Java Developer / API Integration Specialist

Veracity Software Inc; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT services company is seeking a mid-senior Java Developer / API Integration Specialist to design and document robust API integrations. The role involves collaboration with various teams to support communication surveillance systems. Candidates should have extensive experience in Java and API technologies, with a focus on developing high-availability systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience designing and documenting APIs and integrations.
• Strong knowledge of Java Streams and Functional Programming.
• Excellent communication skills for technical concepts.

Responsibilities

• Design and document robust API integrations for email data exchange.
• Troubleshoot and debug integration issues with third-party teams.
• Develop a deep understanding of email message attributes.

Skills

Java

RESTful APIs

SOAP

JSON

XML

Test-Driven Development

Communication

Tools

Kafka

Postman

Swagger

JIRA

GitHub

Jenkins

Job description

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Java Developer / API Integration Specialist

Candidates must be LOCAL to Halifax, NS OR Toronto, ON / Canada Only

Hybrid 3 days a week.

Interview Required: Video

We need a mid-senior (6+ years) Java developer specialized in API integrations. Candidates must be able to design and document robust API integrations to facilitate email data exchange between RBC and third-party vendor APIs, as well as create detailed specifications and documentation for APIs, including endpoint definitions, request/response formats, authentication mechanisms, and error handling procedures.

• BANKING OR CAPITAL MARKETS EXPERIENCE IS A PLUS BUT NOT REQUIRED.
• Candidates must have long project tenures, excellent communication skills, and a state-issued ID (not bills) showing they are local.

As a developer, you will join a talented team developing and maintaining high-availability, low-latency real-time systems supporting communication surveillance for RBC Capital Markets.

You will work on projects managing data ingestion, filtering, and processing of large volumes of email/chat/audio recordings for surveillance, stored on-premises for generating alerts using NLP models with a vendor software.

You should exhibit an engineering mindset, versatility, leadership qualities, and enthusiasm for tackling new problems across the full technology stack.

What will you do?

• Design and document robust API integrations for email data exchange between RBC and third-party APIs.
• Create detailed API specifications, including endpoint definitions, request/response formats, authentication, and error handling.
• Troubleshoot and debug integration issues, working closely with development and third-party teams.
• Collaborate with product owners, business analysts, and business users, including compliance and audit teams.
• Develop a deep understanding of email message attributes and processing large volumes of messages in a fault-tolerant, scalable manner.
• Ensure security and efficiency of containerized applications.
• Conduct performance testing and optimization of containerized applications.
• Provide technical support and guidance to team members.
• Strong experience in integration technologies.
• Provide Level 2 support as needed.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• 5+ years of proven experience designing and documenting APIs and integrations in a customer-facing environment using Java.
• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, SOAP, JSON, XML.
• Strong knowledge of Java Streams and Functional Programming.
• Advocate of test-driven development for all APIs built.
• Experience with asynchronous messaging technologies.
• Proficiency with integration platforms (e.g., Kafka, Dell Boomi) and API management tools (Postman, Swagger).
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Spring framework for application development.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, capable of conveying technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Nice-to-have

• Knowledge of Azure Storage, Azure SQL Databases, Key Vault.
• Experience with Agile development methodologies.
• DevOps experience with CI/CD tools like GitHub, Jenkins, Nexus, JIRA, Confluence, Ansible, SonarQube, Checkmarx.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Other

Industries

• IT Services and IT Consulting