Java Developer

WHO WE ARE

Welcome to TELUS Digital https://www.telusdigital.com/, where innovation drives impact at a global scale. As an award-winning digital product consultancy and the digital division of TELUS https://www.telus.com/en/, one of Canada’s largest telecommunications providers, we design and deliver transformative customer experiences through cutting-edge technology, agile thinking, and a people-first culture.

With a global team across North America, South America, Central America, Europe, and APAC, we offer end-to-end expertise across eight core service areas: Digital Product Consulting, Digital Marketing Services, Data & AI, Strategy Consulting, Business Operations Modernization, Enterprise Applications, Cloud Engineering, and QA & Test Engineering.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Java Developer, you will design, develop, and maintain high-performance backend systems that support complex transactional workloads. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure reliability, scalability, and quality across all phases of the software development lifecycle. This role requires strong expertise in enterprise Java architectures, cloud-native development, and highly concurrent systems, ideally within telecommunications or other high-volume transactional domains.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design and develop scalable backend services and microservices.
• Build highly concurrent, high-volume transactional systems.
• Optimize database performance and ensure data integrity.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines and automation best practices.
• Ensure high code quality through automated testing and TDD methodologies.
• Collaborate with DevOps and infrastructure teams to support containerized deployments.
• Participate in architecture discussions and technical design reviews.
• Architect and deploy enterprise solutions on application servers such as Weblogic and TomEE
• Contribute to cloud-native implementations (e.g., GCP: Cloud Run, GKE, Cloud SQL, Pub/Sub)

CORE TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 3–5 years of professional software development experience.
• Proven track record of delivering large-scale, highly transactional systems in production environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Deep understanding of backend architecture and distributed systems.
• Ability to work effectively in agile, cross-functional teams.
• Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Passion for clean, maintainable, and high-quality code.

JAVA DEVELOPMENT

• Experience with Java EE / Jakarta EE frameworks.
• Multi-threaded programming and concurrent data structures for high-volume transactional processing.
• Proficiency in modern JVM development, including Kotlin and Spring Boot for building microservices.

DATABASE PROFICIENCY: EXPERT-LEVEL KNOWLEDGE OF RELATIONAL DATABASE SYSTEMS:

• PostgreSQL: Advanced query optimization, indexing strategies, partitioning, and replication
• Oracle Database: PL/SQL development, performance tuning, RAC environments, and Oracle-specific features

CI/CD & DEVOPS

• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins, or Cloud Build)
• Containerization with Docker and orchestration with Kubernetes

TESTING & QUALITY ASSURANCE

• Unit testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito, TestNG)
• Test-driven development (TDD) methodologies
• Code coverage analysis and quality metrics

CLOUD & ARCHITECTURE (HIGHLY DESIRABLE)

• Experience deploying and managing applications in GCP or similar cloud platforms.
• Understanding of distributed systems, scalability patterns, and resilience design.
• Experience integrating TM Forum (TMF) Open APIs in telecommunications' environments, including:
• Catalogue (TMF620)
• Service Catalog Management (TMF633)
• Product Ordering Management (TMF622)
• Party Management (TMF632)
• Customer Management (TMF629)
• Understanding of SID (Shared Information/Data Model) principles

What’s in it for you

• Private medical and life insurance from day one
• Budget for professional growth (certifications)
• Schedule flexibility.
• Extra bonus based on performance.