Intermediate Software Developer

About You

You thrive in a vibrant, entrepreneurial organization where your ideas are valued. You are motivated by goals, a self-starter, and enjoy wearing multiple hats in a fast-growing fintech environment.

• Design, implement, test, and maintain application changes across business-critical platforms and core lending and customer workflow systems.
• Write efficient, clean, and maintainable code.
• Investigate and resolve production issues, including defects involving application behavior, internal service calls, database records, and data consistency.
• Partner with product, QA, support, and Dev Ops to ship features, validate fixes, and support releases safely.
• Continuously improving the quality of software through reviews and refactoring.
• Actively participate in meetings, offer insights and feedback while considering diverse perspectives.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams in a respectful and constructive manner.
• Take ownership of end-to-end projects and drive it to completion in a timely manner.
• Take accountability for the quality of your work and actions. Address challenges proactively and honestly.
• Demonstrate high standards of honesty and transparency in all interactions and actions.
• Adhere to ethical guidelines and ensure the security, privacy, and compliance of our software solutions.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Finance, Economics, Analytics, Business, Math, Statistics, or a related field.
• 5-7 years of hands‑on experience as a software developer (Java + Spring Boot + Hibernate/JPA + REST).
• Strong debugging and problem‑solving skills, especially around API behavior, service integrations, and database‑backed applications.
• Comfort working with SQL and diagnosing data‑related issues in live business workflows.
• Ability to work through ambiguity, understand legacy code, and make safe incremental improvements.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with cross‑functional partners.
• Experience using generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot) is an asset.
• Ability to integrate or adopt AI tools in day‑to‑day tasks.

• Knowledge of Amazon Web Service (AWS), Docker, Kubernetes.
• Experience/Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and workflows.
• Exposure to web security.
• Any hands‑on experience building full‑stack applications (React/Angular or similar front end technologies).
• Experience working on enterprise level financial applications.

• Growth and opportunity – we pride ourselves on promoting from within.
• Incredible company culture.
• Competitive salary and health benefits.
• Group health and dental benefits.
• Group RRSP program.
• Support for new parents.
• Diverse and inclusive workplace.

$90,000 – $115,000

Final compensation is determined by market conditions, location, and the candidate’s experience, skills, and education. This role may also be eligible for performance‑based incentive programs and total compensation may include variable incentives, such as bonuses and commissions.

Propel brings together the brightest talent to build opportunities. We are entrepreneurs who measure success through results and growth from within; talent and hard work never go unnoticed. Our team fosters curiosity and growth, making Propel one of North America’s fastest‑growing companies and a Best Place to Work.

Propel welcomes and encourages applications from all groups, including Indigenous peoples, women, visible minorities, persons with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities, and those with intersectional identities. Should you require accommodation throughout any stage of the recruitment and selection process, please specify your requirements when submitting your application and we will work with you to meet your needs.

We use AI to assist in reviewing applications and assessing candidates. These tools support our recruitment team, however, all hiring decisions are made by our trained hiring managers and recruitment professionals, not AI.