Position Description

We are seeking dedicated and innovative Software Developers to join our team. In this role, you will be at the forefront of developing cutting-edge applications and ensuring the security and reliability of our backend systems.

If you are eager to contribute to a dynamic, collaborative development environment, we would love to hear from you.

Your future duties and responsibilities

• Transform Business Requirements and conduct research into winning delivery solutions that meet performance goals.
• Coordinate from a technical perspective large projects that span multiple teams and cover a diverse spectrum of technologies
• Provide technical guidance to technical leads and to Product Teams (Pods) consisting of Product Owners, Business Systems Analysts, Scrum Masters, Developers and of course our QA engineering group.
• Create and maintain quality system and infrastructure designs that are maintainable, performant, reliable, scalable, and secure.
• Define our next unit and integration test frameworks and standards.
• Ensure we have the proper tools in place so that we can ensure our applications are free of common coding vulnerabilities and we follow standard security practices.
• Design and develop highly complex and custom components.
• Work closely with other Developers, Designers, Solution Architects to design solutions and deliver extraordinary products.
• Apply and share your technical expertise and experience.
• Actively participate in Agile ceremonies
• Contribute to project management activities such as: scope assessment and analysis, identifying risks and recommending mitigation measures, as well as escalating and communicating possible issues.
• Communicate and collaborate with the broader product team to develop and refine features.

Required Qualifications To Be Successful In This Role

• Experience as a Senior Software Developer delivering scalable and high throughput projects 5+ years.
• Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Alternate locations: Moncton, Fredericton, Stratford or St. John's)
• Hybrid: 2-3 days required in office weekly
• Experience in:
• React.
• Know your Java / Spring / Spring Boot very well
• RESTful APIs
• Microservices and their architecture
• Messaging Queues
• Large mission critical online applications design and infrastructure configuration
• Relational and non-relational databases (MS SQL / Oracle / Mongo DB)
• Kafka cloud or local.
• Know your SCM and task trackers - Bitbucket/Git, JIRA and Confluence
• Ability to deconstruct requirements into sizeable work tasks.
• Ability to communicate with non-technical members of the team.
• Effective time and task management skills, including the ability to manage concurrent deliverables.
• Self-motivated team player with high energy and ability to work independently as well as within teams.
• Creative problem-solving skills
• Readiness and motivation (as a Senior / Lead Developer) to address and resolve complex and multi-faceted development-related issues, often independently.
• Ability to work autonomously in a lead capacity on a diverse range of activities (e.g. design, support of technical business solutions).
• Strength in collaborating with clients, partners, and peer project teams.
• Commitment to and belief in the quality of your deliverables.
• Undergraduate Degree

Nice to have:

• Working experience in Agile methodology.
• Familiarity with Maven, Jenkins, Nexus
• Familiarity with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines.
• Elasticsearch and AI generative models experience
• Network Layer Design Experience / Knowledge

Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action. Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

At CGI, we value the strength that diversity brings and are committed to fostering a workplace where everyone belongs. We collaborate with our clients to build more inclusive communities and empower all CGI partners to thrive. As an equal-opportunity employer, being able to perform your best during the recruitment process is important to us. If you require an accommodation, please inform your recruiter.

To learn more about accessibility at CGI, contact us via email. Please note that this email is strictly for accessibility requests and cannot be used for application status inquiries.

Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.