Java Consultant

Overview

Hybrid : 3 days / week in-office (with potential increase to 4 days in future)

Anchor days : Monday, Wednesday and Thursday

Contract Duration : 03 / 02 / 2026 to 11 / 29 / 2026

Possibility of extension : Yes, based on performance and business needs

Conversion to FTE : May be, based on performance and business needs

Number of Positions : 1

Schedule Hours : 9am-5pm Monday-Friday; standard 37.5 hrs / week

Responsibilities

Perform coding, unit testing, debugging, documenting and implementing of applications and scripts.

Participate in estimation and planning of development efforts required for various projects and enhancements.

Maintain, support and enhance existing applications.

Participate in regular code reviews for release activities.

Lead the implementation efforts for implementations of code to production.

Participate in production issue analysis and perform root cause analysis for production issues and implementation issues.

Assist the product owners and business analysts in discovering the current system behavior and provide recommendations on improving the current system.

Provide system analysis, object-oriented design / programming, technical documentation, and support for existing applications and systems.

Provide recommendations on best practices and enhancements that are in line with the bank’s technology road map.

Work with project team to refine technical requirements and provide technical design and guidance based on industry best practices.

Must have skills

At least 10 years of technical working experience in systems analysis, design, development, unit testing, and debugging.

10+ years of experience as Java developer

Recent hands on experience with HTML; CSS; jQuery, Bootstrap, AngularJS, UNIX shell scripting; Web Services and Restful APIs, Microservices, SQL & relational databases

5+ years of recent experience with the use of Bit Bucket, GIT, Gradle, Jira, Confluence or a similar tool(s) for building Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI / CD) pipelines.

Technical working experience in an agile environment.

Nice to have

2-3 years of working experience in the banking / financial services industry.

Technical working knowledge of WebServices, XML / SOAP / REST, IBM Websphere Application Server (WAS); Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE); IBM Rational Application Developer (RAD); SoapUI; WinSCP (Windows Secure Copy); PuTTY SCP (PSCP); Secure Shell (SSH)

Technical knowledge of Microsoft Azure Cloud or Google Cloud is an asset.

Technical knowledge of Splunk, Dynatrace, or Stackdriver is an asset.

Best vs. Average Candidate

Best candidate will be an experienced Java developer with recent experience with banking and FI industry. In addition to all the must have and nice to have skill set mention, previous experience with GCP is highly preferred.

Interview Process

2 rounds – MS Teams Video Interviews

1st through MS Teams Video : Technical panel interview – 1 hour – with team. Potential live codility Test.

2nd in-person with HM – culture fit – 30-45 minutes

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