Technical Lead, Software Development, Java Developer

Position Title: Technical Lead

Department: Application Portfolio Delivery

Location: 6300 Steeles Ave West, Woodbridge

Work Arrangement :
On-site

Potential Total Compensation: $130,000-$170,000

Position Summary:

407 ETR is seeking a highly skilled and hands-on Sr. Developer to design and develop for the Strata platform, a mission-critical revenue-generation system supporting tolling operations and customer transactions.

The role is responsible for doing development for technical modernization initiatives across C++, Java/Spring Boot services, API development, Oracle database integration, Dev Ops enablement, and platform engineering. This individual will serve as the senior technical Developer for application design, development, standards, technical reviews, and production support while remaining actively engaged in software development activities.

• Contribute to the design, development, and modernization of legacy and modern C++ applications.
• Refactor and modernize existing codebases to improve maintainability, performance, and reliability.
• Establish coding standards, design patterns, and development best practices.

• Design and develop RESTful APIs and microservices using Java and Spring Boot.
• Lead service-oriented architecture modernization initiatives.
• Ensure integration services meet performance, scalability, security, and reliability requirements.

• Design and optimize Oracle database interactions.
• Support SQL tuning, data access frameworks, stored procedures, and performance optimization.
• Collaborate with DBA teams on database modernization and Oracle transformation initiatives.

• Participate in estimation, planning, design reviews, development, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Perform complex troubleshooting and root cause analysis for critical application issues.
• Contribute hands-on code to modernization, enhancement, and remediation initiatives.

• Collaborate with Dev Ops teams to improve deployment automation and release management.
• Support CI/CD pipeline implementation and modernization.
• Promote Infrastructure-as-Code and automation best practices where applicable.

• Serve as senior escalation point for complex production issues.
• Lead root cause investigations and corrective action planning.

Development Technologies

• Expert-level C++ development experience.
• Strong Java development experience.
• Spring Boot and REST API development.
• Object-oriented design and design patterns.
• Multi-threaded and high-performance application development.

Database Technologies

• Oracle Database.
• SQL performance tuning and optimization.

Dev Ops & Engineering Practices

• Source control systems (Git preferred).
• CI/CD tools and deployment automation.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related discipline.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
• 10+ years of software development experience.
• 5+ years leading technical development and design for complex software initiatives.
• Experience working on large-scale, mission-critical enterprise platforms.

We are actively seeking to fill this role as it is a current vacancy.

Highway 407 ETR is an all-electronic open-access toll highway located in the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, Canada. The highway spans 108 kilometres from Burlington in the west to Pickering in the east.

407 International Inc. is the sole shareholder of 407 ETR and is owned by:

• Cintra Global S.E., a subsidiary of Ferrovial S.A. (48.29%)
• Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) and other institutional investors with non-controlling interests…