Senior Java Backend Engineer: Microservices, Kubernetes

DCI Group of Companies - Discover Communications; Brampton; Hybrid; CAD 135,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid model

Job summary

DCI Group of Companies - Discover Communications is seeking a senior backend engineer to design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade Java applications in a hybrid Canada-based role. You will build scalable microservices and RESTful APIs with Spring Boot, Kafka, Cassandra, and Kubernetes.

You will collaborate with architects, product owners, and development teams to ensure robust, high-performance systems, implement best-practice coding standards, and participate in reviews and continuous

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on Java development experience.
• Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs, and distributed systems.
• Experience with Cassandra data modeling, partition keys, querying, TTL management.
• Experience with Kubernetes, deployments, services, pods, and Helm charts.
• Strong understanding of software design patterns and best practices.
• Experience troubleshooting complex multi-service environments with Git-based workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain enterprise-grade backend applications using Java and Spring Boot.
• Build and support scalable microservices and RESTful APIs in a distributed architecture.
• Design service-to-service communication patterns, error handling, and resilient architectures.
• Develop and troubleshoot REST APIs for internal and external integrations.
• Work with Kafka-based event-driven architectures and monitor message processing.
• Design Cassandra data models and optimize queries for performance and scalability.
• Deploy, configure, and support applications in Kubernetes using Helm charts.
• Monitor health, analyze logs, and troubleshoot production and non-production issues across services.
• Participate in code reviews and uphold coding standards and best practices.
• Collaborate with product owners, architects, and teams to deliver high-quality software.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

REST APIs

Git

Design Patterns

Distributed Systems

Production Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related discipline

Tools

Cassandra

Kubernetes

Helm Charts

Dynatrace

Job description

DCI Group of Companies - Discover Communications is seeking a senior backend engineer to design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade Java applications in a hybrid Canada-based role. You will build scalable microservices and RESTful APIs with Spring Boot, Kafka, Cassandra, and Kubernetes.

You will collaborate with architects, product owners, and development teams to ensure robust, high-performance systems, implement best-practice coding standards, and participate in reviews and continuous