Junior/Senior Java Developer

Role Title

Team Lead| Software Development

Description

The candidate will be required to build towards the future by constantly innovating and problem-solving. Should be passionate about the customer experience journey, highly motivated, intellectually curious and analytical. Conceptualize, rationalize and drive multiple simultaneous projects to deliver engineering work across the portfolio within deadlines and budgets. Experience in managing high performing individuals, building roadmaps, defining processes, delivering projects as well as analyzing cost/benefit of feature selection and communicating results throughout the organization.

Responsibilities  Work across teams to organize and accelerate delivery by ensuring all teams are delivering in a coordinated manner.

 Understand the business strategy and design approaches within product, program or domain effectively.

 Regularly review metrics and proactively seek out new and improved data / mechanisms for visibility, ensuring the program stays aligned with organization objectives.

 Proactively identify risks & issues and ensure mitigation efforts are being carried out throughout the software development lifecycle.

 Keep abreast of evolving technology landscape.

 Will provide technical leadership to software engineers by coaching and monitoring throughout end-to-end software development, maintenance and lifecycle.

 Analyse and provide input for the requirements and provide impact assessment for the features or bug fixes.

 Collaborate with external partner teams, business teams and other cross-functional teams effectively in driving the projects and the point of contact on the team. Skills  Process : Data Structures and Algorithms | API, Version Control , Data structures | DevSecOps | Microservices | Application Security

 Technical : FullStack Development – React, Angular, Nodejs, Java, ExpressJS, Passport, Springboot | CI/CD Tools | Cloud Computing – AWS Preferred | User Experience Design | Operating Systems – Linux and Windows | Database – MYSQL, Oracle | Webservers – Nginix, Apache | Containerization, Service Mesh

 Product : Corporate Banking | Payments and collections | Treasury | Trade Finance

 Human : Mentor & Guide | Creative Vision | Collaboration and Co-operation | Risk Taking Level Information

Education : BTech / M Tech Span of Influence : Multiple Teams

Job Description: We are seeking a talented Java Full Stack Developer to join our team.

We are solving complex technical problems in the financial industry and need talented software engineers to join our mission and be a part of a global software development team. As a Java Full Stack Developer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining enterprise applications using Java and Angular.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features, and you will work closely with Architects to ensure the technical feasibility of designs and implement them accordingly.

Required Skills: 

• Exp. - 5 to 9 years. 
• Experience in Core Java 8 and above, Spring (including Core, WebMvc, Batch, Cloud etc). 
• Extensive experience in developing enterprise-scale n-tier applications for financial domain. Should possess good architectural knowledge and be aware of enterprise application design patterns. 
• Should be able to analyze, design, develop and test complex, low-latency client-facing applications. 
• Develop user interfaces for modern web applications using Angular. 
• Experience with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. 
• Good development experience with RDBMS, preferably DB2/Sybase databases. 
• Good knowledge of multi-threading and high-volume server-side development. 
• Basic working knowledge of Unix/Linux. 
• Excellent problem solving and coding skills in Java. 
• Strong interpersonal, communication and analytical skills. 
• Should be able to express their design ideas and thoughts. 

Good to have Skills: 

• Prior experience in investment banking / capital markets. 
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform. 
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines. 
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies. 
• Contributions to open-source projects. 
• Relevant certifications (e.g., Angular, Java). 

• Drive the architecture and design of large-scale, multi-tiered, distributed software applications, tools, systems and services using object-oriented design, distributed programming, Java/Node/ Python, .Net.
• Hands on experience in delivering high quality software products.
• Gather business and functional requirements from external and/or internal customers and end-users, and translate requirements into technical specifications to build robust, scalable, supportable solutions that work well between a ranges of complex systems.
• Serve as technical lead throughout the full development lifecycle, end-to-end, from scoping, planning, conception, design, implementation and testing, to documentation, delivery and maintenance.
• Provide design reviews for other engineers, including feedback on architecture and design issues, as well as integration, performance and scalability.
• Manage resources on multiple technical projects and ensure schedules, milestones, and priorities are compatible with technology and business goals.

• Strong at Core Java and OOPs concepts

• Exposure to Spring, Spring Boot and Spring Security
• Exposure to implementation of RESTful APIs
• Exposure to programming using Queues and No SQL database
• Good understanding about JavaScript, JQuery and HTML
• Good understanding about Data Structures and Multithreaded Programming
• Good understanding about Design Patterns
• Good understanding about Standard and Secure Coding practices

Designation    : Java Developer

Experience      : 3 - 10 Yrs

Location           : Baner, Pune

• Strong at Core Java and OOPs concepts
• Exposure to Spring, Spring Boot and Spring Security

• Exposure to implementation of RESTful APIs
• Exposure to programming using Queues and No SQL database
• Good understanding about JavaScript, JQuery and HTML
• Good understanding about Data Structures and Multithreaded Programming
• Good understanding about Design Patterns

Position Summary

The Java Software Developer designs and develops computer applications using the Java programming language. Managing small-to-large scale projects, with respect to business impact, throughout the development life cycle. In this role, you can expect to leverage your 5+ years of Java engineering skills and knowledge to develop, test, and release features assigned to you and the Software Development team. You will be challenged daily to solve problems, expand your knowledge of the existing platform, and the technologies that can be used to continuously improve it.

