Sr. Backend Developer

We’re building a relationship-oriented bank for the modern world. We need talented, passionate professionals who are dedicated to doing what’s right for our clients.

At CIBC, we embrace your strengths and your ambitions, so you are empowered  team members have what they need to make a meaningful impact and are truly valued for who they are and what they contribute.

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You’ll be a key part of an innovative, “first to market” technology culture, contributing to CIBC’s digital transformation. As a Sr. Backend Developer within CIBC’s Shared Platform Technology department, you will be part of a development team where you will build, implement, and maintain high-performance, easily extendable solutions that enhance CIBC’s core API ecosystem. You will contribute to the development of the framework, and perform research on new and emerging Cloud and AI technologies and platforms.

At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. To successfully perform the work, you’ll be on-site full-time. You’ll have the flexibility to manage your work activities within a hybrid work arrangement where you’ll spend 1-3 days per week on-site, while other days will be remote.

• Programming Ability – Perform application programming and debugging activities: develop specifications, code, test, debug, and document solutions in order to ensure successful implementation and maintenance of programs. Use source code versioning, develop high coverage unit tests, and make use of build tools from both IDEs and the command line.
• AI-Enabled Development – Utilize AI tools to accelerate coding, testing, and troubleshooting, driving efficiency and innovation in your daily work.
• Team Management Skills – Be able to work independently: take ownership of tasks that have been assigned to you and independently follow them through to completion in a timely manner that meets deadlines. Lead code-review sessions and ensure overall code quality aligns with business and project requirements. Be able to assist in troubleshooting application issues found in production and user acceptance testing.

• You can demonstrate 3 years experience. In professional experience with Object Oriented Analysis / Design, OO Design Patterns, and writing enterprise web application backends with Java. You have used a Java build tool such as Maven or Gradle, and are familiar with a source code versioning tool such as Git. You have professional experience with a Java framework such as Spring Boot or other comparable frameworks.
  
  You are willing to learn about network protocols such as HTTP/2 and TLS, the Java virtual machine (and how to extract maximum performance from it), certificates and public / private key encryption, concurrency and Java multithreading. It would be considered an asset if you have experience with Linux, Bash programming, Docker/Podman, Kubernetes, Microservice Architecture, OAuth2, JSON Web Tokens, Istio, AI tools, Git Hub, and JIRA.
• You put our clients first. You engage with purpose to find the right solutions. You go the extra mile, because it's the right thing to do.
• You’re goal oriented. You’re motivated by accomplishing your goals and delivering your best to make a difference.
• You're passionate about people. You find meaning in relationships and surround yourself with a diverse network of partners. You connect with others through respect and authenticity.
• You love to learn. You're passionate about growing your knowledge. You have a strong sense of curiosity.
• You’re a certified professional. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or Technical discipline.
• Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work and you live our values - trust, teamwork, and accountability.

At CIBC, your goals are a priority. We start with your strengths and ambitions as an employee and strive to create opportunities to tap into your potential. We aspire to give you a career, rather than just a paycheck.

• We work to recognize you in meaningful, personalized ways including a competitive salary, incentive pay, banking benefits, a…