At Parkwood Master Builder, we start with you!
If you see a spreadsheet being emailed around for the fifth time and your first thought is "there has to be a better way," you might be exactly who we're looking for.
Parkwood is a fast-moving home builder. We build highly personalized homes, which means our process touches a lot of systems: sales, estimating, drafting, purchasing, construction, warranty, finance and customer experience. There is a lot of information moving around. Some of it moves beautifully. Some of it moves by memory, manual follow-up, duplicate entry, heroic employee effort and the occasional "where did that file go?" treasure hunt.
We are trying to fix that.
We are looking for a Software Developer who can help us automate workflows, connect systems, build internal tools and turn messy operational problems into practical software solutions that people actually use.
This is not a help desk role. This is not a "wait for perfect requirements" role. This is not a role for someone who wants to debate best practices for six months before shipping anything useful.
This is a build-and-improve role for someone who can understand a business problem, design a solution, build it, test it, implement it and keep making it better.
Location: This is an on-site role based in Edmonton, AB. Relocation assistance is not provided, and candidates should be able to attend in-person interviews and work on-site.
Work Eligibility: This position does not provide immigration sponsorship or support. Candidates must already be legally entitled to work in Canada (e.g. Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or valid work permit holder).
The role
Parkwood is building a more connected operating system for the business.
We are linking our core platforms together, creating a middle layer that lets us customize how systems work for us without breaking the native software, and looking for ways to reduce the amount of work that depends on employee memory, manual tracking and tribal knowledge.
You will work closely with our IT Project Manager / Software Engineer and support the future vision as the broader roadmap takes shape.
That is where you come in.
You will help build the tools, automations, integrations and internal systems that make Parkwood faster, cleaner and easier to run.
What you'll do
You will help Parkwood turn operational friction into working systems. That means you will:
- Build internal tools, automations and integrations that reduce manual work across the business
- Work with sales, estimating, drafting, purchasing, construction, warranty and finance to understand where the process is breaking down
- Connect systems through APIs, databases, middleware, scripts, automation platforms and practical custom development
- Help build and support a middle layer between core software platforms so Parkwood can customize workflows without disrupting native systems
- Use tools like C#/.NET, SQL, Power BI, SharePoint, Power Automate, Power Apps, AI-assisted development tools and light custom code to solve real business problems
- Help create clean data flows so information does not have to be entered, checked and chased in five different places
- Build smaller tools and improvements that make day-to-day work easier for employees
- Support live reporting, dashboards and one-source-of-truth data projects
- Help move Parkwood toward stronger knowledge bases, templates and process tools so employees can apply their expertise without carrying everything in their heads
- Contribute to future-facing projects like live home customization, real-time pricing logic and better customer-facing digital tools
- Test, document, launch and support the tools you build so they actually get adopted
- Look for small wins that compound into a much better business
What success looks like in the first 3 months
You are not here to make a beautiful backlog that no one ever gets to. You are here to help ship useful improvements.
Success in this role looks like:
- Repetitive manual workflows are being automated or simplified
- Teams are spending less time chasing information and more time doing the work that actually matters
- Internal tools are being built, tested and used by real employees
- Data is becoming cleaner, more connected and more trusted
- Smaller system improvements are moving faster because the IT Project Manager has another capable builder beside him
- Departments feel like technology is helping them, not adding another layer of confusion
- Parkwood has fewer duplicate spreadsheets, fewer manual reminders and fewer "only one person knows how this works" situations
- Leadership has better visibility into what is happening across the business
Who you are
You are a builder.
You do not just talk about solutions. You like turning problems into working tools.
You are technical enough to design, build and implement real solutions, but practical enough to understand that the best system is the one people will actually use. You can work inside messy business processes without getting overwhelmed by them. You can ask good questions, find the real issue and then start building.
You are probably the kind of person who gets mildly irritated by duplicate data entry. You notice when a process is being held together by memory and goodwill. You have strong opinions about making things simpler, but you are not precious about the first version. You would rather prototype, learn and improve than wait forever for perfect conditions.
You respect security, structure and good development practices, but you do not hide behind them. You know the goal is not to win a theoretical architecture debate. The goal is to make the business run better.
Experience that helps
We are flexible on the exact path, but you should bring real technical ability.
Required:
- Strong working knowledge of C#/.NET and SQL/relational databases
- Strong, hands-on SharePoint skills, including administering and configuring SharePoint for document management, collaboration, and intranet or portal use
- Strong skills in Microsoft Power Platform (Power Automate, Power BI, Power Apps)
- Experience using GitHub for version control
Strongly preferred:
- Experience with Crystal Reports
- Hands-on ownership of an ERP system related to construction
- Experience with Claude or similar AI-assisted development tools (e.g. Claude Code, Copilot)
- Experience with DevOps and CI/CD practices (e.g. Git, GitHub Actions, automated build/deployment pipelines)
Helpful experience includes:
- Software development, systems integration, automation or internal tools development
- Experience connecting systems through APIs, middleware, scripts or automation platforms
- Comfort with Teams and other Microsoft 365 tools
- Experience building dashboards, reporting tools or operational data flows
- Ability to work with business users, understand their pain points and turn that into usable software
- Comfort with light coding and scripting
- Homebuilding, construction, real estate or operational business experience would be helpful, but it is not required
The Parkwood Difference
Working at Parkwood means being part of a company that wants to build better homes and a better business.
We are not trying to add technology for the sake of technology. We are trying to make the company faster, smarter and easier to work in. We want systems that reduce frustration, improve decision-making and help good people spend more time using their judgment and less time chasing information.
We offer:
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- A fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment
- Real business problems to solve, not pretend innovation work
- Direct exposure to leadership and multiple departments
- The chance to build tools that people will actually use
- Personal development and coaching opportunities
- A company that is serious about using automation, AI, systems and data to improve how we work
If you are going to build systems here, those systems need to support the way we actually want to work: clearer, smarter, more connected and less painful than what they replaced.
Ready to build something useful?
Applying takes two steps. Please complete both.
Step 1: Apply through Indeed with your resume and a brief note telling us about something you have built, automated, integrated or improved.
Step 2: Complete our short online assessment. It takes about 10 to 15 minutes and helps us understand how you think and work. Applications without a completed assessment will not move forward.
- Complete the assessment here: https://app.traits.com/survey/508a57ae-7b20-4b02-b995-79311548d67b
We are less interested in a perfect cover letter and more interested in how you think, what you have shipped and whether you can help us move.
We thank all applicants for their interest; only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Pay: $75,000.00-$95,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Edmonton, AB: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
- Bachelor's Degree (required)
Experience:
- Software development: 3 years (required)
- SharePoint: 2 years (required)
- Power tools: 2 years (preferred)
- Crystal Reports: 1 year (preferred)
- .NET: 3 years (required)
Location:
Work Location: In person
