Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer

Toronto, ON

Our client, a leading financial services organization, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their team. The Senior Software Engineer will play a pivotal role in driving impactful solutions for intricate business challenges within a dynamic and high-energy delivery setting,

Responsibilities:

• Participate in cross-departmental technical design sessions to identify/document technical solutions

• Collaborate with other engineers to share best practices and knowledge of emerging technologies.

• Function as a trusted advisor with a consultative mindset in interactions with stakeholders.

• Ensure the quality of the applications by using various types of automated testing methods in a continuous integration environment

• Resolve defects/bugs during pre-production, production, and post-release patches

• Drive continual improvement to the efficiency and flexibility of the systems while keeping a high bar for customer trust, performance, and availability

Need to Have:

• Post-secondary degree in computer science, software engineering or related discipline

• 5+ years of professional software development experience

• Deep expertise with microservices architectures and design patterns

• Experience using tools including Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, IAM, etc.

• Proficient with debugging and profiling distributed systems

• Agile and test-driven development mindset

• Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for learning and staying updated with emerging technologies

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills

• Ability to work in a fast-paced and collaborative environment

Nice to Have:

• Exposure to Server-less development/deployment and containerization a definite plus

• Experience in financial services domains

• Experience with Azure Functions or AWS Lambdas within microservice architecture