Date Posted: 05/29/2026
Hiring Organization: Rose International
Position Number: 501949
Industry: Software
Job Title: Software Engineer
Job Location: Toronto, ON, Canada, M5V 1V6
Work Model: Hybrid
Work Model Details: Tuesday, Wednesday
Shift: 9-5
Employment Type: Temporary
FT/PT: Full-Time
Estimated Duration (In months): 7
Min Hourly Rate($): 75.00
Max Hourly Rate($): 88.56
Must Have Skills/Attributes: AWS, Java, Kafka
Experience Desired: Java or GO development... (7+ yrs); AWS (DynamoDB, MSK / Kinesis, ECS or EKS, IAM, S3 (5+ yrs); Apache Kafka (producer/consumer APIs, partition design, retention, ACLs, admin client) (5+ yrs)
Required Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree
**C2C is not available**
Job Description
Education Required: Bachelor's Degree
Must-have
• 7 to 10 years of professional software engineering experience, senior level
• Strong backend experience in Java or Go with Spring Boot (Java) or modern Go service frameworks.
• Hands-on production experience with Apache Kafka (producer/consumer APIs, partition design, retention, ACLs, admin client)
• Hands-on production experience on AWS (DynamoDB, MSK / Kinesis, ECS or EKS, IAM, S3)
• Strong data streaming experience, broadly — event-driven architectures, CDC patterns, async message processing, exactly-once or at-least-once delivery semantics
• Distributed systems fundamentals — idempotency, retries with backoff, eventual consistency
• Demonstrated track record of joining a project mid-flight and being productive within the first one to two weeks
Nice to have
• Apache Flink (any version), Flink SQL, or Kafka Streams experience
• AWS Kinesis Client Library (KCL) for stream consumers
• Outbox pattern, Debezium, or similar CDC frameworks
• DynamoDB single-table design experience
• GitOps deployment patterns (ArgoCD, Flux)
• Familiarity with Apache Iceberg, Apache Paimon, or other open table formats
Engagement details
• Flink is genuinely a nice-to-have, not a blocker. Most strong Java + Kafka + AWS candidates can pick up Flink quickly. - **Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**
- **Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client’s business needs and requirements.**
Benefits:
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Rose International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender (expression or identity), national origin, arrest and conviction records, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Positions located in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California will be administered in accordance with their respective Fair Chance Ordinances.
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Rose International has an official agreement (ID #132522), effective June 30, 2008, with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Employment Verification Program (E-Verify). (Posting required by OCGA 13/10-91.).
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Rose International maintained good communication during assignments and are very informative through email and phone calls.
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