Senior Java Developer

Job Purpose

Our ideal candidate is passionate about contemporary technology and design patterns, finds satisfaction providing creative solutions to tough technical and business problems, and is eager to expand their knowledge in capital markets and financial risk management. The role requires strong knowledge of server-side technologies, particularly in the Java / Spring stack, good experience with iterative development and SDLC tools, effective communication skills and the ability to collaborate well with others.

Responsibilities

Understand complex business systems and workflows and explain them to other developersExercise judgment within defined standard practices and procedures to analyze, test, design, program, debug, modify and implement system requirementsWork closely with the business units and stakeholders on gathering and understanding system requirementsWork closely with project management, product management and QA teamsPlan and estimate the development for key components, applications and systemsBalance design considerations with delivering specified requirementsSolve business problems using applied proven technologiesAssist in developing and ensure complete functional and non-functional specificationsUnderstand complex business logic in existing systems and transition it to new technologies and systemsWork with system operations, database administration and systems software in production support and defining system recovery proceduresIdentify, communicate, and develop solutions for root causes of program failures and defectsCollaborate with business analysts and QA analysts in the design and execution of business feature, regression and integration testingWork in an agile and continuous integration environment with a command of SDLC toolsPlan and execute unit tests to ensure the developed code is free of functional defects

Knowledge And Experience

Bachelor’s degree in CS or equivalent5+ years of experience developing with Java technologiesStrong working knowledge of:Java 8+Object-Oriented Design and related Design PatternsDistributed messaging, JMSSpring Framework (Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data, Spring WebFlux, Spring Cloud frameworks)ORM technologies such as Hibernate, JPARelational databases such as Oracle and experience with SQL, PL/SQLMulti-threaded server-side developmentUnit testing tools such as JUnit, Mockito, Spring Boot Test, and KarateExperience in Java performance tuning, debugging and memory profilingFamiliarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern development workflows using tools like Jenkins, ArgoCD, or GitHub ActionsExperience supporting multiple projects, managing priorities, and multi-tasking effectivelyStrong collaboration and technical skills in articulating technical infrastructure and conceptsStrong interpersonal skills and able to work well in a team environmentExcellent communication and technical documentation skills

Preferred Knowledge And Experience

Experience building HTML5 front ends using ReactJS or other similar JavaScript libraries and frameworksExperience developing micro-services in container-based Kubernetes platforms (OpenShift, Tanzu)Familiar with BPMN, Camunda, and rules engines like DroolsExperience working with distributed cache frameworks such as RedisFamiliar with Test Driven DevelopmentExposure in the financial services technologies, particularly in futures and optionsDemonstrated contributions to open-source technologies