Java Fullstack Developer

Toronto, ON

12+ Months

Calgary, AB

Hybrid: 3 days REQUIRED in office

Position Description

The Developer is responsible for project-team leadership, support and direction with business systems analysis, development and occasional maintenance support in an object/service-oriented architecture implemented on the Java and React platform.

Job Functions/Duties and Responsibilities:

* Collaborates with Systems Architects, Software Team Leads and other Software Developers to design, develop and deploy technical solutions.

* Analyses complex information, designs, develops and troubleshoots database applications

* Reviews functional requirements and prepares and documents technical program, subsystem and system designs and solutions and their associated project task descriptions and effort estimates

* Uses both industry-standards and company's existing systems architecture, design techniques and development standards and reviews new work with others to ensure it complies with industry and company standards.

* Documents technical requirements, program and subsystem designs, project task descriptions, effort estimates, and unit and integration tests

* Performs new development, maintenance fixes and enhancements to meet business requirements

* Assists other teams to troubleshoot application issues in production, quality assurance and other environments

* Develops, reviews, refines, uses and documents plans for both automated and manual unit and integration tests and/or assures unit and integration tests are successfully completed prior to production

* Tests programs for integration prior to production

* Mentors other software developers and IT staff members

* Documents resolutions to system problems

* Documents design for system requirements

Skills Required:

* Bachelor’s degree (pref. Computer Science or related degree) or equivalent experience

* Highly self-motivated, with the ability to complete tasks with minimal guidance, and to learn independently

* Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities

* Excellent English verbal and written communication skills

* Excellent teamwork and collaboration skills in working in a cross-functional team comprised of Product Analysts, QA, UAT, Development and PMO members

* Ability to juggle tasks and priorities to meet rapidly changing deadlines

* Must work with System Architects to review/approve program and subsystem designs

* Java

* Data Structures & Algorithms

* Spring Framework

* JDBC and JPA/Hibernate

* Advanced Java Concepts

* API/API Design

* Proficiency in UNIX/Linux and Microsoft Windows distributed computing

* Java IDE (preferably IntelliJ IDEA)

* Relational DB principles using Structured Query Language (SQL)

* Agile/Scrum methodologies

Desired Skills:

* Background in Securities/Banking/Financial Services

* Experience working in a desktop Linux environment

* Experience working with an issue management system

* Experience working with a wiki, confluence

* Oracle, Message Queues/Kafka