Senior Backend Engineer — Payments Platform (Java/Spring)

United States Digital Space LLC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total rewards program

Bonus opportunities

Stock where applicable

Job summary

Royal Bank of Canada is seeking a senior backend developer to contribute to a major payment modernization initiative. You will build high-performance, event-driven microservices using Java and Spring Boot, shaping a scalable and resilient backend for a multi-year roadmap.

You will mentor teammates, design robust solutions, and collaborate across IT and business partners to deliver measurable outcomes. This role anchors a data-driven, agile delivery culture.

Qualifications

• 2-5+ years of backend development experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Java and Spring Boot framework.
• Deep understanding of microservices architecture and distributed systems.
• Practical experience with reactive and event-based programming.
• Proficiency with RESTful API design, Git, and CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins).
• Strong experience with automated testing (e.g., JUnit, Mockito).
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Develops and tests software solutions, frameworks, and tools of moderate complexity.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to design and implement solutions.
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to junior team members.
• Analyze system requirements and contribute to technical strategies.
• Lead software development tasks or projects requiring advanced problem solving.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

Reactive programming

RESTful API design

Git

CI/CD (Jenkins)

JUnit

Mockito

Agile/Scrum

Tools

Jenkins

Git

JUnit

Mockito

Job description

Royal Bank of Canada is seeking a senior backend developer to contribute to a major payment modernization initiative. You will build high-performance, event-driven microservices using Java and Spring Boot, shaping a scalable and resilient backend for a multi-year roadmap.

You will mentor teammates, design robust solutions, and collaborate across IT and business partners to deliver measurable outcomes. This role anchors a data-driven, agile delivery culture.