Senior Software Engineer

Primary Responsibilities:

Developer for IT Regulatory team, work with the development manager and key stakeholders to understand business requirements and develop moderately complex technical solutions.

Work collaboratively with the team to support existing functionality and build, implement, and support new solutions.

Draft and review technical diagrams, specifications documents and required project documentation.

Conduct code reviews of other developers.

Share experience and knowledge with the team to improve productivity & delivery timelines.

Continuously seek ways to improve our existing architecture, advises on complex code deficiencies, provides systemic proposals, and promote efficiencies where necessary.

Job Requirements:

Undergraduate degree in computer science or technology discipline

5+ years of Core Java Development experience & Integration Technologies (Spring, MQ, JSON, XML, SOAP).

Experience writing SQL queries (DB2, Snowflake).

Crystal reports/Excel Writer/Aspose.

Working knowledge of scripting languages (Perl, Unix Shell, Python).

Experience working with source code repositories (Bitbucket, GitHub)

JavaScript, Angular is a plus.

Sound understanding of Object-Oriented Design & Programming, Enterprise Architecture Patterns and GoF design.

A flexible, tenacious team player with a positive attitude and strong interpersonal skills, able to build collaborative relationships with globally distributed teams.

Strong analytical and design skills with attention to detail.

Excellent communication (verbal and written) skills; Able to communicate with different stakeholders effectively.

Experience developing technical solutions in Investment Management industry.

Understanding of portfolio accounting concepts and trade lifecycle

We are looking for a 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐚𝐯𝐚 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫 who is passionate about 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐥𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦-𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 at scale.

This role is 𝐧𝐨𝐭 about basic API development or framework-heavy work. You will be part of the 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦, working close to the heart of the product where 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐥𝐥 𝐃𝐨

▪️ Design and build 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 that operate reliably under heavy load

▪️Develop and implement 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐦𝐬 for complex, real-world business problems

▪️Identify and resolve 𝐂𝐏𝐔, 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐈/𝐎, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐬

▪️Build backend services where 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐩𝐮𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 are critical

▪️Own 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 & 𝐏𝐃𝐅 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 end-to-end, including:

• Composition
• Rendering
• Optimization
• High-volume document generation

▪️Make 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 and take ownership of backend architecture

▪️Mentor engineers by setting 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬

𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 & 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞

▪️𝟓 𝐭𝐨 𝟏𝟎+ years of strong backend engineering experience

▪️Excellent expertise in 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐯𝐚 (𝐉𝐚𝐯𝐚 𝟖+) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐭

▪️Strong knowledge of:

• Data Structures & Algorithms
• Multithreading and concurrency
• JVM internals and memory management

▪️ Proven experience designing 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐦𝐬

▪️Deep backend experience 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 / 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐭

▪️Strong understanding of:

• API design principles
• Fault tolerance and resilience
• Performance tuning and profiling

▪️Ability to reason about time and space complexity

▪️Solid database fundamentals:

• Query optimization Indexing
• Transaction management

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐨𝐫

Engineers who enjoy solving hard problems, not just wiring frameworks

Strong analytical thinking with a focus on trade-offs and optimizations

High ownership mindset with attention to performance and maintainability

📩 Interested candidates can apply

About the Role 

As a result of our rapid growth, we are looking for a Java Backend Engineer to join our existing Cloud Engineering team and take the lead in the design and development of several key initiatives of our existing Miko3 product line as well as our new product development initiatives. 

Responsibilities 

•  Designing, developing and maintaining core system features, services and engines
• Collaborating with a cross functional team of the backend, Mobile application, AI, signal processing, robotics Engineers, Design, Content, and Linguistic Team to realize the requirements of conversational social robotics platform which includes investigate design approaches, prototype new technology, and evaluate technical feasibility
• Ensure the developed backend infrastructure is optimized for scale and responsiveness 
• Ensure best practices in design, development, security, monitoring, logging, and DevOps adhere to the execution of the project. 
• Introducing new ideas, products, features by keeping track of the latest developments and industry trends 
• Operating in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high quality software against aggressive schedules

