Senior Java Software Engineer

One of our leading financial services client is looking to hire a Senior Java Software Engineer in Chicago, IL. The candidate will need to be in office 2-3 days a week

The Senior Software Consultant Engineer engineers secure, scalable and reliable technology solutions, with minimal mentoring, to advance client in the global marketplace and serve risk management needs of customers around the world.

Principal Accountabilities:

Demonstrates skill in language proficiency; Writes application modules and unit tests with minimal guidance. Designs with guidance and codes independently.

Conducts system-wide testing and some integration testing.

Exhibits skilled knowledge of database SQL; Performs Elementary database modeling and intermediate database tuning.

Identifies potential opportunities for code optimization. Provides input for code reviews and helps with environment build deployments, release notes and build notices; Reviews code to proactively identify and mitigate potential issues and defects and helps to identify sources of defects as well as troubleshoots various forms of code.

Uses design tools to frequently share and communicate design ideas on larger systems.

Uses patterns frequently, contributing to best practice and process enhancements.

Requirements:

5 to 9 years of Software Development Experience in the relevant technologies

Good understanding and experience of cloud-native application design principles (like micro-services, stateless applications meant for cloud, containers, 12-factor app principles, etc.)

Experience with Core Java, Multithreading, Spring

Familiarity/Experience with container technologies, e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, etc.

Familiarity/Experience with messaging technologies such as Kafka, FTL, etc.

Familiarity/Experience with database technologies such as Oracle, Mongo, Cassandra etc.

Knowledge of CI/CD tools like Chef, Puppet, Jenkins, Git, Argo

Experience working on agile development teams

Experience with Continuous Integration tools

Experience with production systems and dealing with production issues

Strong written and verbal communications are a MUST

Good to have - Familiarity with OSGI/Karaf

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) - Good to Have:

Familiarity in deploying, configuring and managing GCE or GKE

Developer certification in GCP is preferred