Department: Engineering
Location: Ontario, Canada – Remote
Language: English

Agility PR Solutions provides communicators with powerful and intuitive media outreach, monitoring, and measurement solutions. For nearly two decades, we've helped clients across industries and continents connect with relevant journalists and influencers, amplify their stories, monitor media coverage, and report on the impact of their PR efforts.

Recognized on G2 for our ease of use, fast implementation, and outstanding customer service, Agility is one of the fastest-growing companies in the PR tech space.

We're a remote-first company, with team members based in Canada, the US, the UK, the Philippines, and India. We are intentional in how we support our teams—investing in continuous learning and development, career growth, competitive pay, benefits, and a positive work environment.

We are looking for a Senior Java Developer to join our Engineering team. In this role, you will mentor other developers and provide architectural oversight for the evolution of our backend software components. You'll play a key role in designing and implementing robust, scalable services while reviewing and improving the work of your peers.

This role focuses on developing backend features for our media monitoring and outreach platform. Our tools enable PR professionals to track media impact and connect with influencers. You'll work with technologies like Java, RESTful services, Solr, Kafka, Zookeeper, and Hadoop, tackling large-scale data challenges such as distributed processing and synchronization.

• Lead and contribute to the development of new features within existing products and new product lines

• Create high-level and architectural designs for backend systems

• Oversee architectural consistency and evolution across backend teams

• Identify and plan for addressing technical debt

• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code

• Review peer code to ensure quality and best practices

• Mentor junior developers to support their professional growth

• Maintain and support production systems

• Participate in deployments and operational support

• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand requirements and validate solutions

• Work closely with the Product Owner and Scrum Master to estimate, plan, and deliver features

• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and contribute ideas to evolve our stack

• Perform other duties as needed

• Degree in Computer Science or a related field

• 5+ years of experience in Java development, including architectural design and mentorship

• Proficient with: Java, SQL, Linux, Git

• Experience with at least one of the following: Solr, Kafka, Zookeeper, HBase/Hadoop, REST APIs, HTTP standards, multi-threading

• Familiarity with code reviews, CI pipelines, and mocking techniques

• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal

• Bonus experience with: Maven, Hibernate, Angular, or TypeScript

• 100% remote work

• Collaborative, supportive culture with tools to enable it

• Competitive compensation

• Health, dental, and vision benefits

• RRSP matching

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Career development and progression opportunities

• Paid vacation, personal days, and sick leave

• Summer Flex Fridays and a break between Christmas and New Year's

• No Meetings Fridays

At Agility, we're committed to creating a more inclusive and supportive workplace. We strongly encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of race, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation.

If you're excited about this opportunity but don't meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply. We're always looking for talented individuals who bring a fresh perspective.

If you require accommodation during any part of the application process due to a medical need or disability, please contact us at [email protected] so we can make appropriate arrangements.