Senior Software Engineer - Java
Toronto
Digital Banking & Channel Tech – Digital Banking & Channel Technology /
Full Time /
Hybrid
Join a Challenger
Being a traditional bank just isn’t our thing. We are big believers in innovating the banking experience because we believe Canadians deserve better options, and we challenge ourselves and our teams to creatively transform what’s possible in banking. Our team is made up of inquisitive and agile minds that find smarter ways of doing things. If you’re not afraid of taking on big challenges and redefining the future, you belong with us. You’ll get to work with people who will encourage you to reach new heights. We like to keep things fun, ask questions and learn together.
We are a big (and growing!) family. Overall we serve more than 370,000 people across Canada through Equitable Bank, Canada's Challenger Bank™, and have been around for more than 50 years. Equitable Bank's wholly-owned subsidiary, Concentra Bank, supports credit unions across Canada that serve more than 5 million members. Together we have over $100 billion in combined assets under management and administration, with a clear mandate to drive change in Canadian banking to enrich people's lives. Our EQ Bank platform (eqbank.ca) has been named the top Schedule I Bank in Canada on the Forbes World's Best Banks 2023, 2022, and 2021 lists.
We're growing and we're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to be a part of Equitable Bank’s strategic, digital initiatives to drive change in our Money Movement pod. Primary responsibilities include designing, developing and supporting RESTful/SOAP APIs and ETLs solutions for web and mobile online channels. The incumbent will also provide technical guidance, mentorship and knowledge sharing with other software developers.
About The Work
- Support experience design, functional requirements and digital product definition by providing technical solutions
- Analyze and provide feedback to evolve creative designs and functional requirements to define a customer centric solution
- Contribute to technical/non-functional requirements
- Define an integrated, RESTful/SOAP API or ETL solution design with support from front-end and back-end system teams
- Create design artifacts using RAML and JSON Schema standards
- Develop and support Interoperability APIs and MicroService applications
- Plan and estimate development tasks
- Participate in daily delivery SCRUMs to ensure Sprint delivery progression and resolution of issues
- Conduct unit testing on developed code, with automated testing where relevant
- Develop and maintain comprehensive architecture designs and technical documentation
- Participate in group and peer code review session
- Actively involved during QA triage to recommend and provide fixes
- Assist incident management teams by troubleshooting and resolving production incidents
- Technical Leadership
- Mentor and train other developers
- Provide technical expertise to make code design and implementation decisions
- Rotated Production On-Call Support
Asses and clarify user experience and requirements
Technology Design
API Development
Application Support
About You
- Demonstrated knowledge (7+ years) and experience in J2EE/JEE software delivery or software development including multiple frameworks such as Hibernate, Spring MVC, Spring Security, SAML, OAuth, OIC
- 2+ years of hands-on experience building RESTful/SOAP API solutions
- Proven experience in API management tools, like MuleSoft API Manager (preferably) or Apigee Edge
- Experience with configuration, deployment and testing of enterprise software applications
- Experience with SQL Server database, SQL and T-SQL
- Previous working experience with Mule ESB or MuleSoft Anypoint Platform is a definitive plus
- Experience with bug tracking and collaboration software: Jira, Confluence or similar
- Experience with Unit Testing frameworks and tools (Junit, MUnit or TestNG) and source control software (CVS, SVN, Git or similar)
- Experience working in financial industry and knowledge of banking products is a definite asset
- Self-starter who can take a concept and drive it through to the design and implementation
- Strong oral and written communication skills
What we offer [For full-time permanent roles]
💰 Competitive discretionary bonus
✨ Market leading RRSP match program
🩺 Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits
📝 Employee Share Purchase Plan
👶🏽 Maternity/Parental top-up while you care for your little one
🏝 Generous vacation policy, personal days and even a moving day
🖥 Virtual events to connect with your fellow colleagues
🎓 Annual professional development allowance and a comprehensive Career Development program
💛 A fulfilling opportunity to join one of the top FinTechs and help create a new kind of banking experience
The incumbent will be working hybrid and in office time will be spent working from Equitable Bank’s additional office space located at 351 King Street East, Toronto, ON.
Equitable Bank is deeply committed to inclusion. Our organization is stronger and our employees thrive when we honour and celebrate everyone’s diverse experiences and perspectives. In tandem with that commitment, we support and encourage our staff to grow not just in their career path, but personally as well.
We commit to providing a barrier-free recruitment process and work environment for all applicants. Please let us know of any accommodations needed so that you can bring your best self to the application process and beyond. All candidates considered for hire must successfully pass a criminal background check and credit check to qualify for hire. While we appreciate your interest in applying, an Equitable recruiter will only contact leading candidates whose skills and qualifications closely match the requirements of the position.
We can’t wait to get to know you!
