Backend Software Developer

Avature; Markham; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Backend Software Developer to join their dynamic team in Markham. In this role, you will engage in the entire software engineering life cycle, from technical design to production delivery. You'll work on a Java-based streaming backend using cutting-edge technologies like Dropwizard, Kafka, and ElasticSearch. This position offers a unique opportunity to mentor junior developers and contribute to performance optimization while collaborating closely with product management. If you're passionate about technology and eager to make a significant impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Management and implement feature roadmaps.
• Contribute to performance optimization and code review.

Skills

Java

Analytical Thinking

Problem-Solving

Code Efficiency

Fluent English

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Cassandra

ElasticSearch

Kafka

JUnit

Mockito

Spring Test

Cypress

Job description

Instana is looking for a Backend Software Developer to join our team in Toronto. At Instana, we process and analyze millions of spans, traces, metrics, and events per second to provide actionable observability intelligence to our rapidly expanding customer base.

Your role will encompass the entire software engineering life cycle, including technical design, implementation, quality assurance, production delivery, maintenance, and customer support. If you're interested, you may also assist the team designer with requirements engineering tasks and customer interviews.

You will collaborate with your peers to develop a Java-based streaming backend that primarily utilizes Dropwizard, Kafka, ElasticSearch, and Cassandra.

Your Role and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Management and implement feature roadmaps.
• Leverage modern tools and techniques to develop clean, efficient, and reusable code.
• Contribute to performance optimization.
• Review code and promote test automation.
• Handle issues reported by our customers.
• Provide production support to our SREs, field teams, and customers for the features we develop.
• Mentor junior developers as we grow the team.

Required Education

Bachelor's Degree

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Experience in container technologies like Docker, Kubernetes.
• Experience working with datastores such as Cassandra, ElasticSearch, or Kafka.
• Experience in automation testing frameworks like JUnit, Mockito, Spring Test, Cypress.
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly.
• Good code writing discipline and an eye for code efficiency.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving techniques.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

• Experience working in cloud service providers like IBM Cloud, AWS, Google, or Azure.
• Experience with the functional reactive programming paradigm, such as Project Reactor.

Other Relevant Job Details

Must have the ability to work in Canada without sponsorship.

This role will involve working with technology that is covered by Export Regulations sanctions. If you are a Foreign National from any of the following US sanctioned countries (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia regions of Ukraine) on a work permit, you are not eligible for employment in this position.

Job Title: Backend Software Developer

Job ID: 9636

City: Markham

State / Province: Canada

Work Arrangement: Hybrid

Area of Work: Software Engineering

Employment Type: Regular

Contract Type: Regular

Position Type: Professional

Some travel may be required based on business demand.

Company: IBM

Shift: General (daytime)

Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?