Java Developer

SUMMARY:
Purpose:

• The company is a market leader in Investment Banking, and our biggest asset is our people. We believe there is no end to what we can achieve for our clients, our shareholders, and ourselves if we have the right people. We seek the best – smart, hard-working, self-motivated, committed people with positive attitudes and passion for their work and the success of the company. Our people come from many different backgrounds, which adds richness to our talent pool. We offer a non-hierarchical, entrepreneurial environment where our people think and act like owners. We empower people, hold them accountable, and reward exceptional performance

POSITION INFO:
Responsibilities:

• Increase operational efficiency and suggest solutions to enhance cost effectiveness
• Deliver exceptional service that exceeds customers’ expectations through proactive, innovative, and appropriate solutions by resolving queries fast and effectively
• Cultivate and manage objective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders, including end-users, SME’s, project managers, and senior staff members, by providing input to business requirements and being able to present and sell concepts to clients
• Produce program specifications and implement system enhancements by addressing specific business needs and resolving queries
• Code, compile, test, and implement applications in compliance with the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Support development environments. Responsible for coding standards and peer reviews
• Comply, understand, and implement all steps within IT development and meet governance in terms of legislative and audit requirements during programming execution
• Assess, identify, and mitigate potential risks within the IT programming environment by complying with technology business policy and process requirements (SDLC and change/release management process definition) to ensure operational performance
• Produce technical specifications and architecture that are in accordance with agreed standards. Design, code, test, and debug to obtain a robust solution with supporting documentation
• Minimize system downtime through proactive identification of potential issues and ensure minimization of recurring problems by managing defects and performing code reviews
• Monitor systems post-change and proactively do performance analysis to ensure there is no system failure due to capacity
• Maintain maximum system availability by ensuring that incidents are recorded for future reference and adequate root cause analysis is done to eliminate the risk of recurrence
• Manage own development to increase own competencies and develop technical and business skills
• Proactively engage with business units and colleagues to understand underlying needs and opportunities, and identify Information Technology (IT) innovative solutions promptly
• Supervises the work of other developers. Provides technical assistance to fellow developers and other Information Technology (IT) team members

Additional Requirements:

• Min of 5-10 years solid Java experience (Java 17+)
• Strong SQL skills, especially on MSSQL

Solid experience in the following technologies:

• SOA
• Microservices
• Docker
• Java
• Angular
• NodeJS
• Bootstrap
• Spring Boot
• Hibernate
• Tomcat
• Jboss
• Nexus
• Teamcity
• Maven
• Experience with workflow tools like Camunda is an advantage
• Experience with rules engines like Drools is an advantage
• Experience with graph DB technologies like Neo4J is an advantage

Qualifications and Experience:

• Minimum: B.Comm, B.Eng, BSC Eng, BSC Informatics, or related degree
• 10+ yrs experience in programming
• Familiar with one or more programming languages as appropriate for the specific requirements of the department related to the field
• System Design experience is advantageous

 

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