Senior Software Developer (Java)

TL;DR

Senior Software Developer (Java): Developing and maintaining resilient microservices and event-driven applications for a highly distributed, high-performance payment system with an accent on database model design, API development, and performance tuning. Focus on transitioning to scalable, containerized, cloud-first architecture, implementing high-performance systems, and ensuring reliability under heavy transaction loads.

Toronto, flexible hybrid work model. Eligibility to work for hirify.global Corp. in Canada in a full-time capacity required.

$120,000 to $150,000 + short-term incentive plan

Company

hirify.global connects Canadians through secure digital payments, identity verification, and fraud protection, facilitating over 20 million transactions daily as the backbone of Canada’s financial ecosystem.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain resilient microservices and event-driven applications including analysis, design, development, performance testing, and tuning.
• Participate in system and application architecture, creating design and maintenance documents.
• Write clean, maintainable, testable, and efficient code adhering to standards and best practices.
• Run API and microservices technologies with Spring, Spring Boot, Docker, Kubernetes.
• Apply best practices in software design, testing, CI/CD, and database design using Oracle and PostgreSQL.
• Assist with design and implementation of enterprise-level frameworks and broad-based software solutions.

Requirements

• Eligibility to work for hirify.global Corp. in Canada in a full-time capacity.
• University degree in Computer Science or equivalent education and experience.
• 5+ years software development experience, especially using Spring and Spring Boot; preferably in regulated environments like fintech, banking, payments.
• Expertise in designing and developing RESTful and SOAP APIs, understanding of web protocols.
• Strong knowledge of service frameworks (Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate, Istio), Maven, SQL.
• Strong understanding of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), enterprise integration patterns, high-performance architectures (microservices, event-driven).
• Strong understanding of relational databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL), data modeling.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Nice to have

• Experience owning end-to-end delivery of services, observability tools, service mesh, and API gateways.

Culture & Benefits

• Generous vacation and wellness days.
• Comprehensive employer-paid benefits coverage.
• Market-leading employer-funded RRSP program.
• Flexible hybrid work model.
• Access to free and confidential 24/7 employee and family assistance program.
• Pregnancy and parental leave top-up.
• Charitable donation matching with United Way.