Sr Application Developer, Technology

Description

Job Summary

As part of a Fixed-Income development technology team, individual analyzes complex business requirements and problems and drives research to design quality technical solutions. This individual will be involved in the full systems life cycle (based on experience/skills) and is responsible for designing, coding, testing, implementing, maintaining and supporting application software that is delivered on time and within budget. Serves as the primary point of contact on the most complex or escalated issues and may provide direction and guidance team members. Applies specialized business knowledge and technical skills to significant deliverables and projects that involve multiple IT departments, business units and have enterprise impact. Makes judgements and recommendations based on the analysis and interpretation of data. Handles complex problems independently and demonstrates analytical thinking. Is able to make judgements and recommendations based on the analysis and interpretation of data.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Analyzes complex system requirements, including identifying program interactions and appropriate interfaces between impacted components and sub systems.

• Makes recommendations towards the development of new code or to reuse of existing code.

• Leads or participates in assigned projects, including assigning tasks, coordinating efforts, and monitoring performance.

• May recommend new technologies and methodologies to management for meeting business needs, resolving problems and exploiting opportunities. Remains current with new technologies.

• Obtains and evaluates information on factors such as reporting formats required, costs, and security needs to determine hardware configuration.

• Participates in software system testing and validation procedures, programming and documentation.

• Provides technical advice and assists in solving programming problems.

• Writes and/or reviews system specifications, including output requirements and flow charts.

• Assists in preparing project plans using project management tools.

• Reviews test results; documents test activities, and records remedial actions.

• Ensures proper analysis of problems and programming approaches to prevent rework and schedule slippage.

• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Knowledge of

• Advanced level knowledge of the following: Fixed-Income electronic trading

• Project/team specific development languages: Java

• Project/team specific development skills:

Skill in

• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions

Ability to

• Identify and understand issues, problems and opportunities; compare data from different sources to draw conclusions.

• Clearly convey information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.

• Use effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions; recommend or take action that is consistent with available facts, constraints and probable consequences.

• Demonstrate a satisfactory level of technical and professional skill or knowledge in position-related areas; remains current with developments and trends in areas of expertise.

• Develop and use collaborative relationships to facilitate the accomplishment of work goals.

• Make internal and external clients and their needs a primary focus of actions; develop and sustain productive client relationships.

• Occasionally work a non-standard shift including nights and/or weekends and/or have on-call responsibilities.

Educational/Previous Experience Requirements

Education/Previous Experience

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related degree and a minimum of seven (7) years of relevant development or engineering experience or combination of education, training and experience

• Financial Services experience required

• Solid Java/J2EE programming

• Solid understanding of microservices architecture and related technologies

• Extensive experience with FIX protocol

• Experience with Messaging infrastructures such as MQ and Apache Kafka

• Experience with Oracle SQL/PL

• Experience with Enterprise Design Patterns such as Apache Camel

• Experience with Spring framework and ORM framework

• Familiar with Java application containers, such as Apache Tomcat

• Familiar with Linux shell scripting

Licenses/Certifications

Licenses/Certifications

• None required.

Travel

Travel Required

Travel Required: No

Job: Technology

Primary Location: US-NJ-Newark-Jersey City

Organization Fixed Income

Schedule Full-time

Job Shift Day Job

Travel No

Req ID: 2400477