Everyone

Ranked among the world’s top medical schools with the fifth‑largest MD enrollment in North America, the UBC Faculty of Medicine is a leader in both the science and the practice of medicine. Across British Columbia, more than 12,000 faculty and staff are training the next generation of doctors and health care professionals, making remarkable discoveries, and helping to create the pathways to better health for our communities at home and around the world.

The Faculty—comprised of approximately 2,200 administrative support, technical/research and management and professional staff, as well as approximately 650 full‑time academic and over 10,000 clinical faculty members—is composed of 19 academic basic science and/or clinical departments, 3 schools, and 25 research centres and institutes. Together with its University and Health Authority partners, the Faculty delivers innovative programs and conducts research in the areas of health and life sciences. Faculty, staff and trainees are located at university campuses, clinical academic campuses in hospital settings and other regionally based centres across the province.

The UBC Vancouver Campus is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people. The City of Vancouver is located on Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil‑Waututh First Nations territory.

Reports to the Manager, Delivery and Enablement in the Faculty of Medicine, Digital Solutions, Architecture & Application portfolio.

Integral member of an Agile software development team.

Works with Product Leads and Solution Architects to plan software projects.

Works with our partners to design, develop and support our education and administrative platform and solutions.

Work Performed Specific Duties

Work as part of an Agile software development team.

Design, develop, test, maintain and support our platforms and solutions for educational and administrative services.

Follow best practices to ensure data privacy and security.

Participate in refinement, estimation and planning.

Demo features and fixes for stakeholders.

Contribute to documenting our processes, designs, and guidelines.

Contribute to continuous improvement activities.

Maintain appropriate professional designations and knowledge.

Core Duties

Program software applications and services.

Conduct testing and debugging to ensure application meets specifications.

Prepare programming documentation for supported programs.

Support software development lifecycle, and apply and follow appropriate programming/development methodologies and best practices.

Maintain appropriate professional designations and up‑to‑date knowledge of current information technology techniques and tools.

Participate in project planning and implementation.

Build and maintain good working relationships and collaborate with others to achieve client objectives.

Perform other related duties as required.

Consequence of Error/Judgement Contributes to decisions regarding the design and development of education and administrative platforms and solutions for the Faculty of Medicine. Errors in judgment that impact the security and privacy of data may have a significant impact in achieving the strategic goals and vision for the Faculty of Medicine.

Supervision Received Works with moderate latitude. Work is reviewed in terms of achievement of desired results. Receives guidance from senior developers, product leads and project managers.

Supervision Given May manage staff and be responsible for hiring, evaluation, discipline and termination.

Minimum Qualifications Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline. Minimum of two years of related experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.

Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives in conflict with one’s own.

Demonstrates a commitment to enhancing one’s own awareness, knowledge, and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Preferred Qualifications We want you to succeed so you will need:

Experience with full‑stack development.

Experience with relational database development.

Experience with scripting languages and version control Git.

Effective problem‑solving skills.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice‑to‑have Skills Preference will be given to candidates with:

Experience in a mixed software development and software maintenance role.

Experience with software development in Linux and Microsoft server environments.

Experience with web development languages HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, Java, C# and frameworks Laravel, React, Vue.js, Node.js.

Experience with CI/CD tools Bamboo, Maven.

Experience with Agile development Scrum or Kanban.

Demonstrated ability to actively create and sustain respectful and inclusive environments, to collaborate and interact with empathy, understanding, and humility with people from diverse backgrounds and with diverse identities, perspectives, and behaviours, and a commitment to upholding the Faculty of Medicine’s values of respect, integrity, compassion, collaboration, and equity.

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