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Lead Backend Developer

Brampton, ON
Hybrid
Posted Sep 19, 2026
1 position

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Employment type: Full-time
Experience level: Lead · 10+ years
Apply by: Oct 16, 2026
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Office presence: 4 days per week
Seniority: Mid-Senior level
Application method: Direct apply is available

Job summary

Lead a technical team in designing and enhancing scalable microservices architecture and maintainable APIs. Responsible for code reviews, removing technical impediments, and mentoring developers to ensure high-quality deliverables.

Job details

Position Name – Lead Backend Developer Type of hiring – Fulltime/Subcon Location – Brampton, ON (4 Days onsite) Job Description: Required Skills, Experience and Qualifications: We are seeking a proficient 8 to 15 Years of Java Backend Senior Developer in Java Spring Boot. Person to have strong Java technical skills to enhance an existing application’s architecture as well as create applications architecture from scratch. Expertise a strong understanding of scalable microservices architecture. Should be able to lead technical team, remove technical impediments and help in estimations, code reviews. Must to have experience in utilizing AI‑assisted development tools (Co-pilot or cursor). The role involves creating maintainable REST and SOAP APIs extending. The developer will build data persistence layers using Spring Data JPA Hibernate. Additional duties include containerizing applications with Docker deploying to Kubernetes automating builds with Azure DevOps securing APIs using OAuth JWT and TLS implementing access control optimizing performance with Redis and async processing and using Azure services like Blob Storage and Managed Identity. The candidate will collaborate with frontend QA and DevOps teams in an Agile Scrum environment. Strong technical, analytical and problem-solving skills Excellent verbal and written communication skills Ambitious with an ability to take initiative You should be passionate about quality and writing clean, reusable, readable code that scales and performs well Accountabilities: Routinely advise on-site or vendor developers/implementation teams on coding, design, and testing/debugging standards Understand and help refine un-stated requirements Routinely deal with and resolve difficult technical issues Aid in the development of architectural framework and design Be responsible for the quality of deliverables via sign-off and problem tickets Evaluate and introduce new tools and techniques to the development team Manage technical issues and the work of other developers Act as liaison with various groups including architecture, vendors, and other project teams Assume technical leadership role on projects Exercise leadership through superior technical and domain knowledge Conduct regular code reviews Proactively identify areas for improvement, seek solutions and make recommendations Lead initiatives & acts as a change agent (embraces change and helps other to embrace it) Listen actively & suspend judgment Foster a spirit of creative collaboration by giving team members a common focus Help establish and maintain quality software architecture and implementation design for products Provide support to the entire project team in order to deliver Provide mentorship to development team

What you’ll do

Requirements

Requires 8 to 15 years of experience in Java Spring Boot with expertise in containerization and Azure services. Must be proficient in using AI-assisted development tools like Co-pilot or Cursor.