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: Contract – 4 months with extension
Location: Toronto – Hybrid 1-2 days a week
Industry: Banking
Job ID number: 206

Candidate Value Proposition: Not only will this candidate gain experience at a big 5 bank, but they will be working daily with some of the most disruptive and emerging technologies, making real impact at the bank and its deliverables. The ideal candidate will be part of a collaborative software engineering team working on Spring Boot, Microservices, Kafka, NoSQL, Docker, OpenShift, Kubernetes

Typical Day in Role:

• Quickly analyze the available data and find the root cause of the problem during production issues.
• Suggest improvements to supported applications and systems as needed
• Suggest improvements to supported applications and systems as needed
• Translate ideas into technical and business realities, and to map technology to business problems.
• Understanding of software quality assurance principles
• Candidate will be passionate about driving teams towards high performance and a deep pride in quality craftsmanship that delights users

Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:

• 10+ years of experience in software development and supporting complex large-scale customer facing platforms
• 5+ years of experience as a Java developer with a preference for Java 17/Springboot3
• 5+ years of experience in building public and internal REST APIs
• 2+ years’ experience with APM tools, such as Dynatrace, Splunk, etc. – 2 recent projects
• 5+ years’ combined experience using Jira, Confluence, Jenkins (these 3 are required), and Bitbucket, Launch Darkly preferable – 2 recent projects

Nice-To-Have Skills:

• FI / Digital banking experience is preferred but not required
• Experience in an Agile environment
• Dev has worked on Mac laptops

Soft Skills Required:

• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills are essential
• Ability to distil technical details into simple terms; ability to influence decision making across stakeholders

Education:

• Bachelors or equivalent in computer science or related field is preferred

Best VS. Average Candidate:

• Ideal candidate is a strong senior Java dev with recent API project experience, no need for node, just a strong Java developer.