Senior Engineer JAVA (AWS and Terraform)

Investment Management Industry

Title: Senior Engineer JAVA (AWS and Terraform)

Duration: 6 months (Contract) + strong potential to extend

Location: Downtown Toronto, ON (4 day/week onsite)

PR: $80-100+/hr (As per experience)

Top 2-3 Deliverables (First 90 Days)

• Build and deploy production-ready Java services within AWS
• Stand up or enhance infrastructure using Terraform and EKS
• Support active modernization efforts tied to Total Fund Management initiatives

Key Project Work Driving the Urgency

• Modernization of public markets technology systems
• New cloud service development (primarily AWS)
• Migration and infrastructure upgrades involving EKS and Terraform

What They Will Accomplish (High-Level)

• Design and maintain scalable, cloud-based applications
• Lead or participate in architecture design and system analysis
• Contribute to modernization initiatives across public markets
• Maintain high-quality, secure, performant code

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Build Java (Core Java, Spring Boot, Microservices) applications
• Work heavily within AWS
• Deploy and manage infrastructure using Terraform
• Work with EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service)
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams
• Conduct code reviews
• Contribute to best practices and continuous improvement

Technical Environment

• Java 8 or Java 17
• Spring Boot (no strict version requirement)
• 30% AWS today, though overall organization still ~70% Azure
• Terraform deployments
• EKS, Lambda, SQS, ArgoCD (nice-to-have)
• SQL + Oracle
• Some Python (basic scripting level)

Must-Haves

• 8+ years of experience
• Strong hands-on Java (Core Java, Spring Boot, Microservices) — 8/10 minimum
• Deep AWS experience, including:
• Terraform deployment
• EKS
• Strong in software design, system analysis, and multithreading
• Excellent communication and problem-solving

Nice-to-Haves

• Python (3-4/10 expected; just needs willingness to pick up more)
• Capital Markets familiarity (bonds, options, futures) — not required
• Additional AWS services: Lambda, SQS, ArgoCD

The Company offers a total rewards package in accordance with all applicable federal, provincial, and local laws and requirements. Benefit eligibility and offerings vary based on role, employment status, and work location. For contractor positions, benefits are limited to those entitlements and protections required by applicable law, which may include (as applicable) vacation pay, public holidays, leaves of absence, and other legally mandated benefits or payments.

We may use AI-enabled and/or automated tools to support parts of our recruitment process, including application screening, interview scheduling, and candidate communications. These tools are used to enhance consistency and efficiency. All hiring decisions involve human review and are not based solely on automated processing.