Primary Duties
• Build a broad knowledge across various systems and processes via knowledge transfer and capture any missing information on the wiki
• Gather software requirements by talking to various stakeholders and document them
• Implement software solutions after discussing the requirements and taking direction from the Technical lead and talking to other colleagues within and outside the team
• Provide necessary effort and time estimates for tasks to aid scheduling and prioritization
• Provide necessary 3rd line support to the Operations teams including software fixes as needed
• Work on any BAU development activity including on-boarding new data sets and delivering new markets into the system
• Work with external vendors from time to time to gather necessary requirements for new data or changes to existing data specifications
• Maintain pro-active communication with relevant stakeholders and keep them updated on progress
General
- Any other duties commensurate with the post holder’s position and seniority; and
- All employees should understand that it is their personal responsibility to comply with all organisational, statutory and regulatory policies and procedures.
Experience, Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- 4+ years’ experience of programming in Java.
- 4+ years’ experience working with SQL including complex queries, stored procedures, views, database design and solid understanding of database concepts (preferably SQL Server)
- Experience of both Linux and Windows environments, scripting and tools
- Willing to carry out operational data tasks alongside developing new solutions
- Well organised with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple streams of work
- Excellent communication skills
Beneficial
- Experience working with Cloud environments (preferably AWS)
- Experience in handling financial data sets and familiarity with financial instruments (equities, futures, FX)
- Experience working with data pipelines and building ETL solutions
- Experience working with tools like Flink, Kafka and Tableau
Educational & Professional Qualifications
- Educated to degree (or equivalent) level or higher.
- A degree with mathematical and computing content (e.g. Computer Science, Maths, Physics)