Central 1 cooperatively empowers credit unions and other financial institutions to deliver banking choice to Canadians.  Central 1 provides critical services at scale to enable a thriving credit union system. We do this by collaborating with our clients, developing strategies, products and services to support the financial well-being of their more than 5 million diverse customers in communities across Canada. For more information, visit www.central1.com

We have multiple Java Developer roles available at Central 1 – join us to revolutionize the payments landscape in Canada!

With the multi-year Payments Modernization (PayMod) program in flight, your development efforts will directly impact the payments ecosystem, creating a faster, more flexible and secure payments infrastructure that will put Canada at the leading edge of global payments. 

We’re looking for someone who embraces change and loves to jump in and take ownership of delivering results. You will join highly motivated and experienced teams to build the next generation of our core banking system that will impact Credit Unions across Canada, affecting millions of Canadians in their banking.

We're an open-source environment using Java, Spring, Linux, among others, in our tech stack. 

What you'll be doing:

• Write great code 
• Understand business problems we've solving and technical issues to find new solutions 
• Participate in code reviews and business/technical discussions 
• Contribute to daily/weekly agile ceremonies 
• Design and complete complex software enhancements proficiently with a high level of quality 

What you'll have:

• You have a university degree in computer science or software engineering (or equivalent) and 5+ years of relevant experience in software engineering 
• A strong level knowledge of Java and its ecosystem, with backend Java development experience including multi-threading and concurrency, TCP and experience of the web, enterprise application development, tiered application design, and microservices 
• Knowledge of frameworks/technologies such as Spring Framework (Boot, Cloud), Hibernate/JPA, Microsoft SQL Server, Kafka, Python, JUnit, REST, JSON, HTTP. 
• Knowledge of version control systems and continuous integration systems (Git, Bamboo, SonarQube).  
• Skills to dig into challenging technical problems and large/complex codebases without getting stuck 

Nice-to-have: 

• Banking experience 
• Familiar with agile/scrum software development methodology.  
• Experience with DevOps tools 
• Some front-end development experience with AngularJS. 
• Willing to ask/pull people for information and help 
• Bring a sense of humor

As much as we believe in working hard, we also believe in personal growth and taking time for ourselves. Accordingly, our total rewards philosophy amounts to one of the best compensation and benefits packages in the industry – from performance-based incentives and extended benefits, to training and education reimbursements and ample vacation time.

Central 1 is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce by creating an environment where everyone feels like they belong and has the opportunity to be successful. We are welcoming of all applicants and we will provide an accessible candidate experience.

Reporting to: Director, Software Development
Grade: TBD
Location: Vancouver, BC or Mississauga, ON or Toronto, ON