big river technologies Inc Hiring for Java Developer(s) at Gananoque, ON Full Time

We are seasoned industry veterans with decades of experience in capital markets technology and delivery excellence. We created big river technologies to be the boutique customer-centric firm we always wanted to work for, truly focused on client success. Headquartered in Gananoque, in the heart of the beautiful 1000 Islands region of Eastern Ontario and with office in New York City, we work for some of the world’s largest and most successful financial organizations and software vendors. Our Business-Driven Development methodology ensures projects are delivered on time & budget. We have three core practices: FinTech, user experience discovery, and enterprise computing. Our work spans end-to-end solution development including ideation, architecture, design, software development, quality assurance and overall delivery. We’re passionate about what we do. Come join us, you will thrive.

Job Description:
Our client is continuing to grow, and with that, has a growing demand for our technology services. We are seeking Senior, Intermediate and Junior Java Developers to join us. Our need is immediate, and can be on a full-time or contract basis.

In this role, you will be supported by a team of Business Analysts and QA Engineers. You will be involved in development of core server-side functionality and optimisations. The role does not involve deployment or support of the application.

Key Responsibilities:
Building highly-available, fault-tolerant code

Identifying problems and code reverse engineering

Test Driven Development with appropriate unit tests for every functional change

Working with the BA team to complete Spikes and analyze issues

Supporting the QA team for Functional and Regression Testing

Working with the wider Dev team to ensure the success of each Sprint

Balancing technical implementation with the business schedule and deadlines

Collaboration with Scrum Master and wider management team when required

Skills and Qualifications:
3+ years of experience and excellent knowledge of Core Java (i.e. Collections, Generics and Functional Programming etc.)

An ability to break down a problem and present a logical solution or next step to solving a problem

Very Experienced in source code control and CI Systems (i.e. git/bit bucket/stash, Jenkins etc.)

Comfortable with modern IDEs (Eclipse and IntelliJ)

Experience with build automation and dependency management tools like Gradle

Experience with IoC frameworks like Spring

Experience with RDBMS (Sybase, DB2 and PostgreSQL)

Comfortable working across both Windows and Unix

An ability to work independently and reach out to the team for support in a timely fashion

Good written and spoken English

Work Related Expectations

For this role, our Client is based in the United States in the eastern standard timezone, and therefore, you will be working remotely, among a larger client integrated team. We require that our team be willing to work flexible hours to accommodate client requirements in a variety of time zones. We service clients across North America, Europe and Asia/Pacific regions and vary our working hours accordingly.

big river technologies are committed to employment equity and diversity and welcomes applications from women, visible minorities, aboriginal people, persons with disabilities and persons of any sexual orientation or gender. We are also committed to improving access and opportunities for all individuals, including those with disabilities by identifying and removing barriers that may prevent, inhibit or restrict their access to employment opportunities. If you require accommodation at any stage of our hiring process (application, interviews, assessments, and placement), please contact us via email at [email protected]. We thank all applicants responding and showing interest to work for us, however; only those interviewed will be contacted.