$68 - $75
bout
This role is Hybrid in
**Mississauga (2 days onsite per week)** .

This is a
**6+ month contract**
opportunity with strong potential for extension or conversion to full-time.

This opportunity is with a leading global financial institution delivering large-scale digital platforms and enterprise technology solutions that support critical banking and financial services used by customers around the world.

Overview of The Role
This is a senior backend engineering opportunity focused on building and enhancing large-scale, high-performance applications within a complex financial services environment.

You'll work primarily with Java, Spring, and Kafka, contributing to distributed, event-driven systems while helping improve application scalability, reliability, and performance.

This role is ideal for an experienced backend engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, working with distributed systems, and delivering reliable software in a highly collaborative Agile workplace.

You'll have the opportunity to work on business-critical platforms while partnering with a high-performing engineering team focused on modernizing and scaling enterprise technology.

Required Skills & Experience
5+ years of professional software development experience
Strong experience with Java and Spring / Spring Boot
Experience building RESTful APIs and microservices
Strong experience with Apache Kafka and event-driven architectures
Experience designing and developing distributed backend systems
Strong SQL and relational database experience
Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and Dev

Ops practices
Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns,



and scalable application development
Experience troubleshooting and supporting production applications
Desired Skills & Experience
Experience working within banking, financial services, or other large-scale enterprise environments
Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
Experience with Docker and/or Kubernetes
Experience with high-volume messaging and asynchronous processing
Experience writing unit and integration tests
Experience working with highly available, business-critical applications
Experience working within Agile development teams
What You Will Be Doing Tech Breakdown
60% Backend Development (Java / Spring / APIs)
25% Distributed Systems & Messaging (Kafka / Microservices)
15% Cloud & Dev

Ops (CI/CD, Containers, Cloud)
Daily Responsibilities
80% Hands-on Software Development
10% Application Support & Technical Problem Solving
10% Cross-functional Collaboration
**Contract Duration:**
6+ Months (potential for extension or conversion to full-time)
**Compensation:**
$68-$75/hour + HST (depending on the candidate)
**Current Vacancy:**
Yes
**Use of AI in Hiring:**
Yes
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Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available.

Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening.

Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy.

Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.

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