Java Backend Developer

Key features of the position

Functional and Technical

. Communicate highly technical issues to non-technical audience.

. Development and delivery with Java, EJB, SpringBoot, MySQL, Oracle and IBM MQ.

. Understand business and system requirements and translate them into technical solutions that are scalable, stable and fit for purpose.

. Tackle very complex legacy defects that mediocre developers cannot solve.

. Ensure adherence to the bank standards (including code, security and performance).

. The role provides exposures to Financial and Wealth Management systems.

. Passionate about technologies and building robust and scalable Java Systems.

. Analysis, design coding, and implementation of complex and custom-built applications.

. Work collaboratively with team to achieve goals. Experience working in Agile methodologies, such as Scrum, and/or Extreme programming.

. Experience in following in following best practices like Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Continuous Integration (CI)

. Investigate and resolve production issues to help maintain a stable production environment remain cool and effective in crisis.

Client and Stakeholder Management (internal & external)

. Analyse requirements, estimate efforts, plan timeline, manage progress.

. Ensure awareness, involvement and support from the key stakeholders and participants by building strong project teams and maintaining robust communication on the project status throughout its lifecycle

. Drive and review technical and architectural design, enforce architectural guidelines and challenge status quo.

Regulatory Responsibilities &/or Risk Management

. Demonstration of appropriate values and behaviours including but not limited to standards on honesty and integrity, due care and diligence, fair dealing (treating customers fairly), management of conflicts of interest, competence and continuous development, adequate risk management, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations

. Take responsibility for ensuring that risks and issues are identified and managed closely and drive all stakeholders to deliver on time and to the required quality standards

Skills required for this position

Professional

• Well organised and ability to prioritise and carry out multiple tasks
• Able to influence and drive projects to meet key milestones and overcome challenges
• Able to translate functional requirements to efficient and fit-for-purpose technical solutions
• Preferably, have experience in finance/banking domain.

Technical

Must Have:

. Core Java 8+ and JUnit.

. Spring Boot

. Strong computer science knowledge (algorithms, data structures,object-oriented design)

. TDD. Able to write acceptance test.

. Maven for Java

. Basic Linux shell scripting commands

. Java Messaging Concepts. (JMS, MQ)

. Relational Database concepts, SQL, joins, index, triggers etc.

. Web Services Rest, SOAP.

. Spring core concepts.

. Experience in SQL queries optimisation

. Familiarity with Intellij, Git, SonarQube/ SonarLint

Desirable:

• JBOSS (or any other application server knowledge).
• Java Server Faces, JPA, EJB knowledge.
• Able to write/understand complex SQL queries.
• Kafka
• React JS

Personal and Social

• Good communication skills
• Good work ethnics and punctuality
• Good problem-solving abilities
• Good team player
• Good service attitude
• Systematic and meticulous
• Ability to work both independently as well as in team
• Hands on development experience