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Java Developer

Avance Consulting

Glasgow

On-site

GBP 100,000 - 125,000

Full time

12 days ago

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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a talented developer to join their team in Glasgow. This hands-on role involves working on a cutting-edge real-time event-driven system, aimed at modernizing and enhancing the infrastructure to support significant business growth. The ideal candidate will possess strong Java programming skills, particularly in multi-threaded environments, and a solid understanding of RDBMS technologies. You will thrive in a fast-paced setting, collaborating with stakeholders to address complex requirements. If you are passionate about software engineering and eager to contribute to innovative solutions, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

  • Strong analytical and software engineering skills required.
  • Experience with real-time systems and multi-threaded Java is essential.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and modernize a real-time event-driven system.
  • Work within an agile lifecycle model and enhance automated processes.

Skills

Java Server Side Concurrent Programming
Spring Boot
Junit
Message-based architectures (MQ/Kafka)
RDBMS (Sybase/DB2)
SQL queries
Problem-solving skills
Analytical skills
Cloud offerings (Azure/AWS)
MongoDB

Job description

This role is a hands-on development role, where we are looking for someone to work on a real-time event-driven system to help renovate and modernize parts of the system as well as enhance the system to support exponential growth in business event processing and data volumes.

Core skills will be working in a complex real-time Linux-based environment with multi-threaded Java and a good working knowledge of an RDBMS.

Some experience with technologies such as MongoDB, Kafka, IBM MQ, Snowflake, or other leading-edge high-performance data and caching technologies would be helpful.

The candidate should have strong analytical skills, strong software engineering skills, a logical approach to problem-solving, and be able to work in a fast-paced environment liaising with demanding stakeholders to understand complex requirements. In terms of character, we look for strong positivity and enthusiasm with an open mind to think about and offer potential solutions for architectural considerations with a can-do attitude.

As part of the development cycle, you should be familiar with working within an agile lifecycle model, and you will be expected to target a fully automated release cycle, from testing at unit and integration level to continuous deployment.

We continue to encourage good DevOps practices and look for the team to take opportunities to enhance our automated processes as well as providing good documentation for features.

Key skills/knowledge/experience:
Skills Required:
  1. Java Server Side Concurrent Programming with Spring Boot (Core Spring), Junit
  2. Understanding of message-based architectures (MQ/Kafka)
  3. RDBMS Sybase and/or DB2 is preferable, with a proficiency in writing complex SQL queries
  4. Good problem-solving and analytical skills
  5. Full software development lifecycle understanding
  6. Excellent oral and written communication skills
  7. An interest to learn the business supported by the applications
  8. MongoDB
  9. Knowledge of the Equity Derivative business
  10. Experience with cloud offerings (Azure/AWS)
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