Requirements 

• Proficiency in distributed application development lifecycle (concepts of authentication/authorization, security, session management, load balancing, API gateway), programming techniques and tools (application of tested, proven development paradigms)  
• Proficiency in working on Linux based Operating system. 
• Working Knowledge of container orchestration platform like Kubernetes
• Proficiency in at least one server-side programming language like Java. Additional languages like Python and PHP are a plus 
• Proficiency in at least one server-side framework like Servlets, Spring, java spark (Java). 
• Proficient in using ORM/Data access frameworks like Hibernate,JPA with spring or other server-side frameworks. 
• Proficiency in at least one data serialization framework: Apache Thrift, Google ProtoBuffs, Apache Avro,Google Json,JackSon etc. 
• Proficiency in at least one of inter process communication frameworks WebSocket's, RPC, message queues, custom HTTP libraries/frameworks ( kryonet, RxJava ), etc.  
• Proficiency in multithreaded programming and Concurrency concepts (Threads, Thread Pools, Futures, asynchronous programming). 
• Experience defining system architectures and exploring technical feasibility tradeoffs (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling)
• Experience developing cloud software services and an understanding of design for scalability, performance and reliability
• Good understanding of networking and communication protocols, and proficiency in identification CPU, memory & I/O bottlenecks, solve read & write-heavy workloads. 
• Proficiency is concepts of monolithic and microservice architectural paradigms. 
• Proficiency in working on at least one of cloud hosting platforms like Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, Azure etc.   
• Proficiency in at least one of database SQL, NO-SQL, Graph databases like MySQL, MongoDB, Orientdb 
• Proficiency in at least one of testing frameworks or tools JMeter, Locusts, Taurus 
• Proficiency in at least one RPC communication framework: Apache Thrift, GRPC is an added plus 
• Proficiency in asynchronous libraries (RxJava), frameworks (Akka),Play,Vertx is an added plus 
• Proficiency in functional programming ( Scala ) languages is an added plus 
• Proficiency in working with NoSQL/graph databases is an added plus 
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git is an added plus 
• Working Knowledge of tools for server, application metrics logging and monitoring and is a plus Monit, ELK, graylog is an added plus 
• Working Knowledge of DevOps containerization utilities like Ansible, Salt, Puppet is an added plus 
• Working Knowledge of DevOps containerization technologies like Docker, LXD is an added plus  

• To support and maintain existing Java code base, debug the application 
• To analyse user and business requirements and design and implement appropriate solutions 
• To design and code programs following in-house standards and good design principles 
• To ensure that all programs are documented to the company standards 
• To create unit test plans and perform unit testing of the programs
• To provide advice and guidance to other members of the team

• Hands on experience in designing and developing applications using Java EE platforms 
• Object Oriented analysis and design using common design patterns 
• Good 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) 
• Experience in RESTFul webservices
• Experience with test-driven development 
• Exposure to portal/mobility development - Desired
• Exposure to any of middleware solutions like MQ, Oracle fusion middleware(WebLogic), WebSphere, Open Source

• Must have experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Experience with Python/Node.JS/Typescript
• At least 2+ years as back-end software developer
• A deep understanding of the benefits of the Microservice and serverless paradigms
• Prepared technical documentation, and understand why it’s important
• Understanding of database principals: SQL and NoSQL
• Collaboration and communication skills (you’ll be working with clients and internal teams)
• An understanding of programming fundamentals (OOP, data structures, algorithms)
• Familiarity and comfort with REST API, Postman
• The ability to work independently or within a team structure.
• A “lead by example” attitude, and motivation to deliver work you’re proud of

Job Summary:

• Willingness to work on highly scalable cloud-native solutions based on microservices.
• Quickly learn the technologies and deliver using the same.
• Take complete ownership of the customer requirements.
• Motivated to deliver world-class quality.
• Inclined to bring new ways of thinking, working and providing solutions.
• Drive the concept of quality into everybody and have a zero-tolerance towards bad quality.

• Understand requirements from product management, customer and able to comprehensively break this down to manageable tasks.

Experience:

● 3-9 years of development experience.

Technical Skills:

Mandatory:

• Java - Advanced concepts concurrency, reflection, lambda, Java Springboot, Spring security,
• Actuator/Prometheus/Grafana/Servo (metrics),
• EFK/ELK stack (log analysis)
• OpenAPI/Swagger (documentation)
• RDBMS (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Maria or any other)
• NoSQL (Anyone of Mongo DB, Redis, Cassandra, Neo4J or other DBs)
• Automated unit tests/e2e tests (JUnit, TestNG, RestAssured etc)
• CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Sonar, Maven/Gradle etc)

Optional: (But highly recommended)

• NewSQL DB (TiDB, CockroachDB)
• AMQP/RabbitMQ
• Kafka
• Docker
• Kubernetes