Sr. Software Developer – Java AWS

Ward Technology Talent; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology staffing company is seeking a Sr. Software Developer specializing in Java and AWS for a remote contract position. You will participate in solution development, working with a team to build a cloud-native application, following best practices in software development. Candidates must have extensive experience in Java, API development, and AWS services, including VPC, ECS, Lambda and more.

Qualifications

• Experience with Java 11, 17+ required.
• Extensive experience implementing restful web services APIs.
• Experience with SQL and no-SQL databases necessary.

Responsibilities

• Participate in solution development activities including design, development, and testing.
• Work with Application Architect to develop a cloud-native solution.
• Contribute to the development of CI/CD pipeline jobs.

Skills

Java 11, 17+

Restful web services APIs

API authentication and authorization methods

SQL and No-SQL databases

Python

Spark

PySpark

JSON, YAML, Parquet

AWS VPC

AWS ECS, S3

AWS RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB

AWS ElastiCache

AWS Server-less compute, lambda

AWS CloudFormation

AWS CDK with Python

Apache Airflow

Job description

Sr. Software Developer – Java AWS

Contract | REMOTE - Toronto, ON | February 14, 2025

Responsibilities

• Participate, as part of the development team, in solution development related activities including solution design, development, and testing


• Work with Application Architect and Technical Lead to develop a cloud-native solution in conformance with Client code development standards and Client Blueprint Architecture


• Participate in the development of CI/CD pipeline jobs


• Develop and execute scripted test plans, scenarios, and test cases for unit and integration testing


• Adhere to Client’s system development standards, methodologies, quality assurance principles and processes.


• Deliver, as part of a development team, the defined technical solution.


• Author and/or provide input to technical documentation including, but not limited to, a Logical/Physical Solution Architecture, Technical Design Document, Test Strategy, test plans and test cases, Operational Playbook and Runbooks.


• Provide oral briefings on an ongoing basis to appraise Client’s Technical Lead as to the project status, challenges, risks and performance.

Required Experience

• Experience with Java 11,17+


• Extensive experience implementing restful web services APIs.


• Experience with API authentication and authorization methods, SAML, OATH2


• Experience with SQL and no-SQL databases


• Experience with Python, Spark, PySpark


• Experience with JSON, YAML, Parquet


• Extensive experience in software development that includes design, development, testing and implementation of complex multi-tier systems using industry-standard tools and development best practices.


• Experience with AWS VPC, ECS, S3


• Experience with AWS RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, ElastiCache


• Experience with AWS Server-less compute, lambda, step-functions


• Experience with AWS CloudFormation


• Experience with AWS CDK, specifically with Python


• Exposure to Apache Airflow