Java Developer

We are looking for a Java Developer! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!

Type of Employment: Contract
Title: Java Developer
Term: 6 months (with extension) – 37.5 hours/Week
Location: Toronto – Hybrid (1 day on-site)
Job ID number: C1204

Brief Description of Duties:

• Development and support of a high-volume, low-latency trading system used for trade booking, trade execution and pricing of derivatives trades.
• Participate in design discussions on scalability, performance, security, Microservices best practices.
• Hold meetings for issue investigations and solutions
• Timely response on critical production problems.
• Join scrum meetings and provide status update
• Take ownership and responsibility of development of products onboarding to the trading platform and be efficient with sizing and estimates for development.
• Guide team members through technical issues and challenges
• Champions a high-performance environment using a coaching mindset, behaviors and embracing the client’s values and contributing to an inclusive work environment.

Must Have Skills: 

• Service side development experience with Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate (in order of priority)
• Experience in micro services development
• Experience of using DevOps tools for Micro Services development: Kubernetes, Kafka, Redis, Prometheus, Grafana etc. With hands on experience in setting up DevOps infrastructure, including above tools.
• Strong experience with relational or no sql databases
• Proficiency in using Git for source code repository; Maven and Jenkins for build

Nice to Haves: 

• Broad understanding of Information Security and Technology domains with focus on the Financial Industry will be an asset
• Capital Markets experience, in trading or analytical platforms

Soft Skills: 

• Excellent verbal and written communication, negotiating and interpersonal skills with the ability to summarize material for senior management.
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple complex initiatives
• Ability to work as part of a team, as well as work independently or with minimal direction.