Development Team Lead

Role Description

Analysis and Design

• Work with the analyst tester in the creation of user story definitions and acceptance criteria. Utilise your knowledge to ensure stories are constructed in a cohesive logical way that aids smooth implementation and test.
• Work within the constraints of the feature/user story to define the underlying design required to deliver these changes
• Ensure the solution is well defined and fit-for-purpose. It must meet the requirements and work end-to-end. This will require a solid understanding of the underlying business processes involved in and surrounding the change
• Provide solutions and recommendationsfor the resolution of technical issues that arise and ensure solutions meet the technicalspecs and design requirements
• Help design and build APIs and external system interfaces for integration into core FNZ products and third-party vendor applications

Development

• Interpret complex financial business requirements and translate into high-transactional high-availability secure working systems
• Lend your expertise to advise and influence the design and implementation of highly intuitive user interface and interactive financial tools required by financial advisers and investors
• Non-functional requirements: Consider non-functional requirements. We produce high-volume real-time transaction processing systems that support millions of trades every day in investment securities in multiple world markets. You will work with other developers to make sure that solutions developed are secure reusable maintainable and performant.
• Collaborate with other developers to make sure that the solutions developed are robust and in-line with the requirements;
• Ensure code is designed and built in a reusable manner.
• Able to build high complexity features end-to-end
• Establish yourself as an expert in multiple system/technical areas of the FNZ platform
• Contribute to global non-client specific projects to advance key technical strategies across FNZ.

Quality

• Adhere to the defined procedures for code management code reviews coding standards naming conventions and security standards
• Write automated unit tests for any newly created code
• Perform manual testing to ensure any changes made to the system are of a high standard and the system hasnt regressed.
• Perform code reviews for developers on their own and different projects inside the solution centre to ensure that proposed changes meet quality and best practice standards.
• Able to design new core system functionality or completely redesign existing ones whilst maintaining quality.

Collaboration and Communication

• Promote the development team both internally and externally. Ensure that creative solutions tight code tough problems solved are called out appropriately to the developer community and where they lead to visible outcomes to the broader FNZ teams and clients; and
• Collaborate with other developers to share knowledge best practices useful technology and opportunities for cross-project system design / solutions.
• Mentor new starters to ensure they understand both platform and SDLC.
• Provide solution centre-wide training as required on topics of personal expertise.
• Support the project lead developer and function as a squad lead if required.

Technology

• Stay up to date with industry practices new technologies tools and methods. Proactive evaluate and provide recommendations to the business on technologies and tools which could be adopted.
• Take ownership of and resolve technical (environmental coding and testing) issues that impede development progress. Assist in the resolution of technical issues when requested.
• Create novel solutions to problems by incorporating cutting edge technology or generic concepts.

Functional Area Responsibilities

Analyst Developers at FNZ are all-rounders who can work across the full stack. This role involves working with complex business requirements in a wide range of functional areas in the financial services and platform domain.

You are in expert in multiple technical areas and make your mark as a business domain expert as well. This is evidenced in your delivery track record and your ability to execute your individual responsibilities and to provide your expertise and support to colleagues when needed.

Analyst Developers own non-functional requirements and are responsible for ensuring that their code complies with coding standards is secure and performs well. At entry-level you are responsible for learning best-practice in these areas from your senior peers.

Experience required

• Experience required 5-8 Years.
• Expert in development products C# and SQL Server.
• Expert in web development including JavaScript and ReactJS.
• Experience with the following legacy development products would be beneficial: MVC Framework versions.
• Familiarity with financial products and markets.
• Understanding of web services.
• Familiar with code analysis or automated testing tools.

Qualifications:

• First class bachelors degree or higher and/or equivalent experience.
• Experience of working on large scale technology delivery projects and successfully delivering technology change as part of these projects.
• Confident and able to take a lead role in a delivery-focused environment.
• Experience of working with different levels of stakeholders within a project environment.
• Independent self-directing working style.
• Ability to learn quickly in a dynamic fast-paced industry;.
• Enjoy working as part of a high-performance team.
• Hard-working innovative and takes pride in their work.
• Passionate about creating innovative solutions for customers.

About FNZ Culture

Our culture is what drives us. Its at the heart of who we are and everything we do. Its what inspires excites and moves us forward. Our ambition is to create a culture for growth one that opens up limitless opportunities for our employees customers and the wider world. At FNZ we know that great impact is only possible with great teamwork.

Thats why we value the strength and diversity of thought in our global team.

The FNZ Way is the cornerstone of what we do. It is comprised of four values that set the standard for how everyone at FNZ interacts with each other with our customers and with all our diverse stakeholders around the world.

• Customer obsessed for the long-term
• Think big and make an impact
• Act now and own it all the way
• Challenge commit and win together

Read more about The FNZ Way and our values: from day one you will work alongside exceptional multicultural teams - experts in their respective fields - who will inspire and challenge you to make your greatest impact.

Commitment to Equal Opportunities

At FNZ we recognise that diversity equity and inclusion are important factors contributing to our success. We embrace the unique perspective and capabilities of our current and future employees which will help us continue to drive innovation and achieve our business goals. Recruitment decisions at FNZ are made in a non-discriminatory manner without regard to gender ethnicity/race faith age nationality gender identity sexual orientation marital status socio-economic background disability or military veteran status where all applicants and employees are valued and respected.

In addition we want to ensure accessibility needs are well supported if you require specific support please advise us.

About FNZ

FNZ is committed to opening up wealth so that everyone everywhere can invest in their future on their terms. We know the foundation to do that already exists in the wealth management industry but complexity holds firms back.

We created wealths growth platform to help. We provide a global end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology with business and investment operations. All in a regulated financial institution.

We partner with the worlds leading financial institutions with over US$2.2 trillion in assets on platform (AoP).

Together with our clients we empower nearly 30 million people across all wealth segments to invest in their future.