Senior Java / Spring Boot Engineer

PeoplePilot; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

PeoplePilot in Mississauga, Canada, seeks a skilled Java engineer to design, develop, and maintain Java-based microservices. You will implement RESTful APIs, optimize SQL queries, and manage MongoDB schemas and indexes to ensure high availability and performance.

You will collaborate with Analysts, Architects, QA, and DevOps, participate in code reviews, and help support CI/CD pipelines and production issues. Experience with Spring Boot and Kafka is highly valued.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with Java and Spring ecosystem.
• Experience designing and maintaining microservices and RESTful APIs.
• Familiarity with MongoDB, SQL, and performance tuning.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Java-based microservices.
• Implement RESTful APIs adhering to enterprise standards.
• Develop and optimize SQL queries for transactional and reporting use cases.
• Design and manage MongoDB schemas, indexes, and queries.
• Ensure high availability, scalability, and performance of microservices.
• Apply logging, monitoring, and resiliency patterns; participate in code reviews and CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts, Architects, QA, and DevOps teams; support production issues.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Spring MVC

Spring Data

Kafka

RESTful APIs

MongoDB

SQL

Microservices

CI/CD

Tools

Kafka

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

• Java (8/11/17) – strong hands on experience
• Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data

Database & Data Layer

• Document modeling
• Indexing strategies
• Aggregation framework
• CRUD & performance tuning

Integration & Messaging

• Experience with Kafka (preferred)
• REST based integrations with upstream/downstream systems
• Design, develop, and maintain Java based microservices
• Implement RESTful APIs adhering to enterprise design standards
• Develop and optimize SQL queries (E2 level) for transactional and reporting use cases
• Design and manage MongoDB schemas, indexes, and queries
• Ensure high availability, scalability, and performance of microservices
• Apply exception handling, logging, monitoring, and resiliency patterns
• Collaborate with Business Analysts, Architects, QA, and DevOps teams
• Participate in code reviews, unit testing, and defect resolution
• Support CI/CD pipelines, deployments, and production issues
• Follow secure coding and compliance standards