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Senior Java Consultant

📍 Canada

Consulting Galent

Job Description

Model Hybrid - 3 Days a week (Mon/Tue/Wed Mandatory)

Position Overview This role emphasizes Java 17/21 and Spring Boot 3.x, microservices architecture, and AWS cloud deployment, while ensuring compliance with technical standards, governance, risk management, and driving continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Build scalable, high-performance RESTful APIs using Java 17/21 and Spring Boot 3.x.

Architect and implement microservices with Spring Cloud (Gateway, Config, Discovery).

Implement security using Spring Security 6.x (OAuth2, JWT, RBAC), with structured logging and robust error handling.

Design and optimize schemas; tune queries with Spring Data JPA/Hibernate 6.x for PostgreSQL/MySQL.

Develop event‑driven patterns with Kafka or AWS SNS/SQS; apply caching (Redis/Caffeine) where needed.

Write unit/integration tests (JUnit 5, Mockito, Testcontainers) and ensure performance/availability (health checks, DR).

Drive technical governance, code quality, and adherence to architecture standards; lead root‑cause analysis for production incidents.

Develop responsive UIs with Angular 17+, TypeScript 5.x, HTML5, SCSS, and Angular Material.

Integrate backend APIs; handle async workflows with RxJS and adopt state management (NgRx or Signals).

Ensure UI quality with unit tests (Jest/Jasmine) and e2e tests (Cypress).

Deploy and operate on AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, API Gateway, CloudWatch).

Implement CI/CD (Jenkins/GitLab CI/AWS CodePipeline) and containerization with Docker.

Use IaC (CloudFormation/Terraform); monitor and optimize cost/performance.

Participate in code reviews; maintain coding standards and clear technical documentation.

Collaborate with Product, Design, QA; work in Agile/Scrum and contribute to roadmap/architecture.

Champion continuous improvement and process innovation to drive quality and efficiency.

Required Qualifications

Technical Skills (Backend Expertise is MANDATORY)

Expert‑level Java 17/21 & Spring Boot 3.x; deep Spring ecosystem (MVC, Data JPA, Security 6.x).

Strong microservices architecture with Spring Cloud; REST API design best practices.

RDBMS expertise (PostgreSQL/MySQL); ORM and query optimization; NoSQL (MongoDB/DynamoDB) a plus.

Additional Skills

Frontend: Angular 17+, TypeScript; RxJS/Signals; modern build tooling.

Experience: 2–4 years professional Java backend development building production systems.

Soft skills: problem‑solving, debugging, communication, teamwork.

Preferred Qualifications

AWS certifications; Kubernetes/ECS; GraphQL; Serverless (Lambda).

Monitoring (CloudWatch/New Relic/Datadog); Elasticsearch; Redis/caching.

Understanding of distributed systems and microservice patterns.

“AI tools may assist in the recruitment process; however, all hiring decisions are made by the recruitment team based on a comprehensive evaluation of candidates.

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Job Details

Posted Date: February 24, 2026
Job Type: Consulting
Location: Canada
Company: Galent

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