Senior Backend Developer - Mortgage & Lending Platforms

Our client is a top financial institution with significant North American holdings. They have operations across most major verticals, including institutional & corporate, wealth management, private clients, commercial banking, treasury, and retail banking.

 

Introduction:

Robertson is seeking a skilled Senior Backend Developer - Mortgage & Lending Platforms to join our client in support of an existing vacancy.

Contract Period: 5 months

Pay Rate: Starting from $68 per hour

Location: Toronto or waterloo, ON

Location Type: Hybrid

Business Hours:  Monday-Friday; Core business hours

 

Job Responsibilities:

• Design and develop backend services supporting end to end mortgage and lending workflows, using Java Spring Boot and cloud native patterns
• Build and maintain workflow orchestration solutions using Camunda 8, including BPMN models, connectors, and workers
• Collaborate with business and technical teams to translate complex lending processes into executable, scalable workflows
• Ensure workflow implementations are resilient, traceable, and aligned with enterprise architectural standards
• Design, implement, and maintain API first services using Open API standards
• Build secure APIs leveraging OAuth, identity management, and role-based access controls
• Implement resilience patterns including circuit breakers, retries, and timeouts to ensure system stability
• Support integrations using REST, messaging, and event driven architectures
• Develop and deploy services in cloud environments, preferably Azure, leveraging services such as API Management, Key Vault, and managed identities
• Contribute to cloud native deployments using containers and Helm charts
• Support and enhance platforms deployed to Kubernetes environments (AKS experience is an asset)
• Contribute to platform scalability, reliability, and operational readiness
• Implement telemetry, logging, metrics, and distributed tracing to ensure system observability
• Use tools such as New Relic and ELK Stack to monitor performance, diagnose issues, and support production readiness
• Partner with QA and performance teams to remediate bottlenecks and optimize system behaviour under load
• Follow DevSecOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and security scanning (SAST/SCA)
• Apply BDD/DDD principles where appropriate to ensure high quality, maintainable code
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and architectural decision making
• Ensure solutions meet enterprise security, compliance, and risk requirements
• Work as part of a cross functional agile delivery team, collaborating closely with BAs, QA engineers, architects, and product owners
• Contribute to sprint planning, backlog refinement, and technical estimation
• Proactively surface risks, dependencies, and improvement opportunities

Experience & Qualification Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related technical field
• 8-10 years of professional software development experience, with a strong backend and platform engineering focus
• Experience delivering solutions in mortgage, lending, or regulated financial services environments is strongly preferred
• Hands-on experience with Camunda 8, including BPMN modelling, connectors, and workers
• Strong expertise in Java Spring Boot and microservices architecture
• Expert level experience in API driven development, including Open API standards and API security
• Solid understanding of REST, messaging, event streaming, and distributed systems concepts
• Experience implementing fault tolerance and resilience patterns
• Experience working with cloud services, preferably Microsoft Azure (APIM, Key Vault, identities)
• Strong understanding of cloud native development, containerization, and Kubernetes based deployments
• Experience with Helm charts and infrastructure aware application design
• Experience deploying or managing self-managed workflow platforms in Kubernetes environments is a plus
• Strong grounding in Agile delivery methodologies
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, test automation, and secure development practices
• Familiarity with application security scanning and remediation processes
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, especially in complex, distributed systems
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Comfortable…