Junior Application Developer (Java/ISAM)

BMO is a financial institution committed to creating lasting, positive change. They are seeking a Junior Application Developer to drive the software development lifecycle, manage development teams, and ensure high-quality technology applications and services.

Responsibilities

• Drives the overall software development lifecycle including working across functional teams to transform requirements into features, managing development teams and processes, and conducting software testing and maintenance
• Specific project areas of focus includes translating user requirements into technical specifications, writing code and managing the preparation of design specifications
• Supports system design, provides advice on security requirements and debugs business systems and service applications
• Applies deep knowledge of algorithms, data structures and programming languages to develop high quality technology applications and services - including tools, standards, and relevant software platforms based on business requirements
• Translates user needs into technical specifications by understanding, conceptualizing, and facilitating technical requirements from user
• Analyzes, develops, tests, and implements new software programs, and documentation of entire software development life cycle execution
• Performs preventative and corrective maintenance, troubleshooting and fault rectification of system and core software components
• Ensures that code/configurations adhere to the security, logging, error handling, and performance standards and non-functional requirements
• Evaluates new technologies for fit with the program/system/eco-system and the associated upstream and downstream impacts on process, data, and risk
• Follows release management processes and standards, and applies version controls
• Assists in interpreting and documentation of client requirements
• Focus is primarily on business/group within BMO; may have broader, enterprise-wide focus
• Exercises judgment to identify, diagnose, and solve problems within given rules
• Works independently on a range of complex tasks, which may include unique situations
• Broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed

Skills

• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
• Typically between 1-3 years of relevant experience as application developer (Java stack)
• Proficiency in Java (8/11/17+), object-oriented programming, and design patterns
• Application security and performance tuning
• RDBMS and Database technologies for designing and performance tuning, including SQL and No-SQL
• Hands-on CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps)
• Ansible for automation
• RESTful API development
• SQL and relational databases (Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL)
• Maven or Gradle build tools
• Monitoring, logging, and tracing (Dynatrace, ELK, CloudWatch)
• Security best practices for application development
• Scripting and automation (Python, Bash, TypeScript)
• Unit testing frameworks (JUnit)

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Accident and life insurance
• Retirement savings plans

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