Job Type: Contract,FTE
Work Mode: Hybrid (2 Days from office)
As a Performance Specialist, you are part of the Securities Finance Trading and Collateral core development team. You strengthen the existing cross functional Scrum team, contributing towards the implementation of the future architectural and functional roadmap to meet the strategic goals and the market demand. You’ll help design the foundation for how our global platforms perform and scale. Your expertise will influence selecting, operating and administering systems and software for our environment that supports vital business processes.
About the team: Securities Finance Trading & Collateral is a market leader in delivering technology and services to the global Securities Finance & Collateral industry. The components of customer’s solution suite are designed to support the entire and complete value chain and processes of the Securities Finance and Collateral market. The global business has 200+ clients, both sell side and buy side institutions including Banks, Agent Lenders, Broker/Dealers and Asset Managers.
What you will be doing: • Rearchitect performance critical functionality to eliminate bottlenecks and ensure strong scalability and performance • Drive performance testing • Investigate performance related limitations to find both short and long term improvements and necessary changes • Implementation of future architectural enhancements of the platform. • Development of the platform to meet the standards of performance and scalability expectations. • Collaborating with the Senior Architects on the platform to take ownership and drive some of the key initiatives.
• At least 5+ year’s hands-on professional experience in the Java enterprise environment. • Strong experience around performance related aspects • Very good understanding of SQL (experience working with Oracle or SQL Server or PostgreSQL) • Experience building enterprise financial solutions. • Experience with Agile and test-driven development. • Experience in working in a distributed global environment. • Very good expertise in Java SE/JEE, TypeScript • Very good expertise in software design patterns, integration patterns and enterprise architectural concepts. • Hands-on experience with Spring Framework and Middleware, JMS and JPA/Hibernate • Good understanding of web frontend technologies: Angular v2+, Observables, Redux • Competence in the usage of REST-APIs • Experience integrating with Identity and Access Management (IAM) systems, with good understanding of concepts like OAuth, OpenID Connect and Single Sign-on • Adapting and integrating open-source frameworks and technologies • Experience working with Kubernetes/ OpenShift • Very strong communication skills and fluent in English. • Team player, Willingness to take responsibility. • Passionate about software development
Added bonus if you have: • Experience with Integration Frameworks/Patterns (Apache Camel) • Experience with DevOps Concepts (Continuous Integration and Delivery)