Staff Software Engineer

Synopsis of the role Equifax is seeking creative, high-energy and driven software engineers with hands-on development skills to work on a variety of meaningful projects. Our software engineering positions provide you the opportunity to join a team of talented engineers working with leading-edge technology. You are ideal for this position if you are a forward-thinking, committed, and enthusiastic software engineer who is passionate about technology. What you’ll do Lead the Architecture design and development of complex , scalable and resilient full-stack applications , with a primary focus on Java , Spring Boot, and modern front-end frameworks. Remain hands-on and contribute to the development of complex features , back-end services, and APIs, setting a high standard for the team. Utilize AI-powered development tools like GitHub Copilot , Claude Code to accelerate the software development lifecycle. Standardize the way software developers build applications using AI through well defined Agents and Skills. Demonstrate a deep understanding of cloud native, distributed micro service based architectures. Build strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders including product, business and sales partners. Demonstrate excellent communication skills with the ability to both simplify complex problems and also dive deeper if needed. Collaborate with the architects, SRE leads and other technical leadership on strategic technical direction, guidelines, and best practices Manage teams with cross functional skills that include software, quality, reliability engineers, project managers and scrum masters. Mentor, coach and develop junior and senior software, quality and reliability engineers Ensure compliance with EFX secure software development guidelines and best practices and responsible for meeting and maintaining QE, DevSec, and FinOps KPIs. Define, maintain and report SLA, SLO, SLIs meeting EFX engineering standards in partnership with the product, engineering and architecture teams Drive technical documentation including support, end user documentation and run books. Lead Sprint planning, Sprint Retrospectives, and other team activity. Implement architecture decision making associated with Product features/stories, refactoring work, and EOSL decisions Create and deliver technical presentations to internal and external technical and non-technical stakeholders communicating with clarity and precision, and present complex information in a concise format that is audience appropriate Perform R&D, prototyping/PoC of cloud-native solutions Design and develop cloud-native solutions. Design and development of big data processing solutions using Dataflow/Apache Beam, Bigtable, BigQuery, PubSub, GCS, Composer/Airflow, and others. Design and development of micro services using Java, Springboot, GCP SDKs, GKE/Kubeneties Deploy and release software using GitHub Actions, understand infrastructure-as-code concepts, Helm Charts, and Terraform constructs Cloud Certification strongly preferred What experience you need Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience 7+ years of software engineering experience 7+ years experience writing, debugging, and troubleshooting code in mainstream Java, SpringBoot, TypeScript/JavaScript, HTML, CSS 7+ years experience with Cloud technology: GCP, AWS, or Azure 7+ years experience designing and developing cloud-native solutions 7+ years experience designing and developing microservices using Java, SpringBoot, GCP SDKs, GKE/Kubernetes 7+ years experience deploying and releasing software using Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, understand infrastructure-as-code concepts, Helm Charts, and Terraform constructs Proficiency in utilizing AI-powered development tools (GitHub Copilot , Claude Code) What could set you apart Experience creating and maintaining product and software roadmaps Experience overseeing yearly as well as product/project budgets Experience designing and developing big data processing solutions using Dataflow/Apache Beam, Bigtable, BigQuery, PubSub, GCS, Composer/Airflow, and others Experience Running large scale Cloud Optimization projects. This is an existing Position Primary Location: CAN-Toronto-5700 Yonge Function: Function - Tech Dev and Client Services Schedule: Full time

Lead the architecture, design, and development of complex, scalable, and resilient full-stack applications while managing cross-functional teams. Drive technical direction, mentor staff, and ensure compliance with secure software development guidelines and performance KPIs.

Requires a bachelor's degree and at least 7 years of experience in software engineering, specifically with Java, Spring Boot, and cloud-native microservices. Proficiency in cloud platforms like GCP, AWS, or Azure and experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code are essential.

• KubernetesPreferred
• CI/CDPreferred
• LeadershipPreferred
• JavaPreferred
• Google CloudPreferred
• Spring BootPreferred
• TerraformPreferred

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• Java
• Spring Boot
• Cloud-native architecture
• Microservices
• GCP
• Kubernetes
• Terraform
• GitHub Actions
• Big Data
• Apache Beam
• BigQuery
• CI/CD
• Leadership
• Mentoring
• AI-powered development
• Software architecture
• Technical Presentations
• Sprint Retrospectives
• Claude Code
• GitHub Copilot
• Full Stack Development
• Cloud-Native Computing
• Pipelines
• Energetic
• Sprint Planning
• Functional Skills
• Back End (Software Engineering)
• Apache Airflow
• Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
• Resilience
• Technical Leadership
• Helm (Software)
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Cloud Financial Management (FinOps)
• HyperText Markup Language (HTML)
• Java (Programming Language)
• JavaScript (Programming Language)
• Application Programming Interface (API)
• Artificial Intelligence
• Amazon Web Services
• Software Development
• Architectural Design
• Microsoft Azure
• Google Bigtable
• Google BigQuery
• Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
• Decision Making
• Client Services
• Cloud Computing
• Software Documentation

• Technology
• Software
• Engineering
• Management & Leadership
• Data & Analytics
• Staff Software Engineer
• Software Developer / Engineer
• Software Developers

Minimum education

Bachelor’s degree

Minimum experience

7+ years

Posting language

English

Working hours

40 hours per week