Java/Python/Open Stack Developer

Java/Python/Open Stack Developer

This is with a global IT services firm for a leading investment/wealth management services firm. Client Location is downtown Toronto, Ontario, close to TTC and GO service. Hybrid - In Office 3-4 days per week. Contract - 6 months, possible renewal.

Project Description:

This resource will be part of the Murex team at the client and will own 4-5 custom applications that are part of the Murex ecosystem (upstream and downstream) that manage inputs and outputs to Murex. These applications leverage Java/Python/AWS skillsets and the resource is expected to be able to work on CICD pipeline and other initiatives that use open stack skillsets.

Responsibilities:

1. Manage timelines/deliverables within the team towards the successful delivery of projects.
2. Design software solutions by interacting with portfolio managers, traders, operations staff, and peers to understand requirements.
3. Develop solutions that are in line with the client's technology biases, deliver efficiency and scalability, and enable new trading activities.
4. Provide knowledge transfer to team members and support staff through application demos, walkthroughs, and documentation.

Mandatory Skills:

1. University degree in Engineering or Computer Science preferred.
2. Proven track records in team leadership, managing development processes.
3. Must have good communication skills, strong client-facing skills and able to manage client's expectations.
4. Strong technical skills in JAVA core, Spring Boot, Hibernate, Multi-threading, Concurrency, Performance tuning - 6+ years.
5. Experience in Python in an enterprise environment, covering the whole development life cycle - 4+ years.
6. Strong knowledge of SQL (MS SQL Server) to be able to make queries, update the structure and normalize data - 4+ years.
7. Good understanding and practical experience in DevOps AWS, CI/CD - 2+ years.
8. Git, Maven, Jenkins, urbancode, junit, liquibase, SonarQube - 4+ years.
9. Agile, Scrum framework - 2+ years' experience on past projects.
10. Jira, Confluence - confident user.

Nice to have:

1. Capital markets.
2. Trading systems.
3. Murex.