Title – Software Developer
Office location – Toronto, ON
Rate - $85/HR
Submission Last Date – 1st May, 2025, 10:30am

Responsibilities

• Required to translate technical systems specifications into working, tested applications. This includes:
  • Developing detailed programming specifications
  • Writing and/or generating code
  • Compiling data-driven programs
  • Maintaining and conducting unit tests
• Resolves and troubleshoots technical problems which arise during the use and operation of software packages, including technical assistance in implementation, conversion, and migrations.

General Skills

• Experience in programming and analysis; specialized software package support at the specified experience level
• Ability to collaborate with IT Professionals throughout the Software Development Life Cycle
• Experience in structured methodologies for the development, design, implementation, and maintenance of applications
• Experience in design, code, test, debug, and document applications
• Experience in the use of object and/or third generation language development tools
• Experience in one or more programming languages
• Experience in application design, latest design patterns, deployment, and troubleshooting
• Experience with relational and hierarchical database technologies
• Experience in the use of information retrieval packages using query languages
• Experience with one or more communications protocols
• Experience in structured methodologies for the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of applications
• Experience eliciting and documenting information from diverse business area stakeholders and subject matter experts
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills
• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines

Desirable Skills

• Knowledge and experience with programming Internet-ready applications
• Knowledge and experience in rapid application development (RAD) methodologies
• Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies, and practices
• Experience with middleware and gateways
• Experience reviewing, analyzing, and modifying product installation scripts including encoding, testing, debugging
• Ability to provide post-implementation support and resolve any post-implementation technical issues
• Experience conducting design walkthrough sessions with project team
• Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards
• Ability to provide user and system documentation as required

Skills

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Responsibilities / Assignment Deliverables

• The Developers will be responsible for translating business requirements and technical system specifications into
• working, tested applications. This would involve doing analysis & design based on requirements, writing Java EE
• code, and conducting unit tests.

Mandatory Skills:

• Over 8 years of experience in developing Spring Boot applications.
• Expert in Spring Boot annotations and configurations, including JPA for database interactions.
• Proficient in Spring Security for authentication and authorization.
• Experienced with Angular (version 15+), HTML5, and CSS frameworks.
• Extensive knowledge of RxJS for reactive programming.
• In-depth experience with PostgreSQL, including SQL, PL/pgSQL, indexing, query optimization, and performance tuning.
• Skilled in PostgreSQL-specific features such as JSONB and array types.
• Proficient in Git for source code management and CI/CD tools.
• Experienced with AWS services like EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, and IAM for managing permissions.

Nice to Have Skills:

• • Agile development experience - Scrum, User Stories, CI, TDD, Automated Tests, etc.
  • Experience writing Web Services and implementing SOA
  • BPM tools such as: jBPM, Activiti, IBM Process Server, Camunda BPM, Drools Rule Engine
  • Fine-grained security frameworks such as: Spring Security, Apache Shiro, ForgeRock

Evaluation Criteria

Technical / Java EE platform

• 10+ years' experience in developing n-tier Enterprise applications.
• 10+ years' hands-on development with Java Enterprise technologies.
• Demonstrated experience in application design, latest design pattern, deployment and troubleshooting.
• Demonstrated experience in conducting unit test based on requirements.

Spring Framework

• Demonstrated experience working with Spring Framework - Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data, Spring Batch, Spring Security, etc.

ORM

• Demonstrated experience with ORM tools such as JPA, Hibernate or MyBatis

Database

• Working experience in writing SQL and Stored Procedures (preferably in Oracle and PL/SQL, Cosmos DB, Postgres, MySQL

BPM

• Demonstrated experience with Camunda BPM, Drools Rule Engine

Azure Cloud

• Demonstrated experience working with Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Blob Storage, Azure Cognitive Search, etc.

UI

• Demonstrated experience with React, Angular, jQuery

MUST HAVES:

• Over 8 years of experience in developing Spring Boot applications, expert in Spring Boot annotations and configurations, including JPA for database interactions.
• Proficient in Spring Security for authentication and authorization.
• Experienced with Angular (version 15+), HTML5, and CSS frameworks.
• In-depth experience with PostgreSQL, including SQL, PL/pgSQL, indexing, query optimization, and performance tuning.
• Experienced with AWS services like EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, and IAM for managing permissions.