Senior Java Developer - Vice President

Description

The company is building a new Operations Workbench platform and is hiring a senior developer for the Operations Workbench Scrum team.

You will work hands-on on the platform, contributing to design and implementation while helping set engineering standards.

You will be a core member of the team, building scalable solutions that make operations more efficient.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test and deploy code that is high quality, scalable and easy to maintain.
• Encourage good practice across coding, testing, builds, deployment and upkeep of the software.
• Contribute to design and write much of the code yourself.
• Take part in sprint planning and backlog refinement, giving technical input on backlog items.
• Deliver robust, efficient solutions that follow strong engineering principles.
• Work with the Scrum Master, Product Owner, QA, architects and other global team members to deliver solutions and reusable components.
• Work with business, operations and production support stakeholders to understand their needs and deliver fitting solutions.
• Follow current development practices in the industry and within the company, and bring suitable ones into the team, such as Gen AI and DORA metrics.

Requirements

• 6+ years of hands-on software development experience.
• Proven experience in the financial services sector.
• Demonstrated experience working in an Agile or Scrum environment.
• Expert-level Java development skills.
• Expert experience designing and building robust, scalable and resilient enterprise applications.
• Strong experience with cloud-native technologies such as Kubernetes and Docker.
• Experience with event-driven architecture using Apache Kafka.
• Experience designing and developing databases on an RDBMS platform.
• Proficiency in API development and application security practices, such as OAuth, TLS and PKI.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• A keen interest in industry best practices and new technologies, with an exploratory approach.
• Innovative thinking and a can-do attitude.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to handle tight deadlines and unexpected changes in priority.
• Willingness to ask questions, challenge the status quo and look for answers.
• Ability to work independently, juggle multiple tasks, take ownership and drive strategy.
• Impeccable integrity and judgment.
• Desirable: experience with distributed caching technologies such as Redis or Gemfire.
• Desirable: direct experience in capital markets.
• Desirable: experience with modern UI frameworks such as React or Angular.

Conditions

Full-time role.

Primary location salary range: $120,800.00 to $170,800.00.

Automated processing, including AI, is used to match candidates' skills to roles, but all hiring decisions are made and checked by people.

This opening fills an existing vacancy.

Equal opportunity information is available in the company's EEO policy statement.

Benefits

• Help build a mission-critical system that will streamline and automate key operational workflows across the firm, with direct impact on business efficiency.
• Design and build a scalable, resilient, cloud-native architecture for a complex workflow and case management system.
• Work alongside a skilled group of developers, product owners and architects in a culture that values engineering excellence and innovation.
• Use a modern stack, including Java, Kubernetes, Docker and Kafka, to build cutting-edge financial technology.