Job Description
Perl Developer
Location: Toronto, Hybrid
In this position, you’ll be based in the Toronto (East Beaver Creek) office for a minimum of three days a week, with the flexibility to work from home for some of your working week. Find out more about our flexible work culture at computershare.com/flex.
We give you a world of potential
If you’re a Perl Developer who enjoys solving real business problems, keeping legacy systems alive and well, and jumping into code that actually matters, Computershare would love to meet you.
In this role, you’ll take ownership of hands‑on development work while helping us keep critical systems running reliably. You’ll be involved in everything from writing clean, maintainable Perl code to supporting production environments and collaborating with teams across the business. You’ll also play a key part in ensuring our systems evolve in the right direction as we continue to modernize and improve.
A role you will love
You’ll be stepping into a role that sits at the heart of our operational technology. As a Perl Developer at Computershare, you’ll help build, maintain, and support the systems that keep our business running day in and day out. You’ll work closely with developers, QA, project teams, and technical leads to deliver reliable solutions, keep legacy systems healthy, and ensure our clients experience seamless service. It’s a hands‑on role where your problem‑solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to collaborate will make a real impact.
Some of your key responsibilities will include:
- Developing and maintaining software and databases using Perl and other relevant technologies
- Reviewing code, writing unit tests, and delivering work within agreed timelines
- Supporting system testing and UAT, with QA approving your unit tests
- Investigating technical issues alongside senior team members when needed
- Preparing documentation for new or updated business and operational processes
- Tracking your work in our PMO tools and keeping stakeholders updated
- Participating in a rotating on‑call support schedule, including occasional support for other CTS locations
What will you bring to the role?
- Strong Perl development experience with the ability to write clean, reliable, maintainable code
- Comfort working with legacy applications, understanding how to stabilize, enhance, and support them
- A collaborative mindset with the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Strong analytical thinking and problem‑solving skills
- Flexibility, curiosity, and a willingness to learn quickly
- SQL experience considered an asset
- Familiarity with Quadient Inspire is considered an asset
- Experience with PDF production in a technical or automated workflow
Rewards designed for you
Flexible work to help you find the best balance between work and lifestyle
Health and wellbeing rewards that can be tailored to support you and your family including paid time off, observed holidays, and vacation pay
Invest in our business by setting aside salary to purchase shares in our company, and you’ll receive a company contribution as well
Extra rewards ranging from recognition awards and team get togethers to helping you invest in your future
And more. Ours is a welcoming and close-knit community, with experienced colleagues ready to help you grow. Our careers hub will help you find out more about our rewards and life at Computershare, visit computershare.com/careershub.
Compensation. The typical base pay range for this role is $75,992 - $94,990
Computershare will use data analytics and artificial intelligence systems to help recruiters analyze and assess candidate and application information. These systems make our application and review process more efficient and assist our team in identifying candidates based on professional qualifications, skills and experience commensurate with the role applied for. All outputs from the systems are evaluated by our recruiters and are not the sole source of whether to consider a candidate for employment.