Fullstack Java Engineer(Banking)

Job Description:

We are seeking a talented Java Developer to join our team. You will design, develop, and maintain our applications, changing multiple systems in the tech stack, whilst also working on greenfield products.

So, who are we?

Hello, we’re IG Group. We’re a global, FTSE 250-listed company made up of a collection of progressive fintech brands in the world of online trading and investing. The best part? We’ve snapped up many awards for our top-class platforms, forward-thinking products, and incredible employee experiences.

We believe in financial freedom. And our purpose is to help ambitious people achieve it. Around 400,000 people use our ground-breaking technology and forward-thinking platforms to trade the financial products they know and love.

Did we mention we have offices in 18 countries? Yes, when you join IG Group, you'll have the chance to work across multiple brands, with people all over the world. Join us for an exciting future and let’s innovate together!

About the Team

The EEM team will be a self-organized team, you'll work closely with the business (from the business leadership), making key decisions about the product. Our team values and promotes XP(Extreme Programming) practices, including pair programming, TDD (Test-Driven Development), and continuous integration (CI), to foster collaboration and ensure code quality.

We value high engineering standards and will use Dora Metrics to measure and improve our delivery process. If you're passionate about delivering exceptional user experiences, thrive in a self-organized team, and seek continuous improvement, join our innovative and collaborative EEM Team.

What you’ll do:

You will be part of our EEM development team, working on multiple areas of trading and non-trading. 

The EEM team will be responsible for:

• Developing and maintaining Trading Platforms
• Integrating real-time market and price data into the platforms.
• Implementing trading functionalities and order execution features.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and deliver solutions.
• Ensure system reliability, scalability, and performance.
• Work with operators, analysts, and business stakeholders to align solutions with their needs.
• Continuously improve trading platforms and processes.

We adhere to the following strategic principles:

1. Adopting an API-first approach to ensure seamless integration and scalability.

2. Employing Microservices and Micro Front Ends to facilitate the split of monolithic

3. Embracing an AWS Cloud-first strategy to leverage its powerful infrastructure and services.

4. Proficient use of AI tools to boost productivity

Who we’re looking for?

You’re curious about things like delivering value to client, the rapid developments in tech, and the complex world of fintech regulation. You’re also a confident, creative thinker with a knack for innovating. We know that you know every problem has a solution. Here, you can try new ideas, and lead the way in creating inspiring experiences for our clients and everyone around you.

We don’t fit the corporate stereotype. If you want to work for a traditional, suit-and-tie corporate that just gives you a pay cheque at the end of the month, we might not be for you. But, if you have that IG Group energy and you can stand behind what we believe in, let’s raise the bar together.

What you will need for the role

Key skills:

• Java & Spring/Spring Boot: 6+ years of experience in building and deploying back-end services.
• Test Driven Design and Development (TDD)
• Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD)
• Trunk Based Development and Pair Programming is an added bonus

Nice to have:

• MongoDB & JPA: Proficient in database design, management, and optimization.
• Kafka: Skilled in implementing real-time data pipelines and messaging systems.
• Splunk: Expertise in monitoring, logging, and troubleshooting application performance.
• GitLab: Strong knowledge of version control systems and CI/CD pipelines.
• REST API Services: Proficient in designing and consuming RESTful web services.
• Domain knowledge as relevant (Finance, Payments etc)

Others:

• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field (Master's preferred).
• Full stack development (Java and React) experience
• Proven track record of leading successful development projects.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

How you’ll grow

When you join IG Group, we want you to have more than a job – we want you to have a career. And you can. If you spot an opportunity, we want you to chase it. Stretch yourself, challenge your self-beliefs and go for the things you dream of. With internal and external learning opportunities and the tools to help you skyrocket to success, we’ll support you all the way.

And these opportunities truly are endless because we have some bold targets. We plan to expand our global presence, increase revenue growth, and ultimately deliver the world’s best trading experience. We’d love to have you along for the ride.

The perks

It really is more than a job. We’ll recognize your talent and make sure that you can still have a life – at work, and outside of it. Networks, committees, awards, sports and social clubs, mentorships, volunteering opportunities, extra time off… the list goes on.

