Platform Engineer/Software Engineer

Industry: Financial Co

Title: Platform Engineer/Software Engineer (W2 ONLY)

Location: Jersey City, NJ

Duration: 12+ months.

Job Description

Design and build horizontally scalable components within the major platform that the team is developing.

Review and provide code feedback regarding best practices with a keen eye towards performance and stability optimizations.

Become a subject matter expert on code deployed on our platform and mentor other developers.

Write reusable and extendable code and become a key contributor to the core platform.

Consistently work to make our software simpler.

Challenge yourself and your peers always to improve.

Develop solutions for interactive web-based applications.

Follow the agile software development process and contribute to daily stand-ups and bi-weekly grooming sessions.

Requirements:

Expertise in functional and object-oriented programming.

Experience in databases (relational/document/etc.), including NoSQL databases.

Strong knowledge of algorithms and data structures.

Proficiency in Angular, Java, Spring Boot, and OpenShift cloud technologies.

Experience building distributed and scalable complex services as well as robust microservices.

Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and automation.

Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.

Self-motivated with a strong work ethic and a passion for learning and problem-solving.

Nice to Have:

Knowledge of AMPS, WebSockets, and Spark.