Java Agile Developer (Belfast) - Officer

Description

This role suits an engineer who enjoys testing, automation and building high-quality software, and who wants to lead technically by sharing skills across teams and raising standards.

You would work in Prime Brokerage Technology, which builds the solutions that support the company's clients, traders and Prime Finance business. The company sees Prime Brokerage as a major growth target, and technology is central to that growth.

This is an officer-level, full-time role in Belfast.

Responsibilities

• Build swap processing components in Java or Kotlin within the strategic swaps platform.
• Write automated tests as a developer, working test-first.
• Work in an Agile team that practises continuous integration and continuous deployment.
• Take part in design, planning and estimation discussions with the team.
• Analyse assigned work in detail and break it into technical tasks.
• Create and maintain project and technical documentation.
• Work with management to integrate functions that meet business goals, and identify system enhancements needed to launch new products and improve processes.
• Find ways to improve technical standards and methods on an ongoing basis.
• Work with technical leadership to solve complex, high-impact problems by evaluating business processes, system processes and industry standards.
• Apply core application programming knowledge and make sure designs follow the overall architecture.
• Use your understanding of system flow to set standards for coding, testing, debugging and implementation.
• Understand how areas such as architecture and infrastructure combine to deliver business goals.
• Support production by working with operations and business teams, taking part in support rotations to diagnose and fix escalated issues, and contributing to documentation and post-mortem reviews. Build software fixes that address root causes and improve reliability, performance and scalability.
• Advise and coach junior developers, analysts and graduates alongside technical leadership.

Requirements

• Experience in systems analysis and programming of software applications.
• Experience delivering projects successfully.
• Working knowledge of consulting or project management methods.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage deadlines, or handle sudden changes in expectations or requirements.
• Java and test-driven development are essential.
• Advantageous: experience with Kotlin.
• Advantageous: experience with cloud technologies such as Kubernetes and OpenShift.
• Advantageous: experience with messaging technologies such as Kafka, Solace and TIBCO.
• Advantageous: experience with database, data store and data query technologies such as SQL Server, Trino, Mongo and S3.
• Advantageous: experience with observability technologies such as OpenTelemetry, Elastic Stack (ELK) and Grafana.
• Desirable: background in delivering software through an iterative Agile approach.
• Desirable: experience with or knowledge of swaps or Prime Brokerage products.

Conditions

Hybrid working, with up to 2 days a week working from home.

Business casual dress code.

Full-time contract.

You may be asked to take on other job-related duties as needed.

The company is an equal opportunity employer.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary, reviewed annually.
• Discretionary annual performance bonus.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Private medical care and life insurance.
• Employee assistance program.
• Pension plan.
• Paid parental leave.
• Discounts for employees, their families and friends.
• Access to learning and development resources.