Software Engineer Senior (Java, Kafka)

Job Description – Java Developer (PA)

Are you curious, motivated, and forward-thinking? At FIS you’ll have the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging and relevant issues in financial services and technology. Our talented people empower us, and we believe in being part of a team that is open, collaborative, entrepreneurial, passionate and above all fun.

About the team 

FIS Securities processing suite consists of integration of various FIS products to provide complete 360 solution to our clients in Securities processing domain.  FIS helps to mitigate the burden of front-middle-back-office technology requirements and allowing our client to focus on revenue generating initiatives.

In this securities processing suite of products, our team work on enhancing and maintaining StreamCore OLTP engine that receives data in real-time from back-office system (Phase3 -Post Trade Processing Platform) and it aggregates, integrates and consolidates data from various products into StreamCore Operational Data Store. The data from this ODS will be leveraged by our downstream products like FIS Credit Monitor, FIS Fail Monitor and FIS Report Writer for analysis, calculation, prediction and reporting purposes.

GENERAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES / What you will be doing (About Role)

In this position you will be working with the team to develop backend software solution to concurrently process real-time data into product database.

• Analyzes, designs, programs, debugs and modifies software enhancements and/or new products used in local, networked or Internet-related computer programs. (Code must be used in core version of applications available for sale commercially.)
• Interacts with product managers and/or users to define system requirements and/or necessary modifications.
• Participates in software design meetings and analyzes user needs to determine technical requirements.
• Write technical specifications based on conceptual design and stated business requirements.
• Writes code, completes programming and performs testing and debugging of applications using current programming languages and technologies.
• Completes documentation and procedures for installation and maintenance.
• Develop concurrent, distributed, asynchronous enterprise real-time processing applications.
• Provide L3 support and key input to post-mortems / retrospectives of key events.
• Become subject matter expert on one or more of the key platforms, technology and integration points as part of the overall solutions
• Trains and communicates with internal Client Training, Client Relationship and Sales teams on systems application.
• May deliver informational and decision-seeking presentations to technical and business groups to internal and/or external audiences.
• Evaluate and identify new technologies and implement the same in product/solution
• Convert business requirement into executable code solution.
• Code, test, debug, document, implement and maintain software applications
• Other related duties assigned as needed.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
A bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, computer science or other related discipline or the equivalent combination of education, training, or work experience.

What you bring

• 5-7 years of professional experience in developing Java, JEE & Spring based applications.
• Expertise in developing product/solution using Java SE (8,11,17) & JEE (EJB, JDBC, JMS)
• Expertise in building product /solution using Spring Framework and JPA (Hibernate)
• Experience using Kafka or equivalent distributed event streaming platform.
• Experience in developing distributed asynchronous solution using any messaging platform.
• Experience in developing SOA/API based application using SOAP/REST WebServices
• Experience in developing Microservices based solution using Spring + Docker
• Experience in developing application using any of the database like Oracle / MySQL / SQL Server / DB2 / PostgreSQL and writing SQL queries and PL/SQL programs is required. 
• Knowledge of messaging technologies like MQ / RabbitMQ/ JMS and Kafka
• Knowledge of data formats such as FIX, FIXML, XML, JSON would be a plus.
• Experience with any of the JEE App Server e.g.: WebSphere Process Server, WebLogic, JBoss.
• Experience with build tools such as Maven, ANT and IDE like Eclipse & others
• Hands on knowledge of the Unix Shell scripting, Linux/Unix advanced level is required.
• Knowledge of software design patterns, integration patterns & enterprise architectural concepts.
• Experience in analyzing, adapting and integrating third party frameworks and technologies
• Self-driven, can work independently, analytical & experience in solution design.
• Strong analytical abilities, good understanding of the multi-tier products with upstream and downstream applications integration.
• Excellent analytical, decision-making, problem-solving, team and time management skills
• Ability to estimate work effort for project sub-plans or small projects and ensure the project is successfully completed
• Knowledge of financial services industry & Experience building enterprise financial solutions

Good to have:

• Familiarity with any ETL tool (Oracle Golden Gate, ODI or others) will be added advantage
• Experience in post-trade processing and settlement in securities and/or derivatives domain.
• Experience budling application using Domain Driven Design and Event Driven Architecture.
• Familiarity with Python and other programming languages
• Working knowledge of Jira, Confluence, Experience with Agile and test-driven development
• Working knowledge of Ansible, Docker and Kubernetes
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience in design and develop APIs using with Java & Spring.
• Knowledge of end-to-end systems development life cycles, e.g., waterfall, iterative and other modern approaches to software development
• Experience in developing and understanding sequence diagrams, class models, etc.
• Positive outlook, strong work ethic, & responsive to internal / external clients and contacts
• Knowledge of networking, computing platform, storage, database, security, middleware, network and systems management and related infrastructure technologies and practices
• Experience in developing enterprise application using software design patterns, integration patterns and enterprise architectural concepts.

What we offer you

• An exciting opportunity be a part of World’s Leading FinTech Product MNC
• A multifaceted job with a high degree of responsibility and a broad spectrum of opportunities
• A broad range of professional education and personal development possibilities – FIS is your final career step!
• A competitive salary and benefits
• A variety of career development tools, resources, and opportunities

With a 50-year history rooted in the financial services industry, FIS™ is the world's largest global provider dedicated to financial technology solutions.  We champion clients from banking to capital markets, retail to corporate and everything touched by financial services. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, our 53,000 worldwide employees help serve more than 20,000 clients in over 130 countries. Our technology powers billions of transactions annually that move over $9 trillion around the globe.  FIS is a Fortune 500 company and is a member of Standard & Poor’s 500® Index.

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Sourcing Model

Privacy Statement

FIS is committed to protecting the privacy and security of all personal information that we process in order to provide services to our clients. For specific information on how FIS protects personal information online, please see the Online Privacy Notice.

Sourcing Model

Recruitment at FIS works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. FIS does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company.

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