Rackspace Technology seeks a Principal Java Engineer to develop scalable and robust Java code for content aggregation, indexing, retrieval, processing, and ranking.  Responsibilities include building and optimizing tools and workflows for textual data processing, collaborating with stakeholders, writing design documents, developing automated tests, and coordinating deployments. The role requires expertise in distributed systems, multithreading, Terraform, Cassandra or Spanner, Docker, Kubernetes, and GCP.  The ideal candidate possesses a Bachelor's degree (Master's preferred) in Computer Science, 10+ years of Java development experience, and excellent communication skills.  Work is fully remote, limited to Ontario, British Columbia, or Alberta, Canada.

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<div class="section page-centered" data-qa="job-description"><div><b style="font-size: 10.5pt;">Job Summary:</b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">&nbsp; </span>We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Principal Java Engineer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a background in distributed systems, multithreading, infrastructure as code via terraform, Cassandra or Spanner, with a solid understanding of Docker, Kubernetes, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This role involves working in a remote environment, requiring excellent communication skills and the ability to solve complex problems independently and creatively.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 10.5pt;">Work Location:  </b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">Remote Canada from only the </span>Ontario, British Columbia or Alberta Provinces.</div></div><div class="section page-centered"><div><h3>Key Responsibilities</h3><ul class="posting-requirements plain-list"><ul><li>Develop scalable and innovative robust Java code for content aggregation as well as for information indexing, retrieval, processing, and ranking. </li><li>Build, enhance, optimize, and deploy tools, workflows, systems to process textual data for extraction of relevant information.</li><li>Collaborate with team members and stakeholders, ensuring clear understanding of technical requirements and project goals. </li><li>Write detailed design documents, develop comprehensive automated tests, and coordinate automated deployments.</li></ul></ul></div></div><div class="section page-centered"><div><h3>Qualifications</h3><ul class="posting-requirements plain-list"><ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field of study.&nbsp; Master’s degree is preferred. </li><li>Prefer - Google Associate Cloud Engineer Certification or other Google Cloud Professional level certification.</li><li>Minimum of 10+ years developing applications in core Java.</li><li>In-depth knowledge of algorithms, data structures, and systems.</li><li>E2E software development lifecycle experience, including building and maintaining production grade software.</li><li>Excellent verbal and writing communication skills with the English language. </li><li>Operability experience (logging, monitoring, alerting, debugging). </li><li>Prefer - Experience with Cassandra or Spanner.</li><li>Prefer - Containerization knowledge (Kubernetes, Docker).</li><li>Prefer - Experience with DevOps and infrastructure as code (terraform, CI/CD, build tools – maven/gradle.</li><div><br></div><div><b>Discover your inner Racker:&nbsp;<a rel="noopener noreferrer" class="postings-link" href="https://rackspace.jobs/culture/">Racker Life</a></b></div></ul></ul></div></div><div class="section page-centered" data-qa="closing-description"><div><br></div><div><b>About Rackspace Technology</b></div><div>We are the multicloud solutions experts. We combine our expertise with the world’s leading technologies — across applications, data and security — to deliver end-to-end solutions. We have a proven record of advising customers based on their business challenges, designing solutions that scale, building and managing those solutions, and optimizing returns into the future. Named a best place to work, year after year according to Fortune, Forbes and Glassdoor, we attract and develop world-class talent. Join us on our mission to embrace technology, empower customers and deliver the future.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><b>More on Rackspace Technology</b></div><div>Though we’re all different, Rackers thrive through our connection to a central goal: to be a valued member of a winning team on an inspiring mission. We bring our whole selves to work every day. And we embrace the notion that unique perspectives fuel innovation and enable us to best serve our customers and communities around the globe. We welcome you to apply today and want you to know that we are committed to offering equal employment opportunity without regard to age, color, disability, gender reassignment or identity or expression, genetic information, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, military or veteran status, nationality, ethnic or national origin, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any legally protected characteristic. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.</div></div>

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