Senior Java Engineer - CPPIB
Duration: 6-Month Contract + Potential Extension
Location: Toronto, ON
Work Mode: Hybrid - On-Site
Rate: $70 - $85 (based on experience)
Role Overview:
CPPIB is seeking a Senior Java Engineer to join its Capital Markets engineering team and support a large-scale modernization initiative involving the transformation of a legacy monolithic application into a scalable, cloud-native microservices architecture. This is an 80% backend / 20% frontend role requiring strong Java and Spring Boot expertise, along with hands-on React and AWS experience.
Must-Haves & Key Responsibilities
- 10+ years of strong enterprise Java development experience, with advanced hands-on expertise in Java and Spring Boot for building scalable, high-performance applications.
- Design, develop, and maintain Spring Boot microservices and play a key role in decomposing and refactoring a large legacy monolithic application into distributed services.
- Strong understanding of microservices architecture, distributed systems, service design, performance, scalability, security, and resiliency.
- Hands-on experience with AWS/cloud environments and developing or deploying cloud-native applications; exposure to Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform is highly desirable.
- Strong SQL/database knowledge, including writing complex queries and SQL joins; experience with Mockito and automated testing frameworks is a plus.
- Hands-on React development experience, with the ability to contribute to UI enhancements and frontend features while remaining primarily backend-focused.
- Experience within Capital Markets or Financial Services, ideally with exposure to FX, Equities, Derivatives, Public Markets, portfolio management, or front-office trading workflows.
- Collaborate with developers, business analysts, architects, and Capital Markets stakeholders; participate in technical design discussions, code reviews, troubleshooting, and engineering best practices while working independently in a fast-paced environment.
The Company offers a total rewards package in accordance with all applicable federal, provincial, and local laws and requirements. Benefit eligibility and offerings vary based on role, employmentstatus, and work location. For contractor positions, benefits are limited to those entitlements and protectionsrequired by applicable law, which may include (as applicable) vacation pay, public holidays, leaves of absence, and other legally mandated benefits or payments.
We may use AI-enabled and/or automated toolsto support parts of our recruitment process, including application screening, interview scheduling, and candidate communications. These tools are used to enhance consistency and efficiency. All hiring decisionsinvolve human review and are not based solely on automated processing
