Description:
The Canadian IT – Platform and Engineering team is looking for a Lead Software Engineer with at least 7 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.
- When required, support existing APIs built on older technologies e.g., Websphere, DB2, Java UI etc.
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
What you need to succeed:
- Post secondary Computer Science diploma or degree
- More than 7 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
- 2+ years experience using DevOps tools (Jenkins, Artifactory, BitBucket, Maven, CDD/Ansible)
- 2+ years experience with Kafka and/or Kafka Streams (with KSQL)
- 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
Assets:
- Experience with 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