Java Developer with Investment Domain Knowledge

This is an inside IR35 contract until end of September 2023

Start: ASAP

Client: asset management

Job responsibilities:

• Develop new investment functionality into our flagship Portfolio Management Product used by over 8,000 investors globally to make investment decisions and construct portfolio's.
• Apply quality software engineering practices through all phases of development and into production. Ensure resilience and stability through quality code reviews, unit, regression and user acceptance testing, dev ops
• Contribute to an agile development team working with UX designers, Architects, Business Analysts, users and Testers. Collaborate with team members in a multi-office, multi-country environment.

Skills

• Essential Skills - 6+ years commercial/enterprise experience:
• Java core, full stack
• Investment Domain knowledge (ideally in Portfolio management, or relevant analytics and quantitative experience)

Competent - 3+ years professional experience working with:

• Java Swing
• Agile - working in an agile/scrum team
• Test Driven Development - ideally with Cucumber, Azure Dev Ops
• Ingesting data through APIs, Messaging, SQL

Nice to Have, or desire to learn any of:

• Angular, C++, Aladdin, Equity, Fixed Income, Privates or ESG asset class knowledge, designing a good User Experience.

Education

• STEM
• Degree: educated ideally in Software Engineering, Computer Science Excellent analytical, problem-solving and communication skills
• An ability to translate real business problems into technical solutions Java Certification preferred