The Role
Serves as a senior Java platform contributor, owning features and architectural improvements across monoliths and microservices. Defines scalable engineering standards, leads design reviews and proofs of concept, improves reliability and operational excellence, and partners with QA, Product, Security, and DevOps. Supports cloud-native AWS systems, CI/CD, observability, and production issue resolution. Champions responsible AI-assisted development practices, evaluates agentic tools, establishes guardrails and metrics, and mentors engineers across experience levels.
Summary Generated by Built In
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 Staff Software Developer, you are a senior individual contributor who combines strong hands-on skills with the ability to influence across teams, reduce ambiguity, and scale solutions beyond a single codebase. You shape architecture and standards, act as a technical leader through design reviews and RFCs, and mentor senior and junior engineers alike.
📍 Location: This is a fully remote position located in Colombia.
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Maira Russo - Senior Talent Acquisition Partner
Contact
Maira Russo - Senior Talent Acquisition Partner
Responsibilities
- Serve as a core contributor on the platform, with direct impact on the value Caseware delivers to customers and distribution partners globally.
- Own key features and architectural improvements end-to-end — from design through build — using modern, leading-edge technology and architecture.
- Collaborate with a team of deep technical experience and strong domain knowledge; brainstorm and share ideas.
- Take initiative on complex, business-critical challenges such as third-party extensibility and real-time multi-user synchronization.
- Define and evolve technical architecture, establishing standards that support safe, scalable, and reusable capabilities across teams.
- Act as a technical leader across teams, influencing architectural decisions through design reviews, RFCs, and hands-on collaboration.
- Lead proof-of-concepts that inform roadmap and architectural decisions.
- Partner with QA, Product, Security, and Domain SMEs to ensure robust observability, reliability, and quality of the systems you own.
- Establish and promote engineering standards and best practices to improve consistency, security, and maintainability.
- Drive operational excellence by identifying systemic risks and eliminating root causes that impact reliability, performance, or cost.
- Partner with DevOps and Security teams to evolve CI/CD pipelines, deployment strategies, and production safeguards.
- Mentor senior and junior engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and technical guidance.
- Participate in production support as a senior escalation point, leading root cause analysis and driving preventative improvements.
AI-Augmented Development Expectations
Champion effective, responsible use of AI-assisted development tools across multiple teams.
Define standards and guardrails for how AI-assisted and agentic tooling is used across the SDLC, balancing velocity with correctness, security, and maintainability.
Evaluate and pilot new AI-assisted development tools and agentic workflows; make recommendations on adoption at scale.
Mentor senior and junior engineers on advanced AI-assisted development practices.
Own feedback loops and metrics that measure the impact of AI-assisted development on velocity and quality across teams.
Qualifications
- In-depth, extensive experience with server-side Java — viewed as a subject matter expert on all things Java.
- Minimum of 8 years of experience with core Java.
- Experience working with both monolith applications and microservices.
- Good experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Knowledge of NoSQL databases, such as MongoDB.
- Experience working in an agile team with other developers, testers, and a product owner.
- Proven experience designing and evolving shared platforms or infrastructure used by multiple teams.
- Experience delivering cloud-native systems on AWS, with familiarity around scalability, reliability, security, and cost management.
- Solid software engineering fundamentals and the ability to balance delivery speed with long-term platform health.
- Proven experience contributing to, and taking ownership of, important architectural decisions.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to influence technical direction across teams.
- Strong initiative to improve processes, tools, methodologies, and product quality.
Nice to Have
Experience with cloud providers beyond AWS (Azure, Google Cloud).
Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
Contributions to open-source projects or a strong GitHub portfolio.
Tech Stack
Languages & Frameworks: Java
Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS (S3, Secrets Manager, Lambda, SQS, SNS, DynamoDB, EKS, etc.), CloudFormation, Terraform
Data: SQL Server, AWS RDS SQL Server
Testing & Observability: New Relic, AWS CloudWatch
Tooling: Jira, Visual Studio, GitHub, Devin, Claude Code
Perks & Benefits
- ¨Contrato a termino Indefinido¨ with all the legal benefits
- Prepaid Medicine
- Life insurance and funeral assistance
- Internet allowance
- Home office stipend
- Competitive compensation — above the market average
- 100% remote work environment and an excellent work-life balance
- 5 Personal Time Off days per year
- Sick Leave Top up to total 100% of salary paid by the employer from Day 3 to 90.
- Recognition Award, additional paid time off in recognition of the corresponding year of service
- Upgrade vacation starting at 5 years of service
- Opportunity to work for a growing global SaaS leader company
- A culture that promotes independence, innovation, trust, and accountability
- Open space to be creative, innovative and strategize for the future
- Mentorship by highly experienced professional
- Budget for training, we want you to grow
- AI-first environment: Be part of an AI-first engineering organization that embraces modern tools, automation, and AI-driven ways of working.
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
▪️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 [email protected].
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.
Skills Required
- Extensive server-side Java experience and subject matter expertise
- At least 8 years of experience with core Java
- Experience with both monolithic applications and microservices
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes containerization and orchestration
- Knowledge of NoSQL databases such as MongoDB
- Experience working in an agile team with developers, testers, and a product owner
- Experience designing and evolving shared platforms or infrastructure used by multiple teams
- Experience delivering cloud-native systems on AWS, including scalability, reliability, security, and cost management
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and ability to balance delivery speed with long-term platform health
- Experience contributing to and owning important architectural decisions
- Strong communication skills and ability to influence technical direction across teams
- Strong initiative to improve processes, tools, methodologies, and product quality
- Experience with cloud providers beyond AWS, such as Azure or Google Cloud
- Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes
- Contributions to open-source projects or a strong GitHub portfolio
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The Company
What We Do
Caseware is the leading global provider of cloud-enabled audit, financial reporting and data analytics solutions for accounting firms, corporations and government regulators. Caseware’s innovative tools and platforms help more than half a million customers in 130 countries work smarter, dig deeper and see further as they transform insights into impact.