• Matched giving for your fundraising activity.
• Flexible working hours and work-from-home opportunities.
• Performance-related bonuses.
• Insurance and medical plans.
• Career-focused technical and leadership training in class and online, including unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning platform.
• Contribution to gym memberships and more.
• A day off on your birthday.
• Two days’ volunteering leave per year.

Where you’ll work

We follow a hybrid working model; we reckon it’s the best of both worlds.  This model also feeds into our secret ingredients for innovation: diversity, flexibility, and close connection. Plus, you’ll be welcomed into a diverse and inclusive workforce with a lot of creative energy.

Ask our employees what their favourite thing is about working at IG, and you’ll hear an echo of ‘our culture’! That’s because you can come to work as your authentic self. The things that make you, you – like your ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith, age, gender identity/expression or physical capacity – can bring a fresh perspective or new skill to our business.

That’s why we welcome people from various walks of life; and anyone who wants to help us realize our vision and strategy.

So, if you’re keen to connect with our values, and lead the charge on innovation, you know what to do.

We’re hiring a Full Stack Developer with strong hands-on experience in Java, Spring Boot, and Angular to join our growing tech team.

🔧 What You'll Do

• Design and develop scalable full stack web applications
• Write clean, maintainable code using Java (Spring Boot) and Angular
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality features
• Optimize applications for performance and security
• Participate in code reviews and technical discussions

✅ What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of professional experience in full stack development
• Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and Angular
• Solid understanding of REST APIs, Microservices, and frontend integration
• Knowledge of databases and version control (Git)
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
• Immediate joiners are highly preferred

Key Responsibilities

We are looking for a full stack developer who shall be responsible for implementation of software related projects of the firm. This will involve:

–        Understanding existing services of the Company, the requirements of the project and be able to build the back-end coding structure along with front end dashboard, UI / UX for the full project. The person should be capable of building flexible coding to incorporate various user requirements, carry out user acceptance testing, fix bugs within agreed timelines.

–        Dashboard Development: Swiftly conceptualizing, designing, and developing visually engaging and functional dashboards tailored to meet the firm's specific requirements within stringent timelines.

–        Collaborative Approach: Work closely with stakeholders’ other team members, to understand dashboard requirements and ensure alignment with business objectives.

–        API Integration: Explore and integrate dashboard APIs where applicable to enhance functionalities or enable custom integrations for a more comprehensive dashboard experience.

Key Skills Required

–      Front-end Technologies: Proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and expertise in UX/UI principles to enhance dashboard user interfaces and ensure responsiveness.

–      Strong Backend Development Skills: Proficient in at least one backend language and understanding of backend frameworks to facilitate data integration and backend functionalities for dashboards.

–      Strong SQL Skills: Ability to efficiently extract, manipulate, and analyze data using SQL queries from various databases to integrate into the dashboards.

–      Dashboard Development Experience: Prior experience in rapid dashboard development, including designing, developing, and deploying dashboards within accelerated timelines.

–      Being able to work independently, understand industry landscape and come up with innovative solutions to tackle various issues. 

Job description

The ideal candidate must have extensive development experience of microservices using Java Spring Boot. In addition, they should know the installation, configuration, platform operations, and troubleshooting of API products. Besides, they should also have experience in API design, BaaS, Advanced proxies, Analytics, Developer Portal, and creating RESTful API patterns.

Responsibility

Develop and design RESTful microservices and APIs

Be involved in the development life cycle and would be doing definition and feasibility analysis

Apply latest software design techniques and contribute to the technical design of new solutions

Troubleshoot issues and solve problems where needed

Write object-oriented and maintainable code

Deliver quality results on time with minimal supervision

Work with multiple stakeholders involved in the project

Deliver APIs with standard documentation as per Open API standards

Skillset

Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in computer science, information technology, or engineering

At least 3-5+ years of experience in developing APIs and microservices using Spring Boot

Expertise in Java

Hands-on Experience in OOPS concepts, Spring Boot, Spring 3.x, Spring Dependency Injection (IOC, MVC, JDBC, JMS, etc.), and hibernate or any other ORMs

Hands-on experience in web services-RESTful

Knowledge of Restful API design patterns

Working knowledge in Databases (SQL Server, Oracle) and SQL

Hands-on experience in NGINX (Webserver and Reverse proxy)

