Software Engineer II - 55506

S I Systems; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial organization is seeking a Product Owner for their Enablement Platform. This hybrid role requires a candidate with strong knowledge of Apache Kafka, object-oriented programming, and experience in supporting client needs from intake to production release. The ideal individual will provide technical advice, conduct code reviews, and develop best practices for client configurations, operating in a dynamic and collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years relevant experience in product ownership or technical roles.
• Foundational knowledge of engineering frameworks and tools.
• Experience in Linux-based environments.

Responsibilities

• Support client onboarding from intake to production release.
• Provide technical Kafka-specific advice to clients.
• Write troubleshooting documentation to streamline incident resolution.

Skills

Knowledge of Apache Kafka

Object-oriented programming

Bash scripting

Building RESTful APIs

Understanding of DevOps lifecycle

Security authentication/authorization concepts

Job description

Business Unit: 4 - Product Owner Enablement Platform

Duration: 12 months

Extension possible: Yes

Interview Process: 1 round Virtual ( technical )

Work Location: Hybrid ( In office 2 days a week ) 160 Front Street West Corporate, Toronto, Ontario

CANDIDATE PROFILE DETAILS:

Years of experience: • 2-3 years relevant experience

Reason for request/why opened: Replacement

% Interaction with Stakeholders: 50%

Project Scope: Supporting client from intake to production release for our real time data stream platform from a developer perspective .

Team Size: 15 ppl

Selling Points of Position: Working within a leading FI organization

Must Have :

• Foundational knowledge of specific domain or engineering frameworks, tools, and processes

• Performs medium to moderately complex technical tasks under general supervision

• Strong knowledge of Apache Kafka framework and underlying concepts and principles

• Solid knowledge of object-oriented programming and principles (Java, Sprint Boot)

• Working knowledge of Linux-based environments, alongside Bash scripting

• Experience building RESTful APIs and strong understanding of varying data formats (JSON/YAML)

• Core knowledge and understanding of the DevOps lifecycle (Git, Maven, GitHub, CI/CD)

knowledge of security authentication/authorization concepts (SAML, SASL/OAuth)

We maintain an enterprise-wide near real-time streaming platform (SaaS solution, Confluent-based), with Apache Kafka at its core, along with surrounding auxiliary services (key vaults, configuration services, encryption services, REST API services). The platform and its services are deployed across a mix of private and public cloud infrastructure, with the latter being Azure focused. As part of operating such a platform, we have a client-facing support team which is responsible for ensuring the successful onboarding of clients to our platform from intake to production release. This team is meant to support our clients in their inquiries and releases, to help resolve technical production incidents, and to help with overall client-focused onboarding initiatives (for example, client migrations from one Kafka platform to another). More specifically, we are looking for a candidate who will be able to offer technical Kafka-specific advice to clients developing largely Java/Spring focused services, to review client Kafka service configurations, to write Kafka-oriented best practices/standards, to perform client code reviews, and to write troubleshooting documentation in order to streamline client incident resolution.