Senior Backend Developer

Royal Bank of Canada • Toronto, ON

4d • Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a Software Backend Developer to work with the Retail Credit Cloud Integration team. We write Java SpringBoot microservices in an agile environment and deploy them to OpenShift Kubernetes using a fully automated Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) DevOps pipeline. As a middleware team, we work closely with architects, business analysts’ and business representatives to simplify complex business processes and present easy to use, reusable APIs for our business partners to consume. Our bread and butter is Java/SpringBoot microservices deployed to our on-prem cloud and we are continually looking for opportunities to improve how we work. We would love to hear what ideas and perspectives you can bring to our team. We are looking for individuals with a passion for building quality middleware solutions and solving business problems through efficient software engineering and team collaboration.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in a software development role with a proven track record of delivering maintainable, quality solutions.
• Experience with modern Java development with the Spring framework.
• Knowledge of correlated technologies such as HTTP, REST, XML, JSON, JDBC, MS SQL, SQL, OAuth, MTLS and others.
• Experience with software development best practices such as TDD/BDD, DevOps, code reviews, design patterns, CI/CD, SRE.

Nice To Haves

• Experience building software for the financial services industry – banking, insurance or investments.
• Experience with build and deployment technologies (Jenkins, Urban Code Deploy, Maven)
• Knowledge of other correlated technologies such as Kafka, JMS, GraphQL, Ansible, Camunda, ELK Stack (Elastic Search / Logstash / Kibana).
• Experience with Cloud platforms and technologies (OpenShift, Kubernetes, S3 Object Storage).

Responsibilities

• Design, code and document services in small to large projects.
• Integrate different technologies at various levels, leveraging REST and JDBC integrations plus event/messaging technologies (JMS /MQ / Kafka).
• Use Artificial Intelligence in day to day SDLC work and AI centric product development.
• Write and maintain unit, system, and functional tests with Junit, Mockito, and Cucumber.
• Assist our QA team with integration testing, performance testing and penetration testing.
• Assist the Production Support team with troubleshooting issues.
• Analyze business and system needs, exploring alternative options to recommend efficient designs and technology solutions, taking into account component reusability, data sharing and security.
• Contribute to improving how we work as a team.

Benefits

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable.
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities.
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team.
• Help drive change and be a technology leader.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed