Test jobs in Canada

Forge Performance Group is a Recruitment & Talent Management solutions team located in Calgary, AB. We are dedicated to connecting our clients with highly skilled professionals well-matched to their unique hiring needs, culture, and goals. This opportunity is posted on behalf of one of our clients.

Our client is a leading eCommerce payments provider utilizing the Merchant of Record model to simplify and facilitate international transactions for merchants and their global customers. They empower businesses to grow globally by handling over 100+ currencies and 80+ payment methods, ensuring local transactions are processed securely and with lower fees.

With 100+ employees and offices located in Calgary, Austin, London, San Francisco, Estonia, and Australia, those who thrive are open to new ideas, respectful of others' thinking, empathetic to those around them and inclusive in their approach. It is a hard‑working team that balances practicality with creativity and works to find solutions to enhance both the business and the customer's needs.

We are looking for a highly experienced and motivated Intermediate Java Developer to join our Application Integration Services team, reporting to the Manager of Application Integration. You will play a crucial role in expanding our technical ecosystem and delivering high‑impact products.

You will work closely with your team and business stakeholders to analyze, design, develop, test, and deploy new products and features.

• New Tax Product Development: A primary responsibility will be developing features for Reach's exciting new tax product, empowering our merchants to handle complex international taxes with confidence.
• Drop‑in Product Maintenance & Development: You will help maintain and enhance Reach's critical Drop‑in product, which facilitates successful merchant integration with our payment ecosystem.
• Essential Service Development: You will be crucial in researching, developing, and maintaining essential services within Reach's advancing technical landscape.

• Collaborate with Product and Development teams to analyze and translate complex business requirements into clear, actionable technical requirements.
• Architect and build new products and features within our technology stack, focusing on Java, Spring Boot, and RESTful APIs.
• Design and document scalable integration patterns and robust data flows between internal services and third‑party systems.
• Champion and implement software engineering best practices, including security, performance optimization, and observability (logging, monitoring, alerting).
• Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve issues within services and integrations across our distributed systems.
• Conduct thorough code reviews and pull request approvals for team members, ensuring high quality, scalability, and adherence to standards.
• Contribute significantly to the automated test suite to maintain high product reliability.
• Effectively collaborate across teams to drive organization‑wide efficiencies and continuous improvement.

We use modern, cloud‑native technologies, including:

• Programming: Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript
• Frameworks: Spring Boot
• Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS (ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS, CloudFormation)
• Data & Database: Snowflake, PostgreSQL, SQL
• Messaging: Confluent Kafka
• AI: Github Copilot CLI, Gemini
• Workflow Automation: Workato

• 5+ years of progressive experience in software development.
• Extensive, hands‑on development experience with Java and building reliable, scalable Spring Boot services.
• Demonstrated professional experience working with AWS services, including CloudFormation, S3, Lambdas, and ECS.
• Strong SQL proficiency and extensive experience with relational databases; adeptness at data extraction from various sources (flat files, REST, GraphQL).
• Experience with AI tools like GitHub Copilot.
• Comprehensive understanding of software engineering best practices across the development lifecycle, including agile methodologies, rigorous testing, and operational support.
• Proficiency with version control systems, especially Git.
• Exceptional analytical skills, organizational abilities, and a proactive approach to continuous improvement.
• Bachelor's degree in a related technical/analytical field or equivalent experience.

• Experience with front‑end technologies like VUE or Svelte, or development experience in JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Experience with Python.
• Practical experience utilizing AI‑powered coding assistants to enhance development speed and code quality.
• Understanding of Prompt Engineering techniques for obtaining high‑quality outputs from generative AI models.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or CodePipeline.
• Understanding of observability tools (e.g., Datadog, CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry).
• Experience with Snowflake (e.g., Snowpipe, custom types, storage/notification integrations).
• Work experience in a technology startup or eCommerce/FinTech environment.
• Experience with the Atlassian suite of tools (JIRA, Confluence).

• Focus on Outcomes: We value solving underlying problems and building products by focusing on outcomes.
• Bias for Action: We value taking action over getting stuck in planning and taking chances, embracing failing fast.
• Teamwork & Collaboration: We value teamwork over individual accomplishments.
• Efficiency & Value: We value optimizing time to value and achieving outcomes, not just checking boxes.
• Sustainability: We value work/life balance and a mindset of “it’s a marathon, not a sprint.”
• Technical Excellence: We value using the right technology to solve the right problems.