Back End Developer - oshawa

Project Description:

• One of the world's leading providers of products and services to the global energy industry. With a presence in more than 70 countries and 130 nationalities represented in our workforce, we are one of the world's most diverse companies. This allows us to offer multiple career paths, best-in-class training, and world-class benefits.
• Our software gives E&P professionals lifecycle insights that spark new ideas, actions, and results to maximize asset value. We are looking to recruit a highly skilled and experienced Backend developer with Kubernetes experience to work with global development teams from Europe, Canada, and the US. You will be involved in designing, developing, deploying, and managing scalable and resilient backend services within a containerized, cloud-native environment and on-premises customer environments. The candidate needs a strong foundation in backend development principles, coupled with hands-on expertise in leveraging Kubernetes for orchestrating microservices and ensuring high availability and performance of our applications. You will collaborate closely with frontend developers and DevOps engineers to deliver innovative software solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain backend code using Java and Python programming languages.
• Develop and manage RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Containerize applications using Docker and create/manage Kubernetes manifests and Helm charts for deployment.
• Deploy, manage, and scale applications within Kubernetes clusters on cloud platforms AWS and Azure and customers' on-premise environments.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines for automated builds, testing, and deployments.
• Design and interact with databases (SQL and NoSQL), ensuring optimal performance and data integrity.
• Monitor application and cluster health using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK Stack; troubleshoot and resolve issues promptly.
• Implement and enforce security best practices for applications and infrastructure within the Kubernetes environment.
• Optimize applications for maximum speed, scalability, and resilience.
• Stay current with emerging cloud-native technologies and Kubernetes best practices.
• Contribute to infrastructure-as-code initiatives using tools like Terraform or Ansible.
• Participate in code reviews and advocate for high-quality coding standards.

Mandatory Skills Description:

• 10+ years in Java development
• 3+ years in Python development
• BS or MS in Computer Science or a related Engineering discipline
• Proven experience delivering software applications
• Solid understanding of how to build publicly exposed APIs
• Familiarity with CI/CD principles and tools technologies: Jenkins and GitLab Runner
• Must be self-motivated, but be able to work well in a team environment
• Team player; willing to coach junior team members and cooperate on cross-functional problem-solving
• Experience with Cloud and SaaS Development: Azure, AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Working in an Agile development environment

Nice-to-Have Skills Description:

• Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
• Understanding of networking concepts in Kubernetes.
• Experience with serverless computing.
• Distributed Computing: distributed job orchestration on Kubernetes, parallel execution patterns, backpressure, sharding/partitioning, fault tolerance, and checkpointing; frameworks (Ray/Spark/Dask) if applicable. We are mostly interested in Ray
• Implemented Kafka-based message-driven services and event-driven autoscaling on Kubernetes using KEDA (consumer-group scaling, DLQ/error handling, and scaling policies with performance/cost guardrails).

Languages:

• English: B2 Upper Intermediate