Lead Java Backend Developer

Position Description:

This is an exciting time to join CGI. As Canada’s largest independent information technology services firm, we continue to grow and innovate across industries. With our expansion in Atlantic Canada, we are looking for a Lead Java Back-End Developer who brings deep technical expertise, strong architectural leadership, and a passion for building scalable, cloud-native enterprise solutions.

In this hands-on leadership role, you will lead the design and delivery of mission-critical platforms within the investment operations domain, collaborating closely with product owners, architects, and engineering teams. You will play a key role in defining technical direction, ensuring engineering excellence, and delivering high-performance systems that support complex financial workflows.

This is a permanent full-time, on-site role based in Halifax, NS or Moncton, NB, requiring 5 days in office.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end design and development of robust, scalable, and secure back-end systems aligned with enterprise and cloud-first strategies.
• Own and drive technical architecture and design decisions, ensuring solutions meet performance, resiliency, scalability, and maintainability standards.
• Act as a technical leader and mentor, guiding development teams through code reviews, design sessions, and best engineering practices.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, and architects to translate complex requirements into high-quality technical solutions.
• Provide hands-on development leadership in Java, Spring Boot, and microservices-based architectures.
• Partner with DevOps teams to design and optimize CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, observability, and production readiness.
• Lead efforts to improve engineering processes, delivery velocity, and quality through Agile and DevOps best practices.
• Identify and resolve complex technical issues across distributed systems and hybrid/cloud environments.
• Contribute to long-term platform modernization, innovation initiatives, and technical roadmaps.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

• 14+ years of hands-on experience in Java/J2EE development, including extensive experience with Spring Boot and microservices architecture.
• Proven experience leading the design and development of large-scale, enterprise-grade back-end systems.
• Strong expertise in building and consuming RESTful APIs and multi-tiered applications.
• Deep knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure), containerization (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Strong experience with CI/CD tools and practices, including GitHub, Jenkins, uDeploy, and Git branching strategies.
• Solid understanding of relational databases (DB2, Oracle), SQL, and ORM frameworks such as Hibernate and JPA.
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems in distributed and cloud-native systems.
• Strong leadership, communication, and collaboration skills, with a passion for mentoring and growing engineering talent.

Bonus Points For
• Experience in financial services, particularly investment operations, NAV, fund accounting, or asset management platforms.
• Familiarity with alternative investments, including derivatives, private equity, or liquid alternatives.
• Experience with quality and operations tools such as SonarQube, ServiceNow, and HP Operations Orchestration.
• Strong Agile delivery experience with a proven track record of driving process and delivery improvements.

CGI is providing a reasonable estimate of the pay range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors including but not limited to skill set level, geographic market, experience and training, and licenses and certifications. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $75,000 - $145,000. This is an existing vacancy.

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Skills:

• Hibernate
• Java
• Messaging
• Microservices
• Oracle
• Spring
• Spring Boot
• Kubernetes

What you can expect from us:

Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

At CGI, we value the strength that diversity brings and are committed to fostering a workplace where everyone belongs. We collaborate with our clients to build more inclusive communities and empower all CGI partners to thrive. As an equal-opportunity employer, being able to perform your best during the recruitment process is important to us. If you require an accommodation, please inform your recruiter.

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