Principal Software Engineer

• This is a lead role - required to do hands-on development and also lead the team to provide technical / architectural / design / development support to more junior team members, while also liaising with technology teams globally.
• Technology Design and Architecture. Identify right technology solutions to modernize the platform.
• Development and Maintenance of the platform.
• Understand business requirements and responsible for designing solution, implementation, testing and L3 support.
• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders globally for requirement analysis, solution/approach, testing, status updates etc.
• Propose and implement strategic/tactical solutions for business and technical problems.
• Lead delivery of high quality change within timelines through the software development lifecycle.
• Perform unit testing. Support SIT, UAT and Regression testing.
• Understand and follow organizational, team level processes and best practices.

Mandatory Skills

• Bachelor s degree in computer science, information systems, or related technical/quantitative field
• 13+ years of experience in working with Java (8 and above).
• Experience in Java frameworks (Spring, Spring boot)
• Experience with Caching solutions (Gemfire, Redis)
• Experience with Middleware solutions (Solace, Kafka, Pulsar)
• Experience of Java testing frameworks (Junit) and Mocking frameworks.
• Familiarity with development lifecycle tools (Maven, Jenkins, Git, Ansible)
• Good knowledge of object oriented programming principles
• Ability to work with both Linux and Windows servers.
• Work effectively in a global team, supporting and advising as required.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, written and verbal.
• Demonstrate strong personal initiative.
• High level of attention to detail, a positive hands-on attitude, and a strong focus on producing work of the highest standard are essential.
• Good analytical skills and strong in problem solving.

Desirable Skills

• Knowledge of Investment Banking and Capital Markets domain
• Experience with Python, C#/.Net
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Ingress Controller
• Exposure to AWS
• Exposure to Big Data technologies (Spark, Parquet, Dremio etc.)
• Experience with ActivePivot
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