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Built on an API-first architecture, our extensible ecosystem enables institutions to adapt quickly, integrate easily, and unlock new opportunities for growth-turning every customer interaction into a moment of clarity, confidence, and connection.\nJob Description\nPosition Summary & Key Areas of Responsibility\nDevelop high-quality, maintainable, and reusable software components that meet functional and non-functional requirements.\nLeverage AI-powered development tools such as Microsoft Copilot, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or similar GenAI IDE assistants to accelerate coding, refactoring, and test generation.\nDiagnose, isolate, and resolve system failures caused by defects in software design or implementation.\nApply AI-assisted code reviews, static analysis, and automated quality checks to improve code reliability and performance.\nIdentify and implement improvements in engineering practices\nUtilize software-based system maintenance, observability, and tracking tools.\nContribute to technical documentation, developer guides, and customer-facing materials.\nDesign, write, and execute unit, integration, and automated tests.\nAnalyze, design, and implement software mechanisms to improve code stability, performance, security, and reusability.\nParticipate in code reviews, ensuring best practices are adhered and that we are not compromising engineering standards.\nAssist with team commitments within Sprint planning, backlog grooming, and delivery.\nYou will, mentor, and advise other engineering resources as part of project activities.\nStay current with AI, software engineering, and cloud-native trends, disseminating knowledge and defining best practices.\nCollaborate with Product Management, Security, and Platform teams across the organization.\nBASIC QUALIFICATIONS:\nBachelor’s degree in computer science or related field\nA minimum of 2 to 4 years of experience in software design and development\nA minimum of 2 years of experience in preferred technology stack\nJava Full stack design & development\nJava microservices\nSpring Framework / Spring Boot\nNoSQL, JPA, Hibernate\nHTML5, JavaScript, CSS, Angular\nTDD/BDD\nRESTful services\nCI/CD tooling including Jenkins, Maven, Gradle and Docker\nAPI based design and development using REST & SOAP frameworks\nExperience in deployment and troubleshooting in K8 environment\nDeep understanding of Software Development and Quality Assurance best practices\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills\nExcellent teamwork and collaboration skills\nExperience operating in an Agile environment, with a deep understanding of agile development principles.\nAI & Modern Engineering Skillsets Beneficial\nHands-on experience using AI coding assistants such as:Cursor or equivalent AI-first IDEs\n\nExperience applying Generative AI for:Code generation and refactoring\nTest generation and coverage improvement\nDocumentation and API contract generation\n\nStrong understanding of responsible AI usage, including code correctness, security, data privacy, and licensing considerations.\nAbility to critically review and validate AI-generated code outputs.\nPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:\nWorked in any Software Development Life Cycle model and desirable working in Agile environment\nKnowledge of software development standards and protocols.\nGood hands-on database on NoSQL databases like - Cassandra, Elasticsearch\nKnowledge of Cloud provisioning and maintenance in any major Cloud platform GCP, AWS or Azure\nExperience in Banking domain will be an added advantage\nThe base salary range for this position is 75,000- 95,000 CAD per year. 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