Senior Java Developer - Assistant Vice President

Responsibilities

• Own design and development of sub-components of the application.
• Design and develop scalable reusable/sharable capabilities with end-to-end vision.
• Mentor and guide a small team of highly talented Java developers.
• Maintain continuous awareness of business, technical, and infrastructure issues and act as a consultant to aid in the development of creative solutions.
• Own and be accountable for all development activities in the Java microservices ecosystem.
• Provide technical oversight across the application and support the development of the Loan Portfolio Mitigation Application (IRIS).
• Work closely with Business Analysts, Development and Quality Assurance teams for solutioning, delivering, and testing the new requirements.
• Track and share updates with senior technology leads and relevant stakeholders on the progress of deliverables every sprint.
• Assist developers in adopting developer’s manifesto and clear any technical, architectural and process related roadblocks.
• Work and communicate effectively with multiple stakeholders from varied backgrounds and levels.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Information Technology.
• Experience and proven track record of design and development of enterprise-scale applications.
• Expert in Microservice and Java technologies (Java 17 and above) - Spring boot, Spring JPA, OpenShift ecosystem.
• Experience working on Oracle/MSSQL RDBMS, with hands on ability in writing and tuning complex SQL queries.
• Solid understanding and working knowledge of RESTful APIs.
• Experience working with Gen AI tools aiding development – Copilot, Claude, Devin, Cursor. Excellent ability to write efficient prompts.
• Solid understanding and working knowledge of Caching frameworks, Password/Secret Vaults, Logging framework (Kibana), and Scheduling Tools (AutoSys or equivalent).
• Solid understanding and working knowledge of continuous integration and continuous deployment processes and tools (Sonar, Harness, Tekton, Git).
• Expertise in various unit testing, integration testing and functional testing tools (Junit, Selenium).
• Working knowledge of Hadoop, Spark, Spark SQL, Hive, Cloudera, Streams processing using Kafka / RabbitMQ would be a huge plus.
• Java and Spring certification would be a huge plus.
• Working knowledge of frontend UI technologies - Angular/React would be a huge plus.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and ability to work under pressure.
• Very Confident, innovative, self-motivated, aggressive and results oriented.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and frameworks (e.g., Scrum) and working in Agile teams.
• Proficiency with Jira for backlog management, sprint planning, and delivery tracking at scale.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of articulating complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior management.

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