Torstar Corporation is a broadly-based media company. Its businesses include the Toronto Star, Canada’s largest daily newspaper, six regional daily newspapers in Ontario including The Hamilton Spectator, and more than 70 weekly community newspapers in Ontario; flyer distribution services; and digital properties including thestar.com (with local editions in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa and Halifax), wheels.ca, toronto.com, save.ca, a number of regional online sites.

The Toronto Star is Canada’s largest daily newspaper and is read in print and across desktop, mobile and tablet platforms by more than 6 million readers every week. Online, thestar.com is one of the most-visited newspaper websites in Canada.

Our Commitment To Diversity
We strive to be a leader in building and cultivating an employee community framed around fairness, support and opportunity. We believe that what makes us different, makes a difference. And as a team, the diversity of our backgrounds, interests and experiences is what enriches our work, and our workplaces. We welcome all, and we strive for an inclusive culture that allows individual growth and shared success.

Work in a modern process

Our development team is full of smart people with experience building cool things. Many of us came to The Star from the start-up world, and we've brought that start-up mentality and culture right along with us.

What you'll do

·       Strive to deliver responsive and useful mobile experiences; help secure our apps as the go to news content app at our customer’s finger tips

·       Satisfy your passion for building intuitive and performant mobile experiences with your expertise in all modern mobile development technologies; you’ll not only help to ensure we adhere to industry best practices, but you will also help define our own standards

·       Coordinate with team members to ensure project success

·       Help the team identify and anticipate bottlenecks in application code and propose improvements

·       Execute on organizational initiatives

·       5+ years of professional experience in software development

·       3+ years of mobile development experience

·       Expert knowledge and experience with React Native and Node.js

·       Native iOS and Android development an asset

·       Experience working in an Agile development environment

·       Experience optimizing mobile performance, particularly with specific performance metrics

·       Proficiency with developer tools and debugging techniques

·       Experience with Git and Atlassian tools

·       Expert knowledge of CI/CD approaches and tool

AODA
We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process ensuring equal access to employment opportunities for candidates, including persons with disabilities. In compliance with Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and Ontario Human Rights Code we will endeavour to provide accommodation to persons with disabilities in the recruitment process upon request. If you are selected for an interview and you require accommodation due to a disability during the recruitment process, please notify the hiring manager upon scheduling the interview of your requirements.