Hands-on experience in setting up MTLS between microservices

Hands-on experience in docker implementation

Hands-on experience in consuming SOAP services from microservices

Hands-on experience in application servers like Tomcat and WebLogic

Hands-on experience in any of Java IDE (Eclipse, IntelliJ)

Hands-on experience in dependency and build management tools preferably Maven

Familiarity with code versioning tools, like Git, SVN, and Mercurial

Familiarity with APIGEE API gateway

Familiarity with Node.js

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What you need to have:

Relevant experience on using tools like JSP, Servlet for web applications

· MVC frame works - Struts or Spring

· Web services- SOAP and REST WebLogic, Hibernate

· Middleware technologies MQ OSB.

· Web/App Servers: Tomcat or WebLogic or JBoss

· Experience using Angular, Micro Services using Spring, jersey, Swagger

· Good knowledge of Backend and Front-end technologies

· Good knowledge of Core Java, J2EE, Ajax, Spring, Java Script, jQuery, HTML

· Good knowledge of any RDBMS database like SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL & Cluster set-up, performance benchmarking, client-side API evaluation, knowledge of various deployment strategies

· Strong knowledge with Core JAVA concepts – Exception handling, Multi-threading, Collection, String, OOPS etc…

· Advanced understanding of Windows and Linux based operating systems

· Mainly 3-4 months hands on with reverse engineering and old legacy solutions to new modern applications

· Working knowledge using REST, HTTP, TCP, SCTP protocols

· Hands-on with JAVA frameworks such as – Thread Pool Executor, Object Pooling, Logging (Log4j preferred), XML/JSON handling

Education Criteria:

· Preferred BE degree in CS, E&C, E&E

· Proficient being a J2EE Developer (courses or project done) and data analytics skills

· Flexible to work on any projects assigned

Note: Terms & Conditions

· This opportunity will be work from office

· Reporting location - Bangalore office, Vijayanagar

Merkle|Sokrati, a leader in Paid Search & Social Advertising, provides a sophisticated technology solution to efficiently manage Digital Marketing campaigns for several brands in India. The technology developed takes a beating of serving and tracking 20M+ impressions a day. It runs crunching algorithms and keyword discovery routines using distributed computing, housing the entire data in distributed caches and sharded MySQL databases.

To be a geek at Merkle|Sokrati you need to know how to build scalable and high-performance systems. Nothing at Sokrati is small. We start with a proof of concept that demands a traffic rate of 10M+! To achieve any of this you need to understand Distributed Systems, Distributed Caching, High-scale Databases. And we possess the skills to create software that makes this entire heterogeneous system function together even if it runs on 100 boxes. A system that is so widely used cannot sustain any downtime and hence it uses elegant high-availability techniques to survive an outage. Not many startups can say “been there, done that”!

@Merkle|Sokrati, you will:

• Implement solutions for broadly defined problems
• Drive best practices and engineering excellence
• Be involved in the development of code in object-oriented languages like Java etc and build large scale robust distributed systems
• Be involved in full fledged product development.
• Build New Features, Push them to production fast.
• Debug production issues across services and levels of the stack
• Build services or APIs which will for easy application integrations at Sokrati to develop applications faster.
• Build scalable/fault-tolerant backend systems that process and analyze billions of data points every day.

You'd fit right in if you have:

• 2-4 years of experience in building successful production software systems
• A solid grounding in Computer Science fundamentals (based on a BE/BTech or MS in Computer Science)
• Experience developing software services and an understanding of design for scalability, performance and reliability.
• Mastery of the tools of the trade, including a variety of modern programming languages (Python, Java, JavaScript, C/C++) and open-source technologies (Linux, Spring)
• Proven ability to work in a fast paced, agile and in an ownership and results oriented culture

If you are excited about:

• Having an unmatched startup experience that allows you to work on bleeding-edge technologies.
• Making a splash in a multi-billion dollar Digital Advertising industry
• Learning & Growing far beyond your current horizon
• A place full of like-minded & ridiculously smart folks
• A start-up culture that you'd cherish forever in your work life

Feel like you are a good fit? We would love to hear from you!