Senior Software Engineer / Lead Software Engineer

Company Description

IFS is a billion-dollar revenue company with 7000+ employees on all continents. Our leading AI technology is the backbone of our award-winning enterprise software solutions, enabling our customers to be their best when it really matters–at the Moment of Service™. Our commitment to internal AI adoption has allowed us to stay at the forefront of technological advancements, ensuring our colleagues can unlock their creativity and productivity, and our solutions are always cutting-edge.

At IFS, we’re flexible, we’re innovative, and we’re focused not only on how we can engage with our customers but on how we can make a real change and have a worldwide impact. We help solve some of society’s greatest challenges, fostering a better future through our agility, collaboration, and trust.

We celebrate diversity and understand our responsibility to reflect the diverse world we work in. We are committed to promoting an inclusive workforce that fully represents the many different cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints of our customers, our partners, and our communities. As a truly international company serving people from around the globe, we realize that our success is tantamount to the respect we have for those different points of view.

By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to be part of a global, diverse environment; you will be joining a winning team with a commitment to sustainability; and a company where we get things done so that you can make a positive impact on the world.

We’re looking for innovative and original thinkers to work in an environment where you can #MakeYourMoment so that we can help others make theirs. With the power of our AI-driven solutions, we empower our team to change the status quo and make a real difference.

If you want to change the status quo, we’ll help you make your moment. Join Team Purple. Join IFS.

Job Description

A Senior Software engineer at IFS designs, develops and maintains software included in IFS products. This work is focused on interpreting and analyzing functional and technical requirements to create fit-for-purpose and enterprise-grade software. Usability, maintainability, security and performance are key aspects of this work.

Someone in this role uses their technical know-how to develop and maintain the products in a way that ensures product sustainability throughout the product’s lifecycle. Software engineers at IFS demonstrate a strong commitment to product quality and take proactive action to prevent issues from arising and resolve them quickly and effectively when they do occur.

Participating in design/code reviews and applying sound and established software engineering practices and principles are part of the day-to-day work, along with defining and using design patterns, quality metrics, test cases and best practices.

Responsibilities:

• Contributes independently to multiple functional and technical areas within a product.
  • Designs and scopes new features.
  • Creates artifacts/documents that are valuable to the team.
• Continued ownership of technical growth including:
  • Product and business knowledge
  • Problem solving skills
  • Technical knowledge
  • Process knowledge
• Acts as a good citizen within the team technically and culturally.
• Ensures quality of code written or reviewed.
• Adheres to quality/technical team standards.
• Reviews code according to their expertise.
• Ensure that their deliverables meet the scheduled commitments.
• Makes decisions in their area of responsibility that help maintainability, reuse, and performance.
• Initiate conversations to get the support/clarity necessary to carry out a task.
• Constructively challenges existing perspectives and proposed solutions inside the team.
• Proactively assists in accomplishing team-level technical goals.
• Initiates knowledge sharing with other team members.
• Evaluates alignment of work with strategic initiatives and company goals.
• Able to diagnose issues and provide solutions for multiple functional and technical areas within a product.
• Can independently frame problems and perform relevant research for small (1 team-sprint) effort.

Qualifications

• Recommended 2+ years of relevant experience
• BA/BS required, Technical Diploma in Computer Science, MIS, or IT or a related field preferred.
• Must be able to work / be available a couple hours a day that overlap with Canadian business hours.

Mandotory Skills

• Programming Languages & Techniques:
  • Java (server-side),
  • BASH scripting
• Front-End Technologies:
  • Angular and third-party Angular libraries
• Frameworks & Development Tools: 
  • Spring Boot (REST & SOAP web services)
  • Unit & Integration Testing with JUnit
• Database and caching:
  • Oracle, SQL databases
  • experience with data access, caching layers
• Web Services & APIs: 
  • REST
  • SOAP
  • JSON
• Testing Tools & Methodologies:
  • JUnit (unit/integration testing)
  • Agile methodology
• Good writing and communication skills

• Ability to visualize a proposed system and be able to build it.

Good to have Skills

• Programming Languages & Techniques:
  • C#
  • .NET
• Front-End Technologies:
  • Familiarity with JSF and Jakarta EE (Java EE)
• Frameworks & Development Tools: 
  • Hibernate
  • InstallAnywhere for installer creation
  • Eclipse
  • VS Code
  • Visual Studio
  • Glassfish
• Dev Ops & Deployment
  • Familiar with Docker, Packer, Ansible, Terraform, Azure DevOps
  • Cloud: Microsoft Azure
  • Server: Linux environment familiarity
• Testing Tools & Methodologies:
  • Selenium
  • SpecFlow
  • NUnit
  • Gherkin (BDD frameworks)

• Experience with leveraging AI tools and technologies to enhance code quality, accelerate development workflows, and drive innovation across the software engineering lifecycle.

Additional Information

We embrace flexibility and hybrid work opportunities to support diverse needs and lifestyles, while also valuing inclusive workplace experiences. By fostering a sense of community, we drive innovation, strengthen connections, and nurture belonging. Our commitment ensures you can work in a way that suits you best, while also engaging with colleagues to share ideas and build meaningful relationships.