Lead Java Developer
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Summary
A 12-month contract in Toronto leading Java development for a life insurance client: building high-scale Spring Boot microservices and REST APIs with a React front end, while championing AI-assisted development (GitHub Copilot), AI agents/conversational interfaces, and secure coding practices using SAST/DAST.
Duration
12 month contract
Must Have
- Expert Java + Spring Boot (complex microservices, high scale APIs, performance tuning)
- Strong experience with REST APIs
- Solid understanding of web applications & server technologies
- React of equivalent front end framework.
- Financial/insurance industry background.
- Very strong communication skills.
Our client…
A complex life insurance organization.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with skilled Agile team members to understand user needs and design, develop and deliver high quality web applications that meet those needs
- Configure and design applications and workflows, using outside the box thinking, to create innovative ways to advance our client first strategy
- Lead AI-assisted development practices, leveraging GitHub Copilot and other AI coding tools to accelerate development velocity and improve code quality
- Design, develop, and integrate AI agents and conversational interfaces to enhance application capabilities and deliver intelligent automation solutions
- Champion secure coding practices and lead efforts to identify, prioritize, and remediate application security vulnerabilities using SAST/DAST tools
- Conduct security code reviews and ensure compliance with security standards and best practices throughout the development lifecycle