Lead Java Back End Software Engineer (Remote)

The customer is one of the world’s largest providers of financial markets data and infrastructure, serving over 40,000 institutions in approximately 190 countries. It provides leading data and insights, trading platforms, and open data and technology platforms that connect a thriving global financial markets community – driving performance in trading, investment, wealth management, regulatory compliance, market data management, enterprise risk and fighting financial crime.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement from database (SQL) layer to middle (Java) tier
• Collaborate with architects, designers, analysts, product specialists and other software engineers
• Analyze system specifications and translate system requirements to task specifications for junior programmers if applicable
• Analyze current programs including performance, diagnosis and troubleshooting, and design solutions to problematic programming
• Conduct design reviews to ensure code developed meets our coding standard methodologies guidelines, unit testing, security, scalability and maintainability guidelines
• Review code and provide feedback relative to best practices and improving performance
• Assist testers and support personnel as needed to resolve the system problems

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience with TDD and object-oriented programming in Java (including J2EE)
• Solid experience of building back-end RESTful web services with Java based frameworks
• Good command of SQL, RDBMS, MySQL
• Extensive experience working with AWS, EC2, CloudWatch
• Solid skills in using Agile methodologies
• Hands-on experience with Continuous Integration and Deployment Strategies
• In-depth knowledge of web security, application security, web services security, common vulnerability remediation, certificate management
• 1+ year of relevant leadership experience
• English level – B1+

Nice to have

• Experience in automated testing
• GitHub portfolio
• DevOps experience

We offer

• Prepaid Medicine with Colsanitas for you and your legal dependents
• MetLife Life Insurance for you
• International projects with top brands
• Free licensed software
• Flexible engagement models
• Award-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn
• Access to soft skills training in general communication, presenting and public speaking, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), cultural Intelligence, self-productivity, well-being and more.
• Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning Library, including 22,000+ courses
• Support from a personal Skill Advisor
• Over 20 language courses
• Access to internal learning platforms, EPAM University and a wide range of professional communities and competency centers
• Upskilling, reskilling and certification courses