About the role

Software Developer in Test ensuring quality and reliability of Telesat's satellite communications software products. Involving software testing and integration into development pipelines.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain Java (Java 17+) services within a distributed, event-driven architecture using Spring Boot.
Implement asynchronous workflows and event processing using Azure Service Bus and Event Hub where appropriate.
Package, deploy, and operate microservices on Kubernetes using Helm across multiple environments (dev/test/prod).
Contribute to service decomposition, domain boundaries, and API design with a focus on latency, throughput, reliability, and backward compatibility.
Design and implement reliable service-to-service communication using REST, gRPC, and messaging protocols.
Support protocol-agnostic ingress suitable for long-lived or reconnect-sensitive traffic.
Help optimize networking concerns (TCP behavior, connection pooling, backoff, circuit breaking) for high-scale traffic.
Contribute to multi-region resiliency design, including regional failover/failback mechanics, validation steps, and automation guardrails.
Embed production readiness into services: SLIs/SLOs, golden signals, standardized observability, failure-mode analysis, and post-incident architectural corrections.
Participate in and improve end-to-end readiness drills: failure scenario walkthroughs, runbook execution, and post-drill improvements.
Design for resilience via health checks, fault management, monitoring, rate limiting, bulkheads, and recovery-on-failure patterns.

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
5-9 years of relevant experience in software development and testing
Experience in Python and/or Java programming language
Experience with one or more of the following technologies: gRPC, REST, Message Queues, Databases, SQL, Azure, etc.
Experience working with multiple test automation tools and frameworks such as Selenium Web Driver, Katalon, Watir, Cucumber and others
Extensive experience with GitLab for version control and CI/CD processes and Git Runners for test automation
Solid understanding of Linux environments and command-line tools
Experience with Linux clusters and cluster job managers
Experience with agile development
Experience with Matlab language and programming platform is considered an asset

At Telesat, we take pride in being an equal opportunity employer that values equality in the workplace. • We are committed to providing the best candidate experience possible including any required accommodations at every stage of our interview process. • All qualified applicants that have been selected for an interview that require accommodations, are advised to inform the Telesat Talent team accordingly. • We will work with you to meet your needs. • All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential.