Specialist Developer-Java

Join CPKC, North America’s first transnational railroad connecting U.S., Canada, and Mexico, where your career drives progress and safety is paramount. We connect communities, fuel economic growth, and provide meaningful work in a culture that values diversity, accountability, and pride. With opportunities for training, development, and advancement, you’re not just building a career—you’re part of something bigger. Together, we move goods, connect people, and create lasting change. Your future starts here. PURPOSE OF THE POSITION: At CPKC, technology drives the safe and efficient movement of freight across North America. As a Specialist Developer-Java, you will play a key role in designing, developing, implementing, and supporting Java-based APIs and applications within our Yard Management Systems (YMS) landscape. Working alongside cross-functional teams, you will deliver innovative, scalable, and reliable solutions that enhance operational performance, improve system integration, and support the digital transformation of one of North America's most iconic transportation networks. POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES: Gather, analyze, refine, and document business and system requirements while ensuring solutions align with best practices, architecture standards, and business objectives Design, develop, test, implement, and support enhancements and new functionality for enterprise applications, APIs, and system components throughout the software development lifecycle Create and maintain technical documentation, including requirements, design documents, technical specifications, test plans, implementation documentation, operational procedures, and user guides Support system design activities, configuration management, code and database administration, and deployment activities across development, testing, and production environments while adhering to CPKC development standards and processes Provide functional and technical application support, participate in the weekly on-call rotation, troubleshoot issues, and coordinate solution implementation to ensure system reliability and performance Collaborate with business and technology teams to track progress, resolve issues, communicate status updates, participate in project and team meetings, and perform additional responsibilities as required to support business priorities and operational excellence POSITION REQUIREMENTS: University degree or diploma in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and application development experience Minimum 6 years of Java application development experience, including extensive expertise with Spring Framework technologies such as Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring Batch, Spring MVC, and Java/JEE internals including class loading, memory management, and transaction management Strong experience designing and developing scalable applications using MVC, RESTful services,…