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Java Developer Intern

At Interac, we design and deliver products and solutions that give Canadians control over their money so they can get more out of life. But that’s not all. Whether we’re leading real-time money movement, driving innovative commerce solutions like open payments for transit systems, or making advancements in new areas like verification and open banking, we are playing a key role in shaping the future of the digital economy in Canada.

Want to make a lasting impact amongst a community of creative thinkers, problem solvers, technical gurus and high-performance application developers? We want to hear from you.

Reporting to the Leader, Delivery & Incubation, as a Java Developer Intern, you will be working with our backend service development team to build new features, enhance existing feature and improving unit test coverage. You will get the opportunity to work with our KONEK squad, which means exposure to the latest tech stacks. You will be working and learning very closely with our highly skilled development team, which will help you expand your problem-solving skills.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Supporting the core development team to implement and accelerate deliverables through activities such as data transfer for analytics and payment token life cycle management

• Improving the unit test coverage

• Working on back-end applications unit tests to meet 85% coverage

• Reviewing application configurations for standardization and avoid duplications

• Reviewing application logs to ensure adequate and standardized logs

• Developing backend applications using object-oriented programming model

You bring:

• A strongly familiar with object-oriented programming

• Experience building applications or functions using any of the object-oriented programming language

• Familiarity with the concepts of unit testing and application logging

• The natural ability to pick up new technology – you enjoy learning about new tools and how they work

• Although not a requirement, having experience with Java Springboot is an asset as this role requires working with a Java Springboot framework and therefore, the successful candidate should be interested in continuing to learn

• Confidence in your ability to communicate verbally and written in a detailed and impactful way – you’re able to respond to questions clearly and ask just as many questions to learn more

• You are a proactive problem-solver with a demonstrated track record of driving continuous improvement through your analytical skills

• You have experience with the following technical software:

  • Java

  • IntelliJ IDEA

  • Git

• Having experience with unit testing is an asset

Workstyle: Hybrid/Remote*

Location: Toronto

Term: Sept - December 2024

Duration: Monday - Friday

Interac requires employees to complete a background check that is completed by one of our service providers. We use this service to complete the following checks:

• 5-year employment verification;
• Canadian criminal record check;
• Education verification;
• Canadian ID cross-check;
• Public safety verification; and
• Credit inquiry