Core Java Developer

Top-tier Investment Bank is seeking a hands-on, business focused developer who can deliver long-term projects as well as being responsive to short turnaround requests from the trading desks.

The successful candidate will demonstrate experience in software development in a high pressure, time critical environment with skills in the following areas.

• 3-7 years of Application development on Java
• Excellent understanding of Java Core concepts, including memory management, multi-threading, and new language features up to Java 7 or Java 8.
• Experience with Java services libraries and frameworks, such as REST based services, JAX-RS, JMS, Bootstrap, Hibernate, etc
• Proficiency in Unix/Linux environments, ability to navigate the system, investigate processes and logs, manage crontab scheduled jobs, etc
• Experience with full development lifecycle and tools, including Git, Jira, Jenkins, Ant, Maven, Team City.
• Experience of a project life-cycle, including breaking requirements down into technical deliverables and estimating required effort.
• Experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) using tools such as JUnit and mocking frameworks.
• Excellent communication skills and enthusiasm to work in globally distributed team environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• B.S. or M.S. (Computer Science preferred).