Posted 28 days ago
Software Engineer
@ Motion Recruitment
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Motion Recruitment is hiring a backend Software Engineer for a large Canadian financial technology company's Platform Engineering team in downtown Toronto. The role builds Java and Kotlin microservices and data layers that connect enterprise applications to LLM and conversational AI services. It is an 8-month T4 contract with extension potential, hybrid with 3 days onsite per week, and includes paid holidays.
Responsibilities:
- Build high-throughput Java and Kotlin microservices linking front-end interfaces to LLM and AI services
- Manage routing and persistence layers for conversational workflows
- Design and maintain resilient relational database schemas for dialogue histories and operational data
- Own features end-to-end from technical design to production deployment
Requirements summary:
- 5+ years of professional backend development, primarily in Java
- Hands-on Kotlin experience or strong ability to learn it
- Solid RDBMS and SQL design skills
- Proven delivery of high-volume, low-latency production services
- Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or equivalent experience
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-13
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-11
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-11
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Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Software development |
| Experience | 5+ years |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (preferred), Master’s degree (preferred) |
| Fields of study | Computer Science, Software Engineering |
| Perks mentioned | Generous paid time off |
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Motion Recruitment
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 3 |
One of the country's largest financial technology companies is searching for an intermediate level Backend Software Engineer to join their Platform Engineering team on a hybrid basis at their Canadian headquarters in downtown Toronto. In this role, you will build cutting-edge backend infrastructure for internal and customer facing chatbot solutions through conversational AI routing and high-scale data layers that connect enterprise applications to state-of-the-art LLMs. You will drive core backend architecture, shaping the systems that power responsive, intelligent conversational experiences across massive user bases.
This exciting opportunity to develop and scale mission-critical conversational AI infrastructure begins as an 8-month T4 contract with strong extension potential, operating on a hybrid schedule (3 days onsite per week) in downtown Toronto, ON. You will collaborate within an innovative, low-ego engineering environment with ample opportunity for professional advancement, and you will be fully integrated with the team enjoying certain contractor perks including paid holidays.
Responsibilities
- Focus entirely on core backend platform and data architecture, with zero client-side or frontend responsibilities.
- Architect and develop high-throughput Java and Kotlin microservices that orchestrate requests between front-end interfaces and LLM/AI services.
- Manage routing and persistence layers for intelligent conversational workflows and internal expert assistance tools.
- Design and maintain resilient, production-ready relational database schemas to store dialogue histories and operational data at massive enterprise scale.
- Collaborate across multidisciplinary teams in a fast-paced DevOps environment, taking end-to-end ownership from technical design to production deployment.
Skills & Experience
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical work experience.
- 5+ years of professional backend software development experience, primarily in Java.
- Hands-on experience developing services in Kotlin (or strong desire and ability to work with Kotlin microservices).
- Solid proficiency with relational database systems (RDBMS) and SQL design for structured, scalable data storage.
- Proven track record delivering high-volume, mission-critical production platform services with an emphasis on low latency and reliability.
- Self-driven problem solver with strong ownership, capable of thriving in collaborative, low-ego enterprise engineering teams without requiring hand-holding.
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior experience working within platform engineering or foundational infrastructure teams.
- Direct background integrating large language models (LLMs) or building conversational AI runtime and orchestration systems.
- Deep expertise in service discovery, API gateway design, and cloud-native microservice architecture.
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