Senior Java Engineer
Tysons Corner, VA - USA
Job Summary
Seasoned individual contributor with deep expertise in Java to design develop and maintain complex enterprise-grade applications on AWS through clean modular and performant code; proficiency in Python preferred.
Essential Job Functions:
Designs and develops industry-leading solutions that meet defined quality standards reliability specifications and help achieve key strategic objectives
Takes broad perspective to problems and exercises independent judgement in techniques and evaluation criteria to obtain results
Identifies ways to overcome challenging situations that jeopardize the achievement of business goals
Develops actionable insights from analyzing software development trends software engineering best practices and innovative test environment management tools and communicates integration recommendations to management
Collaboration
Coaches and trains less experienced colleagues in techniques processes and responsibilities
Integrates the culture of intelligence integrity and initiative into team goals and decisions
Partners within and across teams to remove barriers and identify shared goals and priorities
Openly shares progress and priorities with key stakeholders communicating complex or technical information at the right level
Demonstration of FINRAs values
Collaboration both in-person and virtually in furtherance of FINRAs mission of investor protection and market integrity
Demonstration of FINRAs values
Collaboration both in-person and virtually in furtherance of FINRAs mission of investor protection and market integrity
Essential Technical Skills:
Backend Development: Strong experience in backend development across server-side technologies and architectures. Ability to design and implement scalable high-performance systems from API layer to data persistence with deep understanding of modern frameworks (Spring Boot) RESTful and GraphQL APIs microservices architectures event-driven architectures and database design patterns.
Data Storage Technologies: Strong experience with modