Senior Software Development Engineer

Client: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement – RQ11720 We are seeking a Senior Software Developer with extensive experience developing, configuring, integrating, testing, deploying, and maintaining complex enterprise applications using Java and Microsoft Azure. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in cloud-based microservices, user interfaces, APIs, integration services, business logic, database components, automated testing, secure coding, and continuous integration and deployment. The successful candidate will provide technical leadership, guide development teams, mentor developers, conduct code reviews, resolve complex technical issues, and ensure that application solutions meet approved architecture, security requirements, coding standards, and delivery objectives. Role Snapshot Job Title: RQ11720 – Software Developer – Senior Client: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement Work

Location:
222 Jarvis Street, 5th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Work Arrangement: Onsite – 5 Days per Week Estimated Start Date: November 2, 2026 Estimated End Date: September 28, 2027 Business Days: 230.00 Extension: Probable after the initial mandate Hours: 7.25 hours per day Security Level: No Clearance Required Must Have Experience leading teams and managing development teams. Demonstrated experience providing team and solution leadership, including guiding technical direction, coordinating development activities, and ensuring alignment with approved architecture and delivery objectives. Experience mentoring developers and providing technical guidance within multidisciplinary teams. Experience developing complex enterprise or public-facing applications. Experience implementing user interfaces, APIs, services, integrations, and database components. Experience developing and deploying applications in cloud-based environments. Experience with APIs, integration patterns, automated deployment, and configuration management. Experience developing automated tests for user interfaces, APIs, and databases. Nice to Have Prior Ontario Public Service (OPS) or public sector experience. Description Develops, configures, integrates, tests, deploys, and maintains complex application components in accordance with approved architecture, technical designs, security requirements, and coding standards. Provides technical leadership and supports the quality, reliability, performance, and maintainability of the solution. Experience Experience developing and maintaining complex enterprise applications using Java. Experience translating technical specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria into working software. Experience developing user interfaces, APIs, integration services, business logic, and database components. Experience building automated unit, integration, API, database, and user-interface tests. Experience developing and deploying cloud-based microservice architecture solutions in Microsoft Azure, including deployment pipelines, configuration management, and application monitoring. Experience reviewing code and enforcing development, security, documentation, and testing standards. Experience troubleshooting complex defects and resolving performance, reliability, and integration issues. Experience implementing secure coding practices and addressing identified vulnerabilities. Experience supporting deployments, production-readiness activities, and post-implementation stabilization. Demonstrated experience providing team and solution leadership, including guiding technical direction, coordinating development activities, and ensuring alignment with approved architecture and delivery objectives. Experience mentoring developers and providing technical guidance within multidisciplinary teams. General Skills / Duties Design, develop, configure, test, and maintain Java application components. Build and maintain cloud-based microservices in Microsoft Azure, including interfaces, APIs, integrations, data-access components, and automated tests. Participate in solution design and technical planning. Review code and provide practical feedback to development team members. Diagnose and resolve defects, performance issues, security concerns, and integration failures. Support continuous integration and deployment activities. Prepare and maintain technical documentation. Estimate development work and contribute to sprint and release planning. Support test teams, business acceptance testing, deployment, and implementation. Identify technical risks, dependencies, and opportunities for improvement. Experience And Skill Set Requirements Software Development Experience — 40% Experience developing complex enterprise or public-facing applications. Experience implementing user interfaces, APIs, services, integrations, and database components. Experience applying object-oriented, structured, a