Senior Software Engineer

Under minimal supervision, the Senior Software Engineer assists in developing software products and works on improving the overall quality of the product throughout the software development life cycle.

Seasoned individual contributor with deep expertise in Java to design, develop, and maintain complex, enterprise-grade applications on AWS through clean, modular, and performant code.

Essential Job Functions:

Designs and develops industry-leading solutions that meet defined quality standards, reliability specifications, and help achieve key strategic objectives

Works on broad problems of scope that require decision making and creativity

Receives general guidance but work is done independently and impacts team level goals

Defines technical solutions or operational processes to improve efficiency

Possesses a solid understanding and familiarity of systems and processes within job area Delivers many of the team’s goals on time and with a high standard of quality

Preemptively identifies and resolves technical risks before they jeopardize the project. Resolves cross-team dependencies earlier to ensure the successful execution of the project

Demonstrated understanding in computer science fundamentals - Algorithm design, Problem solving, Complexity analysis and data structures

Essential Technical

Skills:

Backend Development:
Strong experience in backend development across server-side technologies and architectures. Ability to design and implement scalable, high-performance systems from API layer to data persistence, with deep understanding of modern frameworks (Spring Boot), RESTful and GraphQL APIs, microservices architectures, event-driven architectures, and database design patterns.

Data Storage Technologies:
Strong experience with modern data storage solutions including relational databases, No

SQL systems, and graph databases, with expertise in data modeling approaches and design patterns for diverse data persistence requirements.

System Design & Architecture:
System Design & Architecture:
Strong system design experience with ability to architect scalable, enterprise-grade document and metadata ingestion, processing, and persistence at scale

DevOps &

Infrastructure: Assist with implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines while architecting and developing cloud-native solutions leveraging AWS services, including Lambda, Step functions, SQS, SNS, S3, ECS, Fargate, Aurora, fostering a strong Dev Ops culture within the team.

Engineering/Operations Excellence:

Implements ways to simplify code and infrastructure. Prioritizes tasks that lead to lower system and infrastructure maintenance and migration costs with meaningful and measurable impact

Examines problems from different perspectives and uses evaluation, judgement, and interpretation to select right course of action

Accepts risk and uncertainty of business change as normal

Builds productive and collaborative working relationships with senior internal/external partners to remove barriers and identify shared goals and priorities

Actively seeks perspectives and works to engage others when communicating

Demonstrates the culture of intelligence, integrity, and initiative in day-to-day actions with the team Avoids blame and solves the right problems, disagreeing and committing when necessary to move decisions forward

Demonstration of FINRA’s values

Collaboration, both in-person and virtually, in furtherance of FINRA’s mission of investor protection and market integrity

Education/Experience Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline with at least 5 years of related experience, or equivalent training and/or work experience

System design experience

Strong experience in object-oriented development

Strong experience with cloud technologies

Strong experience in data storage technologies

Experience in performance tuning and optimization

Experience in Dev Ops and CI D technologies

Experience test automation and unit testing

Experience software securityFINRA Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) certification or acceptable industry equivalent certification is required upon hire or within 16 months of the start date of the assigned SIE…