Intermediate Java Developer

Who we are:

For over 25 years Global Relay has set the standard in enterprise information archiving with industry-leading cloud archiving surveillance eDiscovery and analytics solutions. We securely capture and preserve the communications data of the worlds most highly regulated firms giving them greater visibility and control over their information and ensuring compliance with stringent regulations.

Though we offer competitive compensation and benefits and all the other perks one would expect from an established company we are not your typical technology company. Global Relay is a career-building company. A place for big ideas. New challenges. Groundbreaking innovation. Its a place where you can genuinely make an impact and be recognized for it.

We believe great businesses thrive on diversity inclusion and the contributions of all employees. To that end we recruit candidates from different backgrounds and foster a work environment that encourages employees to collaborate and learn from each other completely free of barriers.

Your role:

As an Intermediate Java Developer at Global Relay youll be using leading edge technologies to build pioneering products that are used by tens of thousands of users globally to solve real world business problems. You also get to tackle interesting and engaging problems to do with scalability and high availability in big data environments. At Global Relay we are continuously pushing the boundaries of Java technology.

This is an opportunity to work alongside some of the best Java developers in Halifax and apply your craft in an environment that encourages creative thinking and autonomy. Our developers think beyond a single component to build complete system solutions and work collaboratively with their peers including other Developers Testers DevOps and Product Management. Challenge yourself by learning new technologies and apply your skills across our different projects and application domains. If you are committed to code that is clean well-tested well-reviewed performant and secure then youll fit in around here.

Tech stack:

• NoSQL Databases (Cassandra MongoDB)
• Large scale data processing (Hadoop Kafka)
• Text search engines (Lucene OpenSearch)
• CI/CD Tools (Maven Jenkins Ansible)
• Container Platforms (Kubernetes Docker)
• Monitoring and alerting (Loki Grafana Prometheus Zabbix)
• Linux (Ubuntu Rocky Linux)

Your responsibilities:

• Work as part of an agile development team to design and build enterprise scale services using Java
• Write unit tests and integration tests for your code and collaborate with Test to develop test cases
• Develop deployment systems for Java based systems
• Create technical documentation and detail design document
• Collaborate with product owners on user story generation and refinement
• Monitor and support the operation of production systems
• Participate in knowledge sharing activities with colleagues

About you:

• 3 to 8 yearsof Java development experience
• Required technology experience:
• Java
• Linux
• Network protocols such as HTTP TLS TCP
• Web services technology such as REST JSON or Thrift
• Experience with:
• Agile development methodologies
• Test driven development
• Continuous integration systems
• Multi-threaded programming
• System scalability
• Service oriented architecture
• Experience with any of the following is an asset:
• Application performance tuning
• Cloud computing virtualization and containerization
• Big Data technology

What you can expect:

At Global Relay theres no ceiling to what you can achieve. Its the land of opportunity for the energetic the intelligent the driven. Youll receive the mentoring coaching and support you need to reach your career goals. Youll be part of a culture that breeds creativity and rewards perseverance and hard work. And youll be working alongside smart talented individuals from diverse backgrounds with complementary knowledge and skills.

Global Relay is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity equity and inclusion.

We seek to ensure reasonable adjustments accommodations and personal time are tailored to meet the unique needs of every individual.

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