Role: Sr. Backend Engineer
Location: Toronto- Hybrid: 3 days a week onsite (Tuesday-Thursday)
Primary Skill Set
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) / InfraOps
• Terraform
• Kotlin
Job Description
We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer with strong expertise in Kotlin-based backend development and hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure automation and Infrastructure Operations (InfraOps). The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of building scalable backend services while enabling highly automated, cloud-native platforms through Infrastructure as Code practices.
Technical Skills:
• Strong Experience with Infrastructure Operations (InfraOps) tools and practices, such as:
o Terraform Cloud/Enterprise
o Azure DevOps
o GitHub Actions
o Jenkins
o Ansible
o Kubernetes
o Helm
o ArgoCD or similar GitOps tools
• Hands-on experience with Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC), including provisioning and managing cloud resources.
• Good to have proficiency in Kotlin, with additional experience in Java (Spring Boot, Spring Security) and JavaScript/Node.js.
• 7 to 8+ years of backend software engineering experience designing and developing scalable, resilient, and secure applications.
• Strong experience building and maintaining REST APIs, Microservices, Event-Driven Architectures, and integration services.
• Experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and containerized application deployment.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure.
• Experience implementing and supporting CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment strategies.
• Hands-on experience with JUnit, Cucumber, BDD, and automated testing frameworks.
• Familiarity with observability and operational tooling such as logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions.
Development Practices
• Strong understanding of Agile, DevOps, GitOps, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles.
• Experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD), Continuous Integration, and Continuous Delivery.
• Ability to collaborate across development, platform engineering, and infrastructure teams.
• Experience driving engineering best practices, code quality standards, and platform automation initiatives.
Additional Skills
• Experience designing secure, scalable cloud-native architectures.
• Exposure to open-source technologies and cloud-native ecosystems.
• Ability to evaluate emerging technologies and create proof-of-concepts to improve engineering productivity and platform reliability.
• Strong communication and mentoring skills, with experience supporting and guiding junior engineers.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with Azure networking, security, and cloud governance.
• Knowledge of container security, secrets management, and infrastructure compliance practices.
• Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, or cloud-related certifications are considered an asset.
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