Senior Backend Developer (Scala) @ Codete in Codete

Our client is a dynamic FinTech company that provides a comprehensive and highly functional set of electronic services to support post-trade processing. Our client base includes most of the top-tier financial institutions in these markets worldwide, they are recognised as a market leader in securities finance automation and is well known for providing best-in-class customer service.Their ability to provide services that perform faster and are more efficient has allowed them to innovate and lead the market. Their focus on service, quality, flexibility and innovation enables them to exceed client expectations widely regarded as the users’ service provider of choice.

This is an opportunity for a bright, enthusiastic and ambitious individual to play a key role in supporting the business through an exciting period of growth.The Back End Developer is a direct report to an Engineering Manager or Tech Lead and will work closely with the Product Team’s Tech Lead and broader Application Engineering team.
We are looking for a Scala Developer to work on the back-end of an exciting and innovative product that forms part of client's suite of applications.
Client processes large amounts of data in real time, heavily utilising the latest technologies such as akka cluster, kafka and docker to build a scalable, fault tolerant, highly available processing engine that aggregates the data in real-time.
This is a fast-paced, demanding environment, in a business that has the investment backing and aspiration for rapid expansion, but with the infrastructure needed to support that expansion still a work-in-progress.

Profile we are looking for: 

You will be passionate about development and innovation and are attracted by the opportunity of working in a rapidly expanding Fintech.
You have a strong technical skillset with the ability to manage multiple complex priorities within demanding timeframes. You will work on all technical aspects of the system– designing and developing new services and features, enhancements and new functionality, working with business owners, integrating new financial institutions, resolving issues and providing technical support.

• 5+ years of software development experience
• 2+ years experience in Scala, Kafka, and Docker
• Knowledge of SQL and relational data modeling
• Experience with designing and delivering new services and significant functionality changes
  
• Unix/Linux Experience
  Nice to have:
• Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Git / GitLab
• Knowledge of Securities Lending/ other financial product domain
• Zio
• Be comfortable working with and testing legacy code
• AWS experience

Our client is a dynamic FinTech company that provides a comprehensive and highly functional set of electronic services to support post-trade processing. Our client base includes most of the top-tier financial institutions in these markets worldwide, they are recognised as a market leader in securities finance automation and is well known for providing best-in-class customer service.Their ability to provideservices that perform faster and are more efficient has allowed them to innovate and lead the market. Their focus on service, quality, flexibility and innovation enables them to exceed client expectations widely regarded as the users’ service provider of choice.

This is an opportunity for a bright, enthusiastic and ambitious individual to play a key role in supporting the business through an exciting period of growth.The Back End Developer is a direct report to an Engineering Manager or Tech Lead and will work closely with the Product Team’s Tech Lead and broader Application Engineering team.
We are looking for a Scala Developer to work on the back-end of an exciting and innovative product that forms part of client's suite of applications.
Client processes large amounts of data in real time, heavily utilising the latest technologies such as akka cluster, kafka and docker to build a scalable, fault tolerant, highly available processing engine that aggregates the data in real-time.
This is a fast-paced, demanding environment, in a business that has the investment backing and aspiration for rapid expansion, but with the infrastructure needed to support that expansion still a work-in-progress.

Profile we are looking for: 

You will be passionate about development and innovation and are attracted by the opportunity of working in a rapidly expanding Fintech.
You have a strong technical skillset with the ability to manage multiple complex priorities within demanding timeframes. You will work on all technical aspects of the system– designing and developing new services and features, enhancements and new functionality, working with business owners, integrating new financial institutions, resolving issues and providing technical support.


,[Analyse business requirements and production issues., Document suggested designs to implement significant new functionality., Understand technology strategy and form designs appropriately., Create and document technical designs and gain approval from the architecture group., Work independently and with technical lead to design, code, test and release significant new feature and enhancements, In addition to writing and executing own tests using defined framework, contribute towards testing standards and implement testing frameworks., Conduct code reviews and apply suggestions from others in own code., Adhere to technology development controls, such as tag/branch management., Be aware of impact of own code changes on performance, conduct performance tests and ensure changes do not negatively impact system performance., Ensure technical designs follow the relevant application standard or framework, good design patterns and principles to ensure good system performance., Perform first and second-line support duties on a rota basis 1 hour per week., Document and provide training to the production support team to ensure changes can be supported., Proactively analyse root cause of client impacting production incidents or issues and identify fixes in a timely manner., Implement changes to resolve the root cause of issues as part of the problem management process., Identify and escalate risks and issues to line manager., Adhere to the information security policy and procedures (e.g. OWASP)., Push back or escalate where others are not following the procedure- follow whistleblowing procedure where required., Ensure all enhancements include security requirements in design, development, and testing]
Requirements: Scala, Kafka, Docker, SQL, Data modelling, Unix, Linux, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Git, GitLab, AWS