Role: Java developer

Location: Toronto, ON

Full Time

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- Designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance, scalable microservices using Java 17 and Spring Boot framework
- Building reactive and non-blocking applications leveraging Spring WebFlux to handle high-concurrency workloads efficiently
- Developing and consuming RESTful APIs following industry best practices and ensuring proper documentation
- Implementing event-driven architecture using IBM MQ and Apache Kafka for seamless asynchronous communication between services
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams including frontend developers, architects, and product owners to deliver end-to-end solutions
- Writing clean, maintainable, and well-documented code adhering to coding standards and best practices. Participating in code reviews, providing constructive feedback, and ensuring code quality across the team
- Troubleshooting production issues, performing root cause analysis, and implementing effective fixes
- Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities for optimization and automation

Skill Matrix

Skill Proficiency Expected (Mandatory)

- Java 17 Expert-level understanding of Java 17 features including records, sealed classes, pattern matching, and enhanced switch expressions
- Spring Boot Strong hands-on experience in building production-grade applications using Spring Boot
- Spring WebFlux Proficiency in developing reactive, non-blocking applications using Spring WebFlux and Project Reactor




- REST APIs Expertise in designing, developing, and securing RESTful APIs with proper versioning and error handling
- Microservices Solid experience in microservices architecture including service discovery, API gateway, circuit breakers, and distributed tracing
- IBM MQ Hands-on experience with IBM MQ for enterprise messaging and integration
- Apache Kafka Solid knowledge of Kafka for building event-driven systems, including producers, consumers, and stream processing

Skill Proficiency Expected (Good To Have)

- MongoDB Experience with MongoDB for NoSQL database design, queries, and aggregation pipelines
- AWS Cloud Familiarity with AWS services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, ECS, and RDS
- OpenShift Experience deploying and managing applications on OpenShift or similar container platforms
- Kubernetes Knowledge of Kubernetes for container orchestration, deployments, and scaling
- Helm Experience with Helm charts for Kubernetes application packaging and deployment
- Harness Familiarity with Harness for continuous delivery and deployment automation
- Git & Bitbucket Proficiency in version control using Git and collaboration via Bitbucket
- JIRA Experience using JIRA for agile project management and issue tracking
- Gradle Hands-on experience with Gradle for build automation and dependency management
- Lightspeed Familiarity with Lightspeed for development acceleration
- Kibana Experience with Kibana for log visualization, monitoring, and troubleshooting

📌 Senior Java Software Engineer (Toronto)
🏢 VDart
📍 Toronto