Senior 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, and 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

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

• 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

• 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