Senior Software Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!

Type of Employment: Contract
Title: Senior Software Engineer
Term: 6-month to start
Location: Remote but must be in Canada
Job ID number: C1054

Brief description of duties:

The Canadian IT – Platform and Engineering team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer with at least 5 years of Java application analysis and development experience. The successful candidate will have strong technical and problem-solving skills and will show initiative, be accountable for results.

What will you do?

• Lead and participate in the design, development, deployment of Java REST web service APIs and microservices using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Ensure service designs follow approved architecture
• Learn and incorporate emerging API technologies into our APIs
• Build event driven services using Kafka
• Use and enhance our Dev Ops tools and processes for CD/CI, these tools include Jenkins, Artifactory, BitBucket, Gradle, Continuous Delivery Director, Ansible
• Mentor and support colleagues in their capabilities
• Identify defects in services, debug and provide effective solutions to resolve the defects

The API Platform:

• Our APIs are
  • REST services built from Open API/Swagger specs
  • written in Java Spring Boot,
  • Deployed to a Kubernetes environment (on prem/AWS) using Docker containers
  • secured with oauth2 using Okta
• Build new microservices/domain services that populate and access database technology like MongoDB and Postgres
• Build event driven processes/microservices that consume topics from Kafka

MUST haves:

• Post secondary Computer Science diploma or degree
• More than 5 years of development skills and progressive information technology experience with full application development life cycle and systems integration experience
• Strong working experience with Java APIs, REST, SOAP, Spring, JSON, Open API, Swagger, web services and web hosting technologies
• 1+ years experience using DevOps tools (Jenkins, Artifactory, BitBucket, Maven, CDD/Ansible)
• Customer obsession – customers are at the center of all we do
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to analyze situations/problems systematically and deliver effective right-sized solutions in a timely manner
• Experience with managing and coordinating team activities in a multi-site environment
• Strong organizational and planning skill
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills

Nice to haves:

• Experience with Kafka Kubernetes, Okta, AWS, MongoDB
• Experience with Group Retirement products and business domains
• Working knowledge of Business Rule Management Systems such as IBM’s ODM
• Experience with WebSphere, DB2, Java UI: Swing, Spring MVC, SonarQube for static code analysis
• Exposure to Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) integration architectures and technologies

Additional Requirements:

• Periodic weekend / after-hours work may be required to support project implementations and system upgrades
• Occasional travel between SLF locations may be required depending on work assignments