Java Backend Developer

Job Title: Jr Java Dev (Backend)

Location: New York, NY

Duration: 12 months

Please look for local candidate who is available for F2F.

Job Summary:

What you will do:

• Build time critical and revenue generating applications for investment banking and global capital marketing businesses 
• Use design thinking to improve developer efficiency
• Apply your knowledge of APIs, components, security standards, testing tools, web browsers, mobile development, etc. to deliver outstanding outcomes
• Collaborate with your peers across the globe to build innovative solutions which delight our users
• Work closely with Product Management Team, Development & QA Teams to deliver timely and quality deliveries.
• Successfully multi-task and thrive in a dynamic, fully engaged developer role.

Skills Required:

• Strong Java developer (4+ years), who has good grasp of functional and reactive programming
• Experience in using Spring Containers (with Spring Boot) for enterprise applications
• Experience in building data-intensive / real time applications and scaling of applications (multithreading, performance, maintainability, and robustness)
• Working experience on XML, JSON, SOAP, REST Services
• Proficiency in Java 8 (Lambdas, Streams, Completable Future, Optional, generics)
• Experience in developing REST APIs using Spring Boot 2.0 (reactive) and skilled in Open API (swagger) specification.
• A working knowledge of backend web development technology topics like APIs, asynchronous messaging, and cloud computing
• Experience in relational data bases like DB2 or PostgreSQL
• Experience with Test Driven Development (TDD) / Behavior Driven Development (BDD) practices, writing test cases with testing frameworks like Junit, Cucumber, Rest assured
• Basic knowledge on Unix / shell scripting and RDBMS like Sybase
• The ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing to a broad audience of business, product, and technology team members
• Familiarity with Agile development and DevOps concepts

Nice to have:

• Experience with no-SQL databases such as MongoDB
• Experience with distributed systems architecture concepts such as micro services, service meshes and API gateways, XML , SOAP
• Experience with software development and collaboration tools (GitHub, Jira/Rally, Confluence, etc.)
• Experience in using GIT for source control management, and Automated Build Deployment tools (eg: Jenkins)
• Significant open source or other community contribution

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.