JAVA DEVELOPER - FINTEC

SUMMARY:
EXCITING VACANCY - URGENT REQUIREMENT!

POSITION INFO:

Java Developer

Our esteemed client, being a payments clearing house and part of the National Payments System of South Africa, and being the trusted partner servicing the financial industry, including banking institutions, are looking for a Java Developer with experience in building high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications to join the team. You will be part of a specialist team that works on mission-critical applications. Core responsibilities include managing Java/Java EE application development while providing expertise in the full software development lifecycle, from concept and design to testing. The ability to work in a team, excellent communication and people skills are required for this role.

PURPOSE

The main purpose of the Developer is to analyse technical specifications and design/develop applications based on results of all analysis for internal and external stakeholders and in alignment with strategic objectives and client requirements.

Key stakeholders the Developer will engage with are:

• Internal and external stakeholders
• Regulatory bodies

RESPONSBILITIES

• Build, unit testing and debugging solutions
• New product system development
• Create, document and implement unit test plans and scripts
• Create and maintain technical documentation using defined templates
• Interface with and assist testing and operations departments
• Ensure Quality assurance is conducted on code developed
• Interpret written business requirements and technical specifications in order to design and code solutions
• Verify that system meets performance criteria

PRODUCT/SYSTEM MAINTENANCE

• Perform maintenance programming to rectify identified defects

COMPLIANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT

• Policies and procedures: Provide input into relevant policies and procedures
• Compliance: Comply with relevant policies & procedures, regulation and legislation
• Risk: Identify and escalate risks appropriately

PEOPLE SKILLS TRANSFER & SUPPORT

• Assist team members to ensure understanding of required deliverables and stay abreast of technical skills and communicate all industry updates and or changes to team and management
• Contribute to the development of a positive team culture

REQUIREMENTS

QUALIFICATION/KNOWLEDGE

• IT Diploma or BSc Computer Science Degree
• Microsoft Office suite
• Eclipse, Netbeans or similar
• Working knowledge of Linux and Windows OS’s
• Java Application Servers such as JBoss, Wildfly and Websphere
• RDBMS incl Oracle & MySQL
• Build tools such as Ant, Maven, & Gradle
• Continuous Integration tools such as Hudson & Jenkins
• Code Versioning Tools such as Git & SVN
• Issue tracking tools such as SpiraTeam, Bugtracker & MantisBT
• JSON development
• Working Knowledge of Springboot, XML/XSD, Web services, Micro services, AWS

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum 5 years’ Experience in proven hands-on Software Development experience
• Proven working experience in Java development
• Hands on experience in designing and developing applications using Java EE platforms
• Object Oriented analysis and design using common design patterns
• Profound insight of Java and JEE internals (Classloading, Memory Management, Transaction management, etc)
• Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate)
• Experience in the Spring Framework
• Experience in developing web applications using at least one popular web framework (JSF, Wicket, GWT, Spring MVC, Angular)
• Experience with test-driven development
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Knack for writing clean, readable Java code
• Basic understanding of JVM, its limitations, weaknesses, and workarounds
• Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
• Experience in ESB’s advantageous

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS

• All positions will be filled in accordance with our Employment Equity plan. EE candidates preferred and we also encourage people with disabilities to apply.
• All interested candidates to send their updated CVs in word format to along with their current/previous remuneration details and a very brief introduction bio.

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