Java Developer Payment application

We are seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Java developer to join the Payments Engineering team. The candidate will work in a pod with 3-4 experienced Java developers and focus on adapting legacy applications for non-discretionary ISO20022 changes which is a new financial messaging standard. An ideal candidate thrives in complex environments is able to work under time pressure is keen to understand business logic and excels at reverse engineering a complex code base to implement high-impact changes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Participate in requirements gathering sessions with business users

• Participate in analysis solution design and planning the work with the Engineering team

• Implement and test changes participate in code reviews assist in UAT and code releases

• Think outside the box when implementing changes and improve the stack as you go along.

The position requires 4 days/week in the office.

Qualifications:

• A Bachelors or Masters degree in a computational field (Computer Science Engineering Applied Mathematics or a related quantitative discipline)

• 4 years of relevant work experience.

• A solid grasp of Java Spring Hibernate and DB2

  • Spring Boot dependency injection auto-configuration Spring Data Spring Security

  • Apache Kafka producers consumers Kafka Streams (stateful processing state stores aggregation) and Kafka Connect

  • MongoDB document modelling Spring Data MongoDB

  • Maven multi-module project management dependency resolution build lifecycle

  • Docker containerization image builds

  • RESTful API design and development

  • Experience with event-driven / microservices architectures in a distributed systems environment

  • Familiarity with Git and CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI preferred)

Preferred:

• Angular

• IBM MQ / JMS queue managers channels

• Infrastructure as Code infrastructure provisioning and management

• ISO 20022 or financial messaging standards (SWIFT CBPR FIN)

• Python scripting

• Experience in financial services payments or banking technology

• Strong analytical skills

• Ability to collaborate effectively and work in a global team

• Ability to stay commercially focused whilst not losing sight of code quality

• Good communication skills.

Strong work ethic ownership willingness to engage and be challenged