Senior Backend Engineer

Job Overview

Within Statutory & Regulatory Reporting tribe, we are focused on delivering fit-for-future reporting solutions to meet the regulatory demands from our banking supervisors. You will be working on vital and massive finance and risk datasets, designing and building automated, reliable data driven solutions to fulfill the regulatory reporting needs in the banking industry. You will work together with Business Analysts in agile teams to deliver suitable IT solutions to ensure that the business requirements of our Risk and Finance stakeholders are met. It is an end-to-end role where you will be responsible for requirements analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, maintenance, and support of reporting solutions.

Key Responsibilities

We are looking for a proficient Software Engineer with preferably 7+ years of experience to strengthen the team and bring it to the next level. We're looking for driven professionals with strong tech background and analytical capability. If you're curious about the world of finance, interested in working closely with data, and want to take part in a major transformation of one of the key systems in the bank, we'd love to work with you

As a member of the engineering team, you will deliver robust web apps and sites as directed by

business constraints while respecting controls. As the engineer, you are expected to:

• Lead the delivery of coding while meeting quality criteria and project constraints
• Explore and try different methods to improve productivity of the team
• Meet service levels for systems (availability, security, and performance)
• Critical attention to detail about code, efficiency, and design
• Has strong problem-solving ability and strong analytical skills
• Develop and maintain standards of software development and components where applicable
• Identify and reduce technical debt
• Mentor & coach other developers in their learning & development
• Be able to work alone or with others as needs dictate
• Take ownership of all assigned tasks
• Take ownership of systems and services assigned in production
• Be proactive in promoting ‘Best Practices’
• Be available for out of hours support as required
• Has experience working in an agile development lifecycle
• Communication (written/verbal) to be well developed and of a professional standard
• Can liaise with a broad range of people, including line management, senior management, product owners, and related people.

Minimum Qualifications :

• Proficiency with Object Oriented Language(s)
• Expertise in SQL and Data modeling
• Proficiency in Java and IntelliJ
• Experience in Microservices architecture, preferably using Spring boot
• Proficiency in Software version control, preferably using GIT
• Experience in developing IT solutions for banking / financial services

Good to have:

• Familiarity with Drools rule engine
• Proficiency in Kafka
• Experience in regulatory or financial reporting