Senior Software Developer

Caseware is one of Canada's original Fintech companies, having led the global audit and accounting software industry for over 30 years, with more than 500,000 users across 130 countries and available in 16 different languages. While you might not have heard of us (yet) over 36,000 accounting and audit professionals list Caseware as a skill on their LinkedIn profiles!

As a Senior Software Developer, you will be creating prototypes and software design proposals that align future-state product and architecture vision. You will continue to improve core product build, CI/CD pipelines and overall SDLC. You will be a part of highly innovative team and represent in technical discussions with Tech Leads, Operations, Product/UX and external stakeholders.

❗ This is a full-time permanent position

❗ This is an existing vacancy

Location:

This is a hybrid role requiring the successful candidate to work 3 days a week in our Toronto office, located at 351 King St E , Toronto, ON.

What you will be doing:

Create prototypes and software design proposals that provide short-term business value while aligning with future-state product and architecture vision

Research and break down large initiatives into parallelizable chunks of work that provide incremental business value towards the end feature goal

Champion proposals into production through all phases of the Agile SDLC from design to implementation

Contribute to improving the core product build, CI/CD pipelines, and overall SDLC

Work with senior developers and architects to define and oversee the execution of the product architecture roadmap

Troubleshoot and eliminate persistent root causes for production issues that your product faces

Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent work experience

Facilitate design discussions within and outside of the squad

Represent the team in technical discussions with Tech Leads, Operations, Product/UX, and external stakeholders

Provide mentorship to the other developers on your team through design reviews, pair programming, and code reviews

Keep technical documentation up to date and create new artifacts when required

Share knowledge on new technologies and industry best practices to build our coding standards

What you will bring:

Experience building highly distributed microservice architecture using Java 17/21, Spring Boot 3.x, and Gradle

Strong OOP skills, advocate for code quality, Design Patterns, and SOLID principles

Experience with complex projects in the public cloud (AWS, ideally)

Developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions (or other tool)

Creating and optimizing complex SQL queries, stored procedures, and functions

Strong initiative to improve processes, tools, methodologies, and product quality

Expertise with test-driven development, developing unit tests, integration tests, end-to-end tests

Experience with developing and working with thoughtfully designed HTTP APIs, such as REST or GraphQL

Agentic engineering and AI tools expectations

As a member of this team, you are expected to integrate AI-assisted development into your daily workflow. This means using AI tools strategically to accelerate delivery, improve code quality, and solve problems faster, while maintaining strong engineering judgment and accountability for all work that ships.

Proficiently use inline code completion tools in your daily IDE workflow

Use conversational AI assistants for pair programming, design discussion, debugging, and documentation

Critically evaluate all AI-generated output before committing, verify correctness, security, and alignment with team standards

Identify routine or well-scoped tasks as candidates for agentic automation, and propose improvements to your tools/workflows to support this

Build feedback loops: document what worked, what failed, and why, to improve future agent performance and team understanding

Collaborate with your team to design and instrument AI-powered developer tooling; measure its impact on velocity and quality

Nice to haves:

SPA development using Angular/Typescript

Experience with Serverless Framework

Experience with trunk-based development

Automated testing frameworks such Cypress, RestAssured, JMeter

Knowledge of accounting and auditing concepts

Experience working within a large enterprise Monorepo codebase (NX preferred)

Experience with container technologies, such as Docker. Ideally with container orchestration such as Kubernetes.

Tech stack you’ll be working with:

Java 17/21 (Spring Boot 3.x)

Microservices hosted on AWS EKS, Lambda Serverless

Orchestration with AWS Step Functions & SNS/SQS

NX monorepos

Storage on AWS Aurora, DynamoDB, MongoDB, S3

Jira to manage our backlog

Our devs prefer to use IntelliJ (IDEA/PyCharm) with Claude Code

We use Microsoft 365 (Outlook, OneDrive, Teams, Word, Excel, etc.) and Slack

Salary Range:

The annual base salary for this position is between $120,000 CAD and $140,000 CAD per year.

This role is also eligible for discretionary bonus and/or commission, as well as other benefits. Actual pay within the listed range will be determined based on factors such as transferable skills, relevant experience, market conditions, and primary work location. The posted range is subject to change and may be updated periodically.

What's in it for you:

️Innovation is at our core. We work with cutting-edge technology in accounting and financial reporting, constantly pushing the boundaries to create impactful software solutions.

️We are committed to a collaborative culture, where your ideas are valued, and knowledge sharing is encouraged within a supportive, inclusive team.

️Work-life balance is important to us. We offer flexible work options, remote opportunities, and generous time-off policies to ensure a healthy work-life balance.

️We offer competitive compensation, including a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits such as health insurance and retirement plans.

️We are driven by impactful work. Your contributions directly affect how our clients manage financial processes and drive their success.

️Recognition and rewards matter to us. We celebrate hard work through recognition programs, performance bonuses, and opportunities for career growth.

️We embrace global opportunities. Work on international projects and collaborate with a diverse, global team.

About Caseware:

Caseware's cutting-edge software products are meticulously designed for accounting firms, corporations, and governments. Our teams are continually collaborating, innovating, and building upon our existing suite of products. With a customer-focused mindset, we are building technology that is shaping what the future of audits, financial reporting, and financial data analytics will look like.

With a recent strategic investment from Hg Capital in 2020, Caseware is now in its next major growth phase as we double down on the people and products that have made Caseware so successful to date.

One of Caseware's core values is Many Voices, One Team and with that in mind, we're dedicated to building teams as diverse as our customers in an equitable and inclusive way. We welcome and encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply. Should you require accommodations or have any questions at any point during the application or interview process, please e-mail our People Operations team at talent@caseware.com.

AI Usage:

The recruitment process may use AI assisted tools but not for candidate screening or assessment. All final hiring decisions are made by humans to ensure fairness, transparency, and oversight.

Background Check:

Any candidates successful in obtaining an offer for a position will need to successfully complete a background check through Certn.co which typically includes an Identity Verification and Criminal Record Check. Executives and Senior Managers will undergo a Soft Credit Check as well. Candidates residing in the Netherlands and Germany are excluded from undergoing background checks via Certn.co

Security and Fraud:

Caseware takes the security of candidates seriously. All legitimate communication from us will come from email addresses ending in @caseware.com and our open positions are always listed on reputable job boards and on our website https://jobs.lever.co/caseware. We will NEVER ask for payment or financial information from you. If you receive an unsolicited job offer, proceed with extreme caution.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.