Senior Engineer, AVP

Role Description

The candidate in this role will architect, design, develop application code, implement technical solutions and configure applications in different environments in response to business problems.

To meet the requirements of the business, the candidate will actively participate in architecture design, application development lifecycle, investigate issues (bugs/performance), propose solutions, promote re-usability of existing components and contribute to the creation of frameworks.

The candidate will assist junior members of the team and guide them as applicable. Knowledge of LoanIQ/Lending domain will be an advantage.

You will work as part of a cross-functional agile delivery team. You will bring an innovative approach to software development, focusing on using the latest technologies and practices, as part of a relentless focus on business value.

You will be someone who sees engineering as team activity, with a predisposition to open code, open discussion and creating a supportive, collaborative environment. You will be ready to contribute to all stages of software delivery, from initial analysis right through to production support.

Your key responsibilities

• Demonstrably solid software engineering skills.
• As part of a high-performing development team, design and deliver highly functional, robust and scalable code.
• Leverage design patterns, test driven development (TDD) and behavior driven development (BDD) to build software that is reliable and easy to support in production
• Experience of working in a team development environment as well as globally distributed project team
• Leads development of source code, including descriptions, for all software components in accordance with the detailed software requirements and design
• Experience in application architecture and solution design
• Hands-on experience of Microservices architecture, microservices development and cloud technologies would be added advantage
• Experience in understanding enterprise data models and documenting data attribute mapping & interface control requirements
• Actively participate and contribute in Agile ceremonies including Daily Stand up's, Sprint Planning, Sprint review, Sprint retrospective meetings
• Strong communication, negotiation, networking and influencing skills are essential because collaboration with end-users, technology and operational functions are critical to the relevance of the product.
• Verifies the developed source code via reviews (4-eyes principle) and resolve review findings
• Integrates software components following the groups integration strategy
• Verifies integrated software components by unit and integrated software testing according to the software test plan. Software test findings must be resolved
• Ensures all code changes are tracked and recorded through the groups change management process as Change Items (CIs) and that development is scheduled and approved
• Provides Release Deployments on non-Production Management controlled environments
• Captures Build and Deployment notes, develops Software Product Deployment & Operating Instructions
• Manages maintenance of applications and performs technical change requests scheduled according to Release Management processes
• Fixes software defects/bugs
• Measures and analyses code for quality
• Collaborates with Functional Analysts and QA to complete work, as required.
• Reviews and mentors other developers in developing solutions which perform to expected results and handle negative test case scenarios
• Provides Level 3 support
• Contributes to root cause/problem analysis and solution brainstorming
• Collaborates with Functional Analysts and QA to complete work, as required.
• Create required documentation for the project.
• Recommend changes to improve established java application processes and its performance
• Shall be ready to learn new Java technologies as per the project requirements

Your skills and experience

• Full stack Java developer
• Very good practical experience of Event Driven Architecture application is a plus
• Strong design skills in building solutions for cloud and microservices architecture and ability to guide the Dev team for both solution and issue resolution independently
• Hands-on Experience in design, architecture, source code management, continuous build, continuous integration technologies, TDD, performance improvement and profiling tools
• Good understanding of web technologies, frameworks and tools, for example: HTML, CSS, Javascript, Angular, Bootstrap, React, D3, Node.js
• Experience with CI/CD using Jenkins is a plus.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, and Google Cloud Platform is a plus
• OS: Unix, Windows
• Database: Oracle (preferred), DB2
• Languages and Frameworks: Java, Spring Boot, Event Driven Architecture, React JS/Angular JS, J2EE, Mybatis, Hibernate, Junit
• Tools: GIT, Eclipse/IntelliJ, Maven, Ant, Linux/Unix shell scripting, JMS/MQ
• Other (Plus/Advantage):
• Knowledge of Messaging (Middleware)
• Knowledge of Design Patterns
• Knowledge of Loan IQ product and data model
• Knowledge or experience of C++ but not mandatory
• Experienced with Docker, Ansible, Chef, and/or Puppet highly preferred.
• Experience with TDD and BDD, with hands-on experience with least one testing framework, e.g. Junit, Cucumber, Selenium

Key Attributes:

• Ability to architect/design solution for a given requirement
• Ability to provide technical leadership to the team

• Ability to write high quality code
• Ability to solve business or production problems
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills, particularly in a multi-cultural environment
• Excellent team player
• Keeps pace with technical innovation

Experience and Education:

• Bachelors Degree from an accredited college or university with a concentration in Computer Science or equivalent
• 12+ years of relevant work experience
• Investment Banking experience will be advantage.