Full Stack Java Developer

Symbiotic Group; Toronto; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Queen's Park Ontario Provincial Government in Toronto is seeking a Senior Software Developer to design, build, and deploy complex Java-based components within a cloud-enabled microservices architecture. The role emphasizes technical leadership, quality assurance, and collaboration across multidisciplinary teams.

You will develop interfaces, APIs, data services, and business logic, while ensuring security, performance, and maintainability.

Qualifications

• Experienced developing and maintaining complex enterprise applications using Java.
• Experience translating technical specs into working software.
• Experience developing interfaces, APIs, integration services, business logic, and database components.
• Experience building automated tests (unit/integration/API/UI).
• Experience deploying microservice architectures in Microsoft Azure, including pipelines, config management, and monitoring.
• Experience reviewing code and enforcing standards.
• Experience troubleshooting defects and performance issues.
• Experience secure coding practices and addressing vulnerabilities.
• Experience supporting deployments, production readiness, and post-implementation stabilization.
• Experience mentoring developers and providing technical guidance within multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop, configure, integrate, test, deploy, and maintain complex application components.
• Design, develop, configure, test, and maintain Java components.
• Build and maintain cloud-based microservices in Microsoft Azure.
• Develop interfaces, APIs, integration services, business logic, and database components.
• Participate in solution design and technical planning activities.
• Review code and provide feedback to development team members.
• Diagnose and resolve defects, performance issues, security concerns, and integration failures.
• Support continuous integration and deployment activities.
• Prepare and maintain technical documentation.
• Estimate development effort and contribute to sprint and release planning.
• Support testing activities, user acceptance testing, deployment, and implementation.
• Identify technical risks and opportunities for improvement.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor team members.

Skills

Java

Cloud Azure

APIs

CI/CD

Security

Mentoring

Technical leadership

Tools

Azure

Job description

Queen's Park Ontario Provincial Government, Canada

• Country Canada

Job Description

Position: Full Stack Java Developer

Location: Toronto, ON (Onsite)

Job ID#: RQ11719

Duration: 12 Months

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior Software Developer to develop,configure, integrate, test, deploy, and maintain complex application componentsin accordance with approved architecture, technical designs, securityrequirements, and coding standards. The successful candidate will providetechnical leadership and help ensure the quality, reliability, performance, andmaintainability of solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop,configure, integrate, test, deploy, and maintain complex applicationcomponents.
  
• Design,develop, configure, test, and maintain Java application components.
  
• Buildand maintain cloud-based microservices in Microsoft Azure.
  
• Developinterfaces, APIs, integration services, business logic, and databasecomponents.
  
• Participatein solution design and technical planning activities.
  
• Reviewcode and provide practical feedback to development team members.
  
• Diagnoseand resolve defects, performance issues, security concerns, andintegration failures.
  
• Supportcontinuous integration and deployment activities.
  
• Prepareand maintain technical documentation.
  
• Estimatedevelopment effort and contribute to sprint and release planning.
  
• Supporttesting activities, user acceptance testing, deployment, andimplementation.
  
• Identifytechnical risks, dependencies, and opportunities for improvement.
  
• Providetechnical leadership, guide development activities, and mentor teammembers.
  

Required Qualifications

Experience

• Experiencedeveloping and maintaining complex enterprise applications using Java.
  
• Experiencetranslating technical specifications, user stories, and acceptancecriteria into working software.
  
• Experiencedeveloping user interfaces, APIs, integration services, business logic,and database components.
  
• Experiencebuilding automated unit, integration, API, database, and UI tests.
  
• Experiencedeveloping and deploying cloud-based microservice architecture solutionsin Microsoft Azure, including deployment pipelines, configurationmanagement, and application monitoring.
  
• Experiencereviewing code and enforcing development, security, documentation, andtesting standards.
  
• Experiencetroubleshooting complex defects and resolving performance, reliability,and integration issues.
  
• Experienceimplementing secure coding practices and addressing identifiedvulnerabilities.
  
• Experiencesupporting deployments, production-readiness activities, andpost-implementation stabilization.
  
• Demonstratedexperience providing team and solution leadership.
  
• Experiencementoring developers and providing technical guidance withinmultidisciplinary teams.
  

Software Development Experience (40%)

• Experiencedeveloping complex enterprise or public-facing applications.
  
• Experienceimplementing user interfaces, APIs, services, integrations, and databasecomponents.
  
• Experienceapplying object-oriented, structured, and Agile development methodologies.
  

Cloud, Integration, and Deployment (25%)

• Experiencedeveloping and deploying applications in cloud-based environments.
  
• Experiencewith APIs, integration patterns, automated deployment, and configurationmanagement.
  
• Experiencesupporting application monitoring and operational readiness.
  

Testing, Security, and Quality (20%)

• Experiencedeveloping automated tests for user interfaces, APIs, and databases.
  
• Experienceapplying secure coding and code-quality practices.
  
• Experiencetroubleshooting defects and improving application performance andmaintainability.
  

Communication and Technical Leadership (15%)

• Experienceproviding technical guidance and conducting code reviews.
  
• Stronganalytical, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
  
• Abilityto communicate technical issues and recommendations clearly.
  

Mandatory Requirements

• Musthave experience leading teams and managing development teams.
  
• Demonstratedexperience providing team and solution leadership, including guidingtechnical direction, coordinating development activities, and ensuringalignment with approved architecture and delivery objectives.
  
• Experiencementoring developers and providing technical guidance withinmultidisciplinary teams.
  
• Experiencedeveloping complex enterprise or public-facing applications.
  
• Experienceimplementing user interfaces, APIs, services, integrations, and databasecomponents.
  
• Experiencedeveloping and deploying applications in cloud-based environments.
  
• Experiencewith APIs, integration patterns, automated deployment, and configurationmanagement.
  
• Experiencedeveloping automated tests for user interfaces, APIs, and databases.
  
• Abilityto work onsite 5 days per week.
  

Nice to Have

• Priorpublic sector experience.