Software developer Jobs in Bonnyville, AB

Job title : Lead Java Developer

Location : 100%Remote (Canada Geography)

Candidates must provide a cover letter with following details :

1. Experience of work with Search Engines

2. Semantics Search / Vector Databases , Embeddings and LLMs"

Job Description :

The primary goal of the project is the modernization, maintenance and development of an eCommerce platform for a big US-based retail company, serving millions of omnichannel customers each week.

Solutions are delivered by several Product Teams focused on different domains - Customer, Loyalty, Search and Browse, Data Integration, Cart.

Current overriding priorities are new brands onboarding, re-architecture, database migrations, migration of microservices to a unified cloud-native solution without any disruption to business.

Responsibilities :

We are looking for an experienced Java Developer with good understanding of search engines, who can help to perform migration of client platform :

Quickly onboard to Customer's processes

Develop new features in Java and Kotlin for Spring Boot Microservices, as well as maintain existing ones

Improve Personalized Search

Modernize Data Ingestion for faster searching and indexing bullet icon

Collaborate with other teams and client to find the best solutions Skills

Must have :

English B2 or higher;

Must have : Kotlin, Java Spring Boot, Gradle;

Must have : Experience of work with Search Engines

Must have : Semantics Search / Vector Databases , Embeddings and LLMs

At least 5 years of work experience including enterprise backend system design experience

Strong knowledge of Java / Kotlin language

Strong knowledge of Spring / SpringBoot

Good understanding of how search engines works (experience with Lucene based engines preferred e.g. Elasticsearch, Solr, etc.)

Good understanding of semantics search / vector databases , embeddings and LLMs

Experience of development in production

Familiarity with databases (SQL / PostgreSQL)

Deep understanding of enterprise application architecture patterns

Experience with distributed systems

Familiar with microservice architecture patterns

Familiar with Containers and Orchestration Systems (Kubernetes / PKS / OpenShift)

Adoption of Agile and DevOps culture

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Candidates need to provide a cover letter with following details :

Experience of work with Search Engines, Semantics Search / Vector Databases , Embeddings and LLMs

Nice to have :

Experience of work in distributed teams, with US customers

Experience in working with Kafka / Rabbit and caching (Hazelcast / Redis)

Experience in a hybrid cloud environment or willing to learn new techniques and approaches.