Backend Java Engineer: APIs, Microservices & Scale

Sproutlogic Consulting; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Sproutlogic Consulting in Toronto, Canada, is seeking a Software Engineer to develop full lifecycle product features and maintain high-quality codebases. The role focuses on server-side Java development, API design, and scalable services within a collaborative team environment.

The ideal candidate has 1–3 years of software engineering experience, strong OO programming skills, and familiarity with Java frameworks, REST/SOAP web services, and relational/noSQL databases.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Information Technology or related field.
• 1–3 years of experience in software engineering.
• Experience developing server-side web applications in Java.
• Experience developing Java Web Services with public API (REST/SOAP).

Responsibilities

• Develop new capabilities and re-architect parts of an existing system.
• Participate in test-driven, iterative development, prototyping, and reviews with a team of developers.
• Design and code middle and back-end in a clean and efficient way.
• Implement scalable and robust services.
• Develop external and internal APIs.
• Develop and run unit and performance tests to ensure scalability and reliability.
• Review and debug code.
• Produce documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, and code comments to explain solutions.
• Determine and design system specifications, standards, and programming to prepare and install solutions.

Skills

Java

REST APIs

SOAP

Database design

Test-driven development

Object-oriented programming

Education

Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering or IT

Tools

MySQL

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Job description

Sproutlogic Consulting in Toronto, Canada, is seeking a Software Engineer to develop full lifecycle product features and maintain high-quality codebases. The role focuses on server-side Java development, API design, and scalable services within a collaborative team environment.

The ideal candidate has 1–3 years of software engineering experience, strong OO programming skills, and familiarity with Java frameworks, REST/SOAP web services, and relational/noSQL databases.