Essential Functions

• Owns assigned projects throughout the development life cycle, from design through quality testing. Develops high quality code that delivers desired functionality using the technology selected for the project.
• Utilizes techniques including pair programming to ensure code quality. Additionally, maintains code quality through best practices, unit testing, and code quality automation.
• Supports continuous integration process.
• Collaborates closely with team members to determine best practices and client requirements for software.
• Develops intuitive software that meets and exceeds the needs of the company.
• Professionally maintains all software and provides regular updates that address client and/or company concerns.
• Analyzes and tests programs and products before formal launch. Addresses and troubleshoots coding problems quickly and efficiently to ensure a productive workplace.
• Ensures software security by developing programs to actively monitor the sharing of private information.
• Actively seeks ways to improve business software processes and interactions.
• When needed, provides valuable coaching and training for team members to ensure all employees are confident in the use of software applications.
• Regularly modifies software to fix errors, adapt to new hardware, improve overall performance, and/or upgrade interfaces.
• Directs system testing and validation procedures. Provides software programming and documentation development.
• Provides project proposals and project status updates to clients and departments, as needed. Prepares recommendations and project plans for the installation of new systems or modifications of an existing system.
• Works closely with clients and departments to resolve technical issues - including (but not limited to) software system design and maintenance.
• Regularly participates in an agile delivery process by helping size stories. Owns, researches, and recommends new solutions.

Skills and Abilities

• Excellent problem-solving skills and technical aptitude to solve complex issues.
• Proven ability to manage multiple high-priority projects.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to quickly adapt to a changing environment.
• Skilled in object-oriented (OO) design and design pattern.
• Skilled with Java 8 features, such as lambdas and streams.
• Demonstrated knowledge of API design standards, patterns, and best practices (especially Swagger and OpenAPI 3.0, REST, SOAP, MQ, JSON, Microservices etc.).
• Expert understanding of Spring Framework, Spring MVC REST, ORM/Hibernate and JDBC. As well as Hibernate/JPA and Object-relational mapping, including performance considerations.
• Experienced with RDBM systems: MYSQL Server, Oracle.
• Strong understanding of relational databases and writing SQL queries.
• Familiarity with the following front-end technologies: HTML, Javascript, CSS, Angular, Git, SQL, Maven

Experience

• Experience as a Java Developer, Java Engineer, or similar role required (i.e., Spring Framework / Spring boot and J2EE development required).
• Experience designing and developing REST API / web applications.
• Experience working with Agile methodologies (Scrum) and cross-functional teams (Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Developers, Designers, Business Analysts) a major plus.
• Advanced knowledge and experience in Cloud/SAAS integration, a plus.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field of study or equivalent level of education and experience.

Responsibilities and Duties:

1. Work on an intranet portal for excellent employee user experience and productivity using Java full stack tools (React/Angular + Java (Spring boot)
2. Support Web App built for employee IT Applications provisioning process.
3. Take static design components and develop solutions to elevate work into engaging digital experiences.
4. Collaborate with the team to build backend code and integrations as needed.
5. Develop user interfaces that are standards-compliant, cross-browser compatible, and performance-optimized.
6. Create and maintain a repository of common and reusable code.
7. Develop and maintain documentation for code.

Qualifications & Skills:

1. Hands on experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React (or Angular with willingness to explore React)
2. 6+ years of experience in Java full stack web app development
3. Familiarity with developing custom components as well as using component libraries such as MUI/Bootstrap/Ant Design
4. Comfortable navigating inside a UNIX/Linux environment
5. Ability to write REST APIs and consume with AJAX calls
6. Experience with Java/ Core Java

Perks and Benefits:

1. Attractive Bonus and Stock options for eligible positions
2. A whole suite of best in class leave bouquet: Paid Time Off , Maternity leave, Paternity leave, Sick leave, Casual Leaves, National Holidays  etc.
3. Medical insurance benefits of 5L covering parents (including COVID hospitalization)
4. Learning and Development - certification reimbursement (as applicable)
5. Host of benefits to curate your salary as per your need
6. Relocation benefits
7. World class office infrastructure with Gaming rooms, plush pantry and Break out areas. 

About YEXT:

The ultimate source for official answers about a business online should be the business itself. However, when consumers ask questions on company websites, too often they are left in the dark with wrong answers. Yext (NYSE: YEXT), the Search Experience Cloud, solves this problem by organizing a business's facts so it can provide official answers to consumer questions — wherever people search. Starting with the company website, then extending across search engines and voice assistants, businesses around the world, like Taco Bell, Marriott, and Jaguar Land Rover—as well as organizations like the U.S. State Department—trust Yext to radically improve the search experience on their websites and across the entire search ecosystem.

Yext is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, genetics, sex, pregnancy or childbirth, sexual orientation, gender (including gender identity or nonbinary or nonconformity and/or status as a trans individual), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, marital, parental and/or familial status, past, current or prospective service in the uniformed services, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Responsibilities

Work with development teams and product managers to ideate software solutions

Design client-side and server-side architecture

Build the front-end of applications through appealing visual design

Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications

Write effective APIs

Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency

Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software

Create security and data protection settings

Build features and applications with a mobile responsive design

Write technical documentation

Work with data scientists and analysts to improve software

Requirements

Proven experience as a Full Stack Developer or similar role

Experience developing desktop and mobile applications

Familiarity with common stacks

Knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries (e.g. HTML/ CSS, JavaScript, XML, jQuery)

Knowledge of multiple back-end languages (e.g. C#, Java, Python) and JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Angular, React, Node.js)

Familiarity with databases (e.g. MySQL, MongoDB), web servers (e.g. Apache) and UI/UX design

Excellent communication and teamwork skills

Great attention to detail

Organizational skills

An analytical mind