Senior Software Developer
About The Position
Every transaction matters. Every Canadian matters. At Interac, we protect both — driving trust, security, and inclusion, so our digital economy thrives. Founded in 1984, Interac connects Canadians through secure digital payments, advanced identity verification and industry-leading fraud protection. Connecting banks, businesses, and individuals, Interac enables millions to send, receive, and manage money safely and effortlessly every day — across both digital and physical environments. As the backbone of Canada’s financial ecosystem, Interac facilitates over 20 million transactions daily, supported by trusted partnerships with government and financial institutions. Consistently ranked as Canada’s most reputable financial technology brand, Interac is deeply embedded in the daily lives of Canadians. Who You Will Work With: The Software Developer reporting to the Leader, Development will be responsible for developing and maintaining the company’s highly distributed, high-performance payment system. They will use their passion for building new products to translate the client’s business requirements and design and develop Java applications on a complex platform. With their experience in database model design for high performance systems, they will perform analysis, design, implement, and conduct performance testing and tuning. What You Will Do: Developing and maintaining resilient microservices and event-driven applications including analysis, design, development, and implementation. Participating in system and application architecture & creating system design and application maintenance documents. Writing clean, maintainable, testable, and efficient code, adhering to our code standards and best practices. As we transition our technology landscape to a more scalable, containerized, and cloud-first architecture, we're looking for a Java Service Developer to help us build the future of financial interoperability in Canada Running API & Microservices technologies and containers (Spring, Spring Boot, Docker, Kubernetes). Apply best practices in software design, testing, and CI/CD. Database design and development using relational databases such as Oracle & PostgreSQL.
Requirements
- A University degree in Computer Science or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 5+ years software development experience, especially using Spring and Spring Boot; preferably with experience in regulated environments (e.g.: fintech, banking, payments).
- Eligibility to work for Interac Corp. in Canada in a full-time capacity.
- Expertise in designing and developing RESTful and SOAP APIs and a good understanding of various web protocols.
- Strong knowledge of service frameworks (Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate, Istio), Maven, SQL, JavaScript/TypeScript, caching, security protocols (OAuth2, TLS, API Keys).
- A strong understanding of containerization (docker, Kubernetes), enterprise integration patterns, and implementing high-performance architectures (layered, micro-services, event-driven, service-oriented).
- A strong understanding of relational and non-relational databases, data modeling, with extensive experience using either Oracle, PostgreSQL or no-SQL databases.
- An ability to assist with the design and implementation of enterprise level frameworks, broad-based functional and technical software solutions.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Nice To Haves
- Experience owning end-to-end delivery of services, observability tools that facilitates technical support, service mesh, and API gateways.
Responsibilities
- Developing and maintaining resilient microservices and event-driven applications including analysis, design, development, and implementation.
- Participating in system and application architecture & creating system design and application maintenance documents.
- Writing clean, maintainable, testable, and efficient code, adhering to our code standards and best practices.
- Running API & Microservices technologies and containers (Spring, Spring Boot, Docker, Kubernetes).
- Apply best practices in software design, testing, and CI/CD.
- Database design and development using relational databases such as Oracle & PostgreSQL.
Benefits
- Generous vacation and wellness days to help you recharge
- Comprehensive employer-paid benefits coverage for peace of mind
- Market-leading employer-funded RRSP program to invest in your future
- Flexible hybrid work model for better work-life balance
- Access to a free and confidential 24/7 employee & family assistance program to offer support for you and your immediate family
- Pregnancy and parental leave top-up to support growing families
- Charitable donation matching with United Way to amplify your impact
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
251-500 employees
