Responsibilities:

• Identify and analyze user requirements

• Prioritize, assign and execute tasks throughout the software development life cycle

• Develop Java EE applications

• Design database architecture

• Schedule product releases with internal teams

• Document development phases

• Ensure our applications are secure and up to date

• Participate in the design and creation of scalable software

• Writing clean, efficient & functional code on the front- and back-end

• Test and fix bugs or other coding issues

• Review, test and debug team members’ code

• Work with development teams and product managers to ideate software solutions

• Design client-side and server-side architecture

• Build the front-end of applications through appealing visual design

• Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications

• Write effective APIs

• Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency

• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software

• Create security and data protection settings

• Ownership of technical designs, code development, and component test execution to demonstrate alignment to the functional specification.

• Object-Oriented Analysis and design using common design patterns

• Build features and applications with a mobile responsive design

• Write technical documentation

• Work with data scientists and analysts to improve software

  
  

  Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

• Minimum of 5 years’ work experience in a similar role preferably in Fintech or Financial Services

• Experience designing, building, and testing Java EE applications

• Hands-on experience with Object-Oriented Design (OOD)

• Demonstrable experience with Gradle, Maven, Jenkins

• Hands-on experience with test-driven development.

  
  

  Desired Knowledge, Skills, and Attributes:

• Knowledge of multiple back-end languages (e.g. Java, Python) and JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Angular, React, Node.js)

• Agile software development

• Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL, and ORM technologies

• Good knowledge of how to write or integrate web applications with Restful API’s

• In-depth knowledge of popular Java frameworks like Spring, Vertx, Hibernate, Jooq, etc.

• Back-end skill set – e.g. SQL, NoSQL, Catching (aerospike or Redis), Java, Spring, Application Servers (Wildfly, Jboss, Jetty, Glassfish, etc), and Git

• Elastic Search, Apache Solr

• Gradle, Maven, Jenkins

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills

• Great attention to detail

• Organizational skills

• Exacting attention to detail, picking up on the details that others miss

• Intellectually curious

• Very flexible with great collaboration skills

• A strong focus on excellence

• Ability to plan and prioritize effectively

• Comfortable working with a team

• Passionate, driven, and self-motivated

• A thirst for knowledge and learning

• Excellent analytical skills

• Exceptional creativity and problem-solving skills.