Specialist, Full-Stack Developer - Securities Finance

Overview of the team : Securities Finance is a collaborative development team with the goal of providing all aspects of security finance services including agency lending, principal lending, cash collateral reinvestment and secured loans. The global team operates in 5 locations including Pittsburgh, New York, UK, India, and Canada. The team provides innovative, resilient and scalable solutions to increase revenue potential, achieve operational efficiencies, and service the business-s overall growth strategy. We embrace Agile and Open Source technologies. Overview of the role : We are enhancing our teams and are looking for a developer who is focused on quality and details. We are looking for an individual who is excited about growing our business and servicing our clients. The incumbent will have the unique opportunity to enhance sophisticated, high-performance market platforms using the latest technology stack and best software engineering practices.The job holder will be aligned with the Sec Finance Business on the Conceptualization, design, creation, and management of interactive Web based applications. She/he will have the opportunity to develop new Web-based applications, integrate them into our digital ecosystem as well as coordinate and provide hands on support working closely with Business and our Technology teams.The incumbent will be required to meet and consult with internal business groups to provide high-level application software development services or technical support. Must have thorough and demonstrative knowledge of Java and building and deploying full-stack applications using a relational database data store. Additional requirements include intermediate understanding of security principles and architecture design principles. Integrate software components into a fully functional software system. Apply security and privacy principles. Works with internal business groups on implementation opportunities, challenges, and requirements of various applications. Analyzes information and provides recommendations to address and resolve business issues for a specific business group. Communications and organization skills; teamwork skills; possess strong interpersonal skills.Provides application software development services or technical support in more complex situations. May also be responsible for requirements gathering and BRD/SRD preparation. Has thorough knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle. Conducts reviews of the test Plan and test Data. May allocate/ coordinate work within a team/project. The job holder leads the technical design, development and documentation of cross-functional, multi-platform application systems. S/he analyzes, defines and documents requirements for data, workflow, and logical processes and interfaces with other systems. S/he also ensures that expected application performance levels are achieved by coordinating, coding, testing, implementation and documentation. Programming well-designed, testable, efficient code. Analyze, design and develop tests and test-automation suites. Develop flowcharts, layouts and documentation to satisfy requirements and solutions. Maintain software functionality and currency (technical debt and gain). Actively participate in code reviews. Integrate software components into a fully functional software system. Apply security and privacy principles. Execute full lifecycle software development. Develop software verification plans and quality assurance procedures. Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing systems. Ensure software is updated with latest features. Participate in deployment process following all change controls. Provide ongoing maintenance, support and enhancements in existing systems and platforms. Provide recommendations for continuous improvement. Active learning engagement. Complete all required mandatory training / policy awareness curricula on time. Use learning tools such as Pluralsight to complete both recommended and aspirational targets set in personal development plans. Demonstrate team work. Leverage existing products/functionality and promote reuse. Work alongside other engineers on the team to elevate technology and consistently apply best practices. Collaborate closely with all the other members of the team to take shared responsibility for the overall efforts that the team has committed to. Collaborate cross-functionally with data engineers, business users, project managers and other engineers to achieve elegant solutions. Utilize local meetups to gain and share knowledge. Compiles documentation written by more senior developers of all procedures used in system. Acts as mentor to junior level engineers. Experience in using a specific application development toolkit and knowledge of front end and backend development coding languages such as Java, HTML, NodeJS, CSS, JSON, Angular, JavaScript. Must also have Knowledge in application frameworks and containerization. Teamwork and organization skills Contributes to the achievement of area objectives.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience required
• 5 to 7 years of experience in software development required
• Strong CS fundamentals with problem solving, analysis, troubleshooting, and communication skills
• Experience building distributed high-performance, high-availability systems
• Hands on experience in Java Full Stack development with Core Java & J2EE skills
• Experience with RESTful webservices, Angular, Spring Framework, JavaScript, Tomcat, Apache
• A good understanding and experience in working with an RDBMS - Oracle 12 or newer preferred
• Appreciation for non-functional requirements: performance, scalability, testability
• Highly motivated and self-starter
• Be able to work in a fast-paced, agile development/project environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, responsive and proactive
• Experience in working with a geographically distributed team

• Experience with Securities Finance is preferred
• Experience with Continuous Deployment/Integration practices including automated unit/integration/regression tests, Jenkins, Maven, etc.