Software Developer - Cloud Platform

About the role

As a Software Developer on our Platform Engineering team, you will help design, build, and maintain the cloud-native services and tools that power Nakisa's product portfolio for Fortune 1000 companies around the world. Working within an Agile team, you will contribute to features that improve the deployment, monitoring, and visibility of our microservices, and support the continuous integration and deployment pipelines that our development teams rely on every day. You will collaborate closely with Product, QA, and DevOps as part of our continued shift toward NoOps-driven, cloud-native delivery, growing your full stack and platform engineering skills along the way.

What you'll be doing

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and their corresponding frontend components for our cloud platform.

• Contribute to features for our identity and access management platform, supporting security and compliance requirements.

• Help build tools and integrations that improve the monitoring, logging, and visibility of microservices and distributed systems.

• Support and help maintain CI/CD pipelines, contributing to a smoother, more reliable build, test, and deployment process.

• Write clean, well-tested, and maintainable code that follows established best practices and design patterns.

• Collaborate with Product, QA, and DevOps teams to deliver high-quality software on schedule.

• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and sprint planning, and take ownership of assigned tasks and features.

• Use AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT/Codex) to improve development speed and code quality.

• Continuously build your skills and help bring new tools, technologies, and best practices to the team.

What you bring

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• 2+ years of experience in software development, including a minimum of 1 year working with Java.

• Proficiency in full stack development: backend development using Java, Spring Boot, and RESTful APIs, and frontend development using Vue.js (or similar frameworks such as React or Angular).

• Experience with SQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, or others).

• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming and design patterns.

• Experience building scalable, high-performance applications using microservice architecture.

• Familiarity with version control systems (Git), CI/CD pipelines, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Knowledge of front-end build tools (Webpack, Babel, or similar) and state management libraries (Vuex, Pinia, or similar).

• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to debug both front-end and back-end issues.

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to work well in an Agile environment.

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

Nice-to-haves

• Proficiency in data modeling, ETL pipelines, and database management (SQL, NoSQL).

• Experience with data engineering tools such as Apache Flink, Elasticsearch, Kafka, Apache Confluent, or Apache Airflow.

• Experience with data visualization and frontend libraries such as ECharts, Plotly, D3.js, or similar.

• Understanding of the HR or Financial domain space.

• Proficiency in French and English is an asset for collaboration across our Quebec-based and global teams.

What's in it for you?

• Work on cutting-edge, cloud-native platform technology

• Build solutions that address high-stakes enterprise challenges in lease accounting, workforce intelligence, and organizational design for some of the world’s largest organizations.

• Be part of a company that values continuous learning, innovation, and professional growth.

• Location: Montréal (hybrid).
• Visa or relocation: not available.
• Hiring process: recruiter conversation, hiring manager interview, and a panel or skills assessment depending on the role.
• Apply even if not a perfect match: potential and drive matter here.