Being a traditional bank just isn’t our thing. We are big believers in innovating the banking experience because we believe Canadians deserve better options, and we challenge ourselves and our teams to creatively transform what’s possible in banking. Our team is made up of inquisitive and agile minds that find smarter ways of doing things. Overall we serve more than 670,000 people across Canada through Equitable Bank, Canada's Challenger Bank™, and have been around for more than 50 years. Equitable Bank's wholly-owned subsidiary, Concentra Bank, supports credit unions across Canada that serve more than six million members. Together we have over $125 billion in combined assets under management and administration, with a clear mandate to drive change in Canadian banking to enrich people's lives. Our customers have named our EQ Bank digital platform ( eqbank.ca ) one of the top banks in Canada on the Forbes World's Best Banks list since 2021.
This role is an exciting opportunity to be part of the development team, assisting in various technical design, development, and support tasks that will contribute to EQB Bank’s Challenger Bank aspiration using cloud-native technologies and modern delivery methodologies. The Junior Software Engineer will support the senior members of the team and help in evolving our API and Microservice-centric architecture and Core Banking platform.
The Junior Software Engineer is accountable for assisting in the development of new software products, from requirements clarification phase to successful deployment in the production environment, under the technical guidance of the Senior Software Engineer and Tech Leads. The quality of the software developed will directly affect the efficiency of the business units, and as such, impact the company's performance.
As we continue to scale our team, candidates selected for our comprehensive interview process may be considered for a different level — either higher or lower — based on their interview performance. Our goal is to support candidates in building lasting careers, rather than relying solely on perceived experience. Assess and clarify user experience and requirements
Support experience design and functional requirements by providing technical solutions
Analyze and provide feedback to evolve creative designs and functional requirements to define a customer-centric solution
Contribute to technical/non-functional requirements
Participate in daily delivery SCRUMs to ensure Sprint delivery progression and resolution of issues
Conduct unit testing on developed code, with automated testing where relevant
Develop and maintain technical documentation
Application Support
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a related technical field with a solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, computation complexities and Object-Oriented Programming
~1 – 2 years experience in Java 7/8, J2 EE/JEE, Spring MVC, Spring Boot in a professional environment or internship.
~ Knowledge of database – MSSQL
~ Development experience with JUNIT and Spring integration tests
~ Self-starter who can take a concept and drive it through to the design and implementation
~ Ability to carry out other technical-related duties that may be required

Knowledge of Agile and Scrum
Ability to communicate technical information and ideas effectively
Ability to prioritize assignments and projects, handling multiple competing priorities (multi-tasking) within restricted time constraints
What we offer [For full-time permanent roles]
Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits
Generous vacation policy and personal days
Virtual events to connect with your fellow colleagues
A fulfilling opportunity to join one of the top Fin Techs and help create a new kind of banking experience
The incumbent will be working hybrid and in office time will be spent working from Equitable Bank’s additional office space located at 2200-25 Ontario Street, Toronto, ON .
Equitable Bank is deeply committed to inclusion.