Why us?
The best people should work on the most challenging problems. At exagens, headquartered in Montreal, we're using cutting-edge technology, data analysis, behavioral theory and more to curate memorable individualized digital journeys. Already in use by millions of people worldwide, we're hard at work expanding the capabilities of our products and growing our market presence. If you're a problem solver interested in shaping the future of the financial industry and working in a collaborative environment which empowers you to own your own projects while giving you both the freedom and mentorship to grow, we'd love to meet you. Here's your opportunity to get in early to define and own a piece of the future. We are a rapidly growing profitable company, so there's plenty of opportunity to learn, lead, laugh, and share in our success.
What's in it for you?
The products and the company we are building are unique and are already having head-turning impact.
As a seasoned developer in our growing startup, you will be an extremely valuable asset to the team (22 people including 8 developers) and will have big career opportunities.
We are looking for someone who loves solving technical and operational problems while keeping in mind the big picture and the value to the end-user.
You will participate in supervising our other developers as well as working to improve our processes. You will help accelerate our growth by ensuring that exagens caters to the needs of different financial institutions in the USA and across Canada.
We are looking for you
If you're creative, proactive, looking for new challenges, have a good understanding of the Java technologies and want to work on products used by millions, we're looking for you and you should be looking for us.
Of course, you won't be on your own: at exagens, you'll be surrounded and supported by some amazing people who are light on ego and formality, high on curiosity, and flat out want to achieve big things.
Responsibilities and duties
- Collaborates with fellow team members to build a solution that is used by millions of users
- Participating in all aspects of software development activities including design, coding, code review, unit-testing, functional testing and bug fixing.
- Collaborate with front-end developers, product managers, and stakeholders to define requirements.
- Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code following best practices.
- Optimize application performance, scalability, and security to meet financial services' stringent requirements.
- Stay updated with industry best practices and emerging fintech technologies.
- Mentor junior developers and contribute to team knowledge sharing.
- Maintains high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits
- Gives feedback to improve established development processes
Qualities:
- Fast learner, Autonomous
- A passion for coding, solving problems and building complex solutions
- Strong problem-solving skills and a collaborative mindset.
- Passion for technology, eagerness to learn, and willingness to take on complex challenges.
Requirements
Experience
- 5+ years of experience in Java development with strong expertise in Spring Boot
- Proficiency in building RESTful APIs and microservices architecture.
- Strong understanding of multi-threading, concurrency, and design patterns.
- Familiarity with DevOps tools and practices, including Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Solid understanding of security principles in web applications, particularly in fintech applications.
Technical skills:
Solid knowledge of back-end technologies (5+ years):
- Java 11+
- Spring 3+ (Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring data, Spring Security…)
- HTTP, HTTPS, Rest API, Open API Specification
- JPA / Hibernate, PostgreSQL
- Unitary Test (Mockito)
- Git, maven
Good knowledge of programming (5+ years):
- Software fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, system design...)
- Object-Oriented Programming
Optional Qualifications:
Experience:
- Experience with AWS cloud platform
- Knowledge of container orchestration with Kubernetes.
- Previous experience in the fintech industry or working with financial applications.
- Experience as Front-end developer
Technical skills:
- HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ReactJs, NodeJs
- Kubernetes, Helm 3
- AWS Services like EKS, Aurora, EC2, AWS Load Balancer, API Gateway, Cognito, Code Pipeline / Code Build, Cloud Formation…