Drive Innovation Through Technology Leadership!
Join Justice Technology Services as a Lead Developer and provide senior technical leadership for the design, development, integration, and implementation of complex enterprise applications. You will work closely with clients, stakeholders, and technical teams to deliver secure, scalable, and innovative solutions that support business objectives and service excellence.
About Us:
Justice Technology Services (JTS) provides information technology services and support to the Ministry of the Attorney General, the Ministry of the Solicitor General, and external justice partners. Through innovative technology solutions, JTS enables the delivery of a modern, effective, and efficient justice system, supporting critical programs and services that make a difference for Ontarians every day.
As a Lead Developer, you will:
- Lead the design, development, testing, implementation, maintenance, and enhancement of complex application and system architectures.
- Provide senior technical leadership, expertise, and mentorship to project teams and technical staff throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Lead system integration initiatives, including the evaluation and selection of architectures, tools, middleware, and emerging technologies.
Note: Occasional travel within the province may be required to support project and operational needs.
You have:
- Extensive experience in Java/J2EE application development using Java 8/11/17+, JSF 2.x, PrimeFaces, Hibernate/JPA, and Spring Framework technologies, including Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security, and Spring Data.
- Strong experience designing, developing, and integrating enterprise applications with relational databases using SQL, PL/SQL, stored procedures, triggers, and database optimization techniques.
- Experience working with application servers and middleware technologies such as WebLogic, WebSphere, JBoss, Tomcat, and containerized environments ( eg: Kubernetes).
- Experience building, consuming, and maintaining SOAP and RESTful web services, including service integration, API development, security implementation, and backend service orchestration.
- Experience developing both Java-based rich client applications and modern web-based applications utilizing responsive user interfaces, reusable components, and enterprise integration patterns.
- Hands-on experience with build automation and dependency management tools such as Maven and ANT, along with source control and version management platforms including Git, GitHub, SVN, and Azure DevOps.
- Experience leading development teams, mentoring developers, establishing coding standards, conducting architecture reviews, and driving technical decision-making.
- Extensive experience designing scalable enterprise systems using microservices, distributed architectures, design patterns, domain-driven design (DDD), SOLID principles, and event-driven communication models.
- Experience designing solutions that satisfy non-functional requirements including security, performance, scalability, availability, accessibility, and disaster recovery.
You have:
- Thorough understanding of enterprise architecture principles, including business, application, data, security, and technical architectures, as well as systems integration and interoperability frameworks.
- Knowledge of programming techniques including experience working with complex case management solutions involving common case management functionalities such as workflow, routing rules, queuing and
programming of business logic in procedures and notification modules.
- Knowledge of cloud-native development practices and deployment models using cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform.
- Experience designing and implementing event-driven solutions using messaging technologies like Kafka, RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus.
- Experience implementing secure application development practices, including authentication and authorization frameworks, OpenID Connect, encryption standards, and vulnerability remediation.
- Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies, DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, code reviews, and continuous quality improvement processes.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and performance-tuning skills with experience supporting highly available, mission-critical enterprise systems.
You can:
- Assess technical design problems and develop solutions to information problems in support of end users
- Diagnose and resolve problems impacting the information technology infrastructure and resolve operational problems with software
- Demonstrate research skills to review technical manuals to maintain current in the rapidly changing technology environment
You have:
- The ability to discuss client I&IT program needs, requirements, goals, and priorities.
- The ability to facilitate technical discussions with clients, vendors, and technical staff.
- Strong oral communication and active listening skills.
- Demonstrated written communication skills to prepare design and development documentation, reports, manuals, and recommendations.
- Experience leading discussions and promoting technology solutions with clients, vendors, and technical teams.
If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!
We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.
Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's
Human Rights Code and the
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact us.
Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:
- diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
- accessibility
- Anti-Racism Policy
The Ontario Public Service is one of Ontario's largest employers. Employees work for 29 ministries, with offices in more than 70 cities across the province. We offer:
- a career that can grow across ministries and job functions
- flexible learning and developmental opportunities, including education and mentorship programs
- many employee networks offering support for and education about underrepresented groups
- comprehensive benefits that look after your holistic wellness needs
- base salary that aligns to market trends with scheduled salary progression
