(Part Time) Jr. Java Developer to develop an events platform for a major financial client - 35919

Part Time) Jr. Java Developer to develop an events platform for a major financial client - 35919

Schedule Hours: Part time, 2 days per week, 7.5 hours per day

Story Behind the Need

Business group: You'll become part of the bank Cloud and Platform Engineering Product Team, with a specific focus on the Event Streaming Platform.

Project: The Event Streaming Platform serves as a crucial tool within Scotiabank, providing a quick, easy to use self-service Events Platform for developers to focus on building business solutions and not worry about tooling. For business lines it enables real-time data exchange across business silos unlocking new and exciting use cases that are currently very difficult or infeasible to create.

Reason for request: We need an additional part-time engineer to meet our business case deliverables. Looking for 2 days/week and a junior engineer.

• The successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop as an engineer. This is a steppingstone to a potential full-time contract or FTE conversion. Working on an exciting new initiative with good visibility within the bank!

Typical Day in Role:

• Hands on development of the capabilities of the Confluent Kafka platform.
• Hands-on integration of applications into the Confluent Kafka platform.
• Will be working with team leads to understand requirements.
• Working on mid-tier platform, supporting specialized architecture for real-time status streaming.
• Champions a high-performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.
• Supporting technical solutions and strategies for software applications and supporting build detail technical design, deployment & implementation patterns.

Must Have Skills:

• Confluent Kafka certification is required
• 1-2 years’ hands-on experience with as a junior engineer
• 1-2 years’ hands-on experience with Java 8+
• 1-2 years’ hands-on experience with experience with Microservices (Kubernetes)

Nice-To-Have Skills:

• GCP or Azure experience is an asset

Soft Skills:

• Good communication
• Team player
• Adaptability

Best vs Average: A resource who has a relevant degree and work experience that is certified in Confluent Kafka. Seeking someone with critical thinking skillsets displayed in interview.

Degrees or certifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a computer science or engineering is required
• Confluent Kafka certification is required

Candidate Review & Selection:

• Structure and Format: One round with hiring manager
• Technical and behavioral round via MS Teams, 30 minutes

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