Senior Java Golang Software Engineer

***Position is bonus eligible***

Prestigious Financial Institution is currently seeking a Senior Java Golang Software Engineer with strong Kubernetes experience. Candidate will be involved in the development of scalable resilient hybrid Cloud-based solutions supporting critical financial risk management activities; collaborate with developers, architects and product owners to drive the strategy of transforming the enterprise into a data-driven organization. The Associate Principal will be a team player and work well with business, technical and non-technical professionals in a project environment.

Responsibilities:

• Actively participates in design of highly performing, scalable, secure, reliable and cost optimized solutions.
• Primary responsibility is application design and development of next gen clearing applications for business requirements in agreed architecture framework and Agile environment.
• Work as part of the team building and maintaining Kubernetes Operators, and operational tools.
• Thoroughly analyzes requirements, develops, tests, and documents software quality to ensure proper implementation.
• Follows agreed upon SDLC procedures to ensure that all information system products and services meet: both explicit and implicit quality standards, end-user functional requirements, architectural standards, performance requirements, audit requirements, security rules are upheld, and external facing reporting is properly represented.
• Participates in code-reviews based on high engineering standards
• Writes unit and integration tests based on chosen test frameworks.
• Assists Production Support by providing advice on system functionality and fixes as required.
• Communicates in a clear and concise manner all time delays or defects in the software immediately to appropriate team members and management.
• Assist with departmental and new employee training.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in building large scale, compute and event-driven solutions. Hands-on programming experience in Golang and Java.
• Experience developing software using Object Oriented Designs, advance patterns (like AOP) and multi-threading is required.
• Must be able to write good quality code with 80% or above unit and integration tests coverage. Experience with testing frameworks like Junit, Citrus is desirable.workloads, controllers, RBAC, networking, etc.
• Experience with cloud technologies and migrations. Experience preferred with AWS foundational services and Kubernetes.
• Experience working with various types of databases like Relational, NoSQL, Object-based, Graph.
• Experience following Git workflows is required.
• Familiarity with DevOps tools. Eg Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker, Helm and CI/CD pipelines etc.
• Experience with containers (e.g., Docker) and orchestration concepts.
• Familiarity with monitoring related tools and frameworks like Splunk, Prometheus, AppDynamics is a plus.
• ‘Get stuff done’ and flexible mindset for greater good of the organization.
• Intellectually curious and eager to learn.
• Solid understanding of Kubernetes fundamentals,

Technical Skills:

• Experience with Golang application development.
• Experience using or contributing to Kubernetes CRDs or Operators is a plus.
• Exposure to Helm, Kustomize, or Kubernetes client libraries
• Familiarity with tools like Terraform, Jenkins, and Make
• Interest or experience in cloud-native architectures.
• Experience with performance optimization, profiling, and memory management.
• Experience with distributed message brokers like Kafka, IBM MQ, ActiveMQ, Amazon Kinesis, etc. is desirable.
• Experience (including internal workings of Java) in Java 11+ is required.

Education / Certifications:

• BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field required. Masters preferred.

• OCP Java SE 8 Programmer Certification is a plus
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Level is a plus