Join CPKC, North America’s first transnational railroad connecting U.S., Canada, and Mexico, where your career drives progress and safety is paramount. We connect communities, fuel economic growth, and provide meaningful work in a culture that values diversity, accountability, and pride. With opportunities for training, development, and advancement, you’re not just building a career—you’re part of something bigger. Together, we move goods, connect people, and create lasting change. Your future starts here.
PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:
The Developer plays a key role in advancing CPKC's digital transformation by designing, developing, and supporting innovative enterprise applications that enhance business performance, connectivity, and operational efficiency across the North American network. This position collaborates with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, scalable, and modern technology solutions, drive application modernization initiatives, and leverage cloud, API, and DevOps technologies to enable reliable, high-performing systems that support CPKC's commitment to safety, service, and continuous improvement.
POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Design, develop, test, implement, and support enterprise applications and services using .NET, C#, ASP.NET Core, Web API, and related technologies to deliver reliable and scalable business solutions
- Build, integrate, and maintain RESTful APIs, backend services, and database solutions while ensuring application security, performance, and adherence to established development standards and best practices
- Collaborate with architects, product owners, business analysts, and stakeholders to gather requirements, develop technical designs, and deliver innovative solutions that align with business objectives and operational needs
- Support application modernization and digital transformation initiatives by enhancing existing platforms and migrating legacy systems to modern cloud-native, API-driven, and enterprise technology solutions
- Participate in the full software development lifecycle, including solution design, system integration, troubleshooting, performance optimization, testing, deployment, and production support to ensure operational excellence
- Contribute to DevOps and continuous improvement practices by supporting Continuous Delivery or Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, maintaining technical documentation, and leveraging tools such as GitHub, Azure DevOps, TeamCity, SonarQube, and Checkmarx to improve delivery quality and efficiency.
POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, or a combination of education and demonstrated experience equivalent to a university degree
- Experience developing and consuming REST APIs and integrating with internal and external systems
- Experience with React is preferred
- Experience with source control and Continuous Delivery or Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) tools such as GitHub, Git, TeamCity, Azure DevOps, or similar
- Strong understanding of object-oriented programming, design patterns, and clean coding practices
- Experience with relational databases and Structured Query Language (SQL) development
- Familiarity with authentication, authorization, secure coding, and application security best practices
- Ability to troubleshoot application issues across code, database, integration, and deployment layers.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work with both technical and business stakeholders.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum delivery environments
WHAT CPKC HAS TO OFFER:
- Flexible and competitive benefits package
- Competitive company pension and/or retirement plans
- Employee share purchase plan
- Performance incentive plan
- Annual fitness subsidy
- Part-time studies program
PRE-EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS:
Background Investigation
- Criminal history check
- Education verification
- Professional references
BECOMING A RAILROADER:
As an employee with a North American presence, the possibility does exist that the location of your position may be changed based on organizational requirements.
Management Conductor Program
Becoming a qualified conductor or locomotive engineer is the single best way for a management employee to learn the business at CPKC. You may be required to obtain a certification or to maintain your current certification/qualification as a conductor or locomotive engineer.
CULTURE OF INCLUSION:
For our U.S. applicants, CPKC is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, inclusive of protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For Canadian applicants CPKC is an employment equity employer committed to the principles of employment equity and inclusion. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply including: women, Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), members of the LGBTQ+ community and people with disabilities. Accommodations for the job application process can be provided, as appropriate, upon request. All applicant information will be managed in accordance with the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).
- Req ID: 106379
- Department: Information Services & Network Service Centre (NSC)
- Job Type: Full-Time
- Position Type: Non-Union
- Location: Calgary, Alberta
- Country: Canada
- % of Travel: 0-10%
- # of Positions: 1
- Job Grade: 4
- Job Available to: Internal & External
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