Senior Pricing Developer (R Shiny)

About the role

Aviva Canada is looking for a Senior Pricing Developer to join its Technical Indication Model in R (TIMR) team. The team works with actuaries and software engineers to replace complex spreadsheet-based workflows with robust applications, making actuarial processes more reliable, transparent and efficient. You will write high-quality R and JavaScript code to build maintainable actuarial applications with R Shiny.

Key responsibilities

• Develop new features and capabilities for actuarial applications built with R Shiny.
• Customize R Shiny components using JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
• Work with actuaries and other stakeholders to understand business challenges, refine requirements and turn ideas into practical solutions.
• Build and maintain automated test suites of business logic and user interface.
• Follow software engineering best practices, including code reviews, testing, documentation and continuous improvement.
• Train business users in new features.
• Help shape the technical direction of a growing suite of actuarial applications.

Required profile

• 4+ years of work experience in software development.
• Educational background or equivalent experience in a quantitative discipline such as actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, computer science, data science or a related field.
• Solid software engineering fundamentals (version control, testing, code review, estimation) and the ability to learn new languages, frameworks and technologies.
• Experience developing software for technical users is a strong asset.

Required skills

• Strong R skills are essential.
• Proficiency in JavaScript, HTML and CSS is strongly preferred.
• Nice to have: experience using agentic development tools to improve, refactor or generate code.

What we offer

• Salary band of $80,000 to $110,000, depending on knowledge, skills, experience and internal equity.
• Rewards package including base compensation, annual bonus eligibility, retirement savings, share plan, health benefits, personal wellness and volunteer opportunities.
• Hybrid flexible work model.
• Career development support and competitive vacation package with the option to buy 5 extra days off per year.
• Employee-driven programs on gender, LGBTQ+, origins, diversity and inclusion, and corporate wellness programs.