Java backend developer

Job responsibilities
Executes software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
Creates secure and high-quality production code and maintains algorithms that run synchronously with appropriate systems
Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development
Gathers, analyzes, synthesizes, and develops visualizations and reporting from large, diverse data sets in service of continuous improvement of software applications and systems
Proactively identifies hidden problems and patterns in data and uses these insights to drive improvements to coding hygiene and system architecture
Contributes to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies
Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
Proficient in coding in one or more languages
Experience with distributed systems and cloud technologies (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.)
Experience with micro services/RESTful API, relational/NoSQL databases, data modeling and data ingestion frameworks
Hands-on experience with data streaming and messaging frameworks (Kafka, Spark, etc.)
Understanding of dependency injection frameworks (Spring / Spring Boot, etc.)
Understanding of containers (Dockers, Kubernetes, Helm, etc.)

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
Cloud Certification
Practical cloud native experience
In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems