Mid - Senior Java Developer (Java, Microservices, Kafka, Openshift, Kubernetes) - Hybrid - Mississauga

Job Id: 23645944

The Rates Data Services Technology Team is responsible for the management and efficient delivery of trade and market data to front office users (e.g. trading) and Risk and Pricing applications. In order to achieve our mission we maintain and enhance a data stack built around data streaming and distribution technologies as well as microservices. We handle large data volumes on a daily basis and work closely with the business.

We are looking to on-board a Senior Developer to join our team to extend our platform. The right candidate should have a good understanding of the following technologies: a strong understanding of the Java/JVM internals, a good understanding of dot net, a good understanding of microservice design and protocols, Containerization (Openshift, Kubernetes), Gemfire/Ignite, Messaging Technologies (Tibco EMS), Oracle.

This challenging role offers an excellent opportunity to work on complex technical problems while also gaining an understanding of the Rates business. This role would suit well a Developer who would like to augment and diversify their skillset with additional business knowledge.

Responsibilities:

• Ability to take initiative to research, learn and recommend emerging technologies.
• Promote and follow engineering best practices.
• Develop application as per best practice and remain compliant with prescribed best practices (TDD, maintain high unit test coverage, CI…).
• Collaborate with business partners and other technology teams in the Rates and wider Markets businesses.
• Design and develop critical data applications to support trading and risk management for a Tier 1 bank.
• Apply an engineering mind-set to development work: understand use-cases in detail, develop metrics to build good estimates of volume and compute velocity requirements, understand and discuss openly any implementation limitations or workaround.
• Provide post release assistance to business, development, and support groups.
• Evaluate and build POCs for new strategic initiatives and work to convert to enterprise solutions.

Qualifications:

• Beneficial: Solid understanding of C#, .Net Core 3.* + (VS 2017 or above)
• Useful: Strong understanding of Python 3.6 or above, python frameworks and libraries, including Pytest, Pandas, Flask, and Kafka
• 5- 8 years demonstrable and relevant SLDC experience.
• Good understanding of Data modeling, partitioning and sharing of huge data sets.
• Experience with big data computation platforms (Flink, Spark, Apache Beam) or big data distribution platforms (Hadoop, Gemfire, Ignite)
• Hands-on experience in handling various data structures.
• Necessary: Solid understanding of Java / Spring stack development.
• Solid understanding of REST API development.
• Experience with design and implementation of cloud-ready applications and deployment via Kubernetes / Openshift.
• Demonstrable experience in writing reusable, testable and efficient code with proper error and exception handling.

Software engineering skills:

• Experience with the SDLC lifecycle and in working within an Agile environment
• Demonstrable understanding and experience of engineering best practices: design patterns, coding standard, code review, unit testing via Mockito and Junit
• Understanding of Agile software development methodology and strong experience with standard CI tools (Jenkins, TeamCity, Sonarqube, git).
• Experience working on a Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery environment. Familiarity with TeamCity, Sonarqube and Jenkins

Business facing and interpersonal skills:

• Ability to apply sound technical skills and knowledge of the Rates business to develop creative solutions to meet client and business needs.
• Ability to develop strong relationships with others, effectively influencing peers and business partners.
• Self-motivated and organised, with determination to achieve goals; ability to work autonomously when required.
• Flexible and able to deliver quality results in the required timeframe
• Flexibility to work with a global team, across geographies and time zones.
• Strong communication skills, oral and written.
• Responsible, agile and collaborative team worker.
• Ability to face off to all business users (traders, financial controllers, risk managers, etc.)

Education:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, or related technical and quantitative discipline. Demonstrable success in designing and delivering multi-tiered applications.
• Ideally, an understanding of financial derivatives (rates or other) or willing to learn about this area.

Citi Canada is an equal opportunity employer. Accordingly, we will make accommodations to respond to the needs of people with disabilities (including, without limitation, physical and mental health disabilities) during the recruitment process and otherwise in accordance with law. Individuals who view themselves as Aboriginals, members of visible minority or racialized communities, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Applications Development

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Time Type:

Full time

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