Senior Java Developer
Software Developer (Java)
About the Organization
This opportunity is with a global financial institution that operates a major technology center in Asia, serving as a key hub for IT development and support across international branches. The center focuses on:
- Designing and evolving future information systems.
- Supporting large-scale development projects in core banking and cross-functional areas.
- Delivering high-quality in-house banking applications.
The organization values innovation, agility, and a forward-thinking mindset to meet evolving technological challenges.
Team and Role Overview
The role is within the Capital Markets IT department, which develops and maintains risk and finance applications used globally. These applications support areas such as market risk, counterparty risk, and finance, and are built using a mix of Microsoft and open-source technologies.
The position is part of a major investment project aimed at meeting regulatory requirements (e.g., FRTB). The initiative involves redesigning the market risk information system to support global, automated reporting and real-time processing.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead technical studies and collaborate with infrastructure and business analysts.
- Design, document, and develop technical solutions.
- Ensure CI/CD integration is part of the development process.
- Conduct code reviews and promote best practices within the team.
- Report progress and risks to project managers.
- Research, design, and develop software solutions.
- Analyze user needs and enhance existing software.
- Develop and direct software testing and validation procedures.
- Collaborate with other engineers to integrate systems.
This role requires a high level of autonomy, initiative, and leadership, especially in non-functional areas such as testing, monitoring, and performance optimization.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of software development experience.
- 5+ years of Java/J2EE development experience.
- Hands-on experience with:
- Data ingestion and processing (e.g., Spark, Spark Streaming)
- Messaging systems (e.g., Kafka, Flume, ActiveMQ, MQSeries, RabbitMQ)
- Hadoop ecosystem (preferably Hortonworks): HDFS, HBase, Hive, ORC/Parquet
- Build tools (e.g., Maven, SBT, Ant), RESTful services, Jenkins/TeamCity, SVN/GIT, JUnit, Jira/QC
Preferred Skills
- Experience with solution design patterns and performance tuning.
- Familiarity with tools like Phoenix, Elasticsearch, Sqoop, StreamSets.
- Basic understanding of finance and investment banking.
Professional Attributes
- Strong communication skills (written and verbal).
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle.
- Passion for technology trends and community involvement.
- Willingness to mentor and support junior team members.
Educational Background
Bachelor's degree or higher in one of the following fields:
- Computer Science
- Information Technology
- Programming & Systems Analysis
- Computer Studies
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