Product Software Engineer (Java)

Role Description:

As a Software Engineer, you are responsible for the technical design and implementation of the FNZ products. Our Software Engineers contribute to our continuous improvement bringing fresh ideas and aiming to adopt state of the art technologies. We seek talents in the area of network & clustering, software architecture, performance analysis, databases, big & versatile data and data science. If you dream in HD color Java code, join us to build the heart of our next-generation software development platform.

You will work in a self-organized team that takes care of developing parts of the FNZ products and applications that run on top of it from the initial design phase to the final release. You will interact with people in our different offices around the world and with different expertise. We strongly believe in team work and your team is responsible for the quality of the product it delivers.

During development, you will also be working on activities such as:

• Knowledge sharing with the other engineers
• Continuous collaboration with designers and the PM of your team
• Unit testing
• Manual and automated testing
• Presenting work to other teams and stakeholders

Specific Role Responsibilities:

Are you the perfect fit?

• You like to work in a team, you are a problem-solver and you will apply your skills to support the needs of our customers.
• You enjoy finding ways to feed intelligence back to your colleagues, as well as into the products and tasks you work on.
• A perfectionist, you take great pride in the quality of your work, ensuring that it performs well and meets the technical and functional requirements. This also means you strive to deliver on time and you are able to prioritize and manage your tasks accordingly.
• You strive to exceed expectations and you like to work in a team that you can learn from.
• You are not afraid to share and express your opinion.
• You are passionate about all aspects of software products from details in experience design to architecture problems and user-friendly documentation.

Main Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain parts of the FNZ products and applications that run on top of it.
• Participate in the technical design and implementation of products.
• Transform design mockups in working user interfaces.
• Collaborate closely with designers, tech leads and product managers.
• Ensure a high level of quality of the developed application.
• Interact with other departments during design workshops.
• Push technological and methodological innovation.

Experience required:

• A degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or comparable title.
• A minimum of 2 years of professional experience.
• Strong proficiency in Java and experience in building Java based Web applications.
• Strong knowledge of fundamentals like object-oriented programming, design patterns, and algorithms.
• Knowledge of Multi-Threading in Java and The Java Memory Model.
• Experience in developing user interfaces with Web technologies, such as Javascript, CSS, HTML.
• Consolidated experience of the concepts required to build a Rich Internet Application (RIA), such as client side rendering, REST, JSON, AJAX, etc.
• Experience with continuous integration tools such as GIT, Gradle and Bitbucket or equivalent tools.
• Knowledge of the database technologies and query languages
• Experience in reading/writing technical requirements.
• Impeccable communication and presentation skills.
• Fluency in English is mandatory.

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of React.
• Experience in other programming languages.
• Experience with Incident Management.
• Experience in DevOps tools

About FNZ Culture:

Our culture is what drives us. It's at the heart of who we are and everything we do. It's what inspires, excites and moves us forward. Our ambition is to create a culture for growth, one that opens up limitless opportunities for our employees, customers and the wider world. At FNZ we know that great impact is only possible with great teamwork.

That’s why we value the strength and diversity of thought in our global team.

The FNZ Way is the cornerstone of what we do. It is comprised of four values that set the standard for how everyone at FNZ interacts with each other, with our customers, and with all our diverse stakeholders around the world.

Care hard for customers and each other Bring ambition to everything we do Own it all the way Work as one open team

Read more about The FNZ Way and our values: www.fnz.com/culture

Opportunities:

• Right from day one, you will work alongside exceptional, multicultural teams - experts in their respective fields - who will inspire and challenge you to make your greatest impact.
• Be part of a highly successful, rapidly growing, global business that is leading the delivery of financial services via cloud computing and partners with some of the world’s largest companies;
• Working in a flexible and agile way that meets the needs of the business and personal circumstances;
• Remuneration, significant financial rewards and career advancement is based on individual contribution and business impact rather than tenure or seniority;
• We provide global career opportunities for our best employees at any of our offices in the UK, EU, US, Canada, South Africa and APAC.

Commitment to Equal Opportunities:

At FNZ, we recognise that diversity, equity and inclusion are important factors contributing to our success. We embrace the unique perspective and capabilities of our current and future employees, which will help us continue to drive innovation and achieve our business goals. Recruitment decisions at FNZ are made in a non-discriminatory manner without regard to gender, ethnicity/race, faith, age, nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, socio-economic background, disability or military veteran status where all applicants and employees are valued and respected.

In addition, we want to ensure accessibility needs are well supported, if you require specific support please advise us.

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About FNZ

FNZ is committed to opening up wealth so that everyone, everywhere can invest in their future on their terms. We know the foundation to do that already exists in the wealth management industry, but complexity holds firms back. 

We created wealth’s growth platform to help. We provide a global, end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology with business and investment operations. All in a regulated financial institution. 

We partner with over 650 financial institutions and 12,000 wealth managers, with US$1.5 trillion in assets under administration (AUA).

Together with our customers, we help over 20 million people from all wealth segments to invest in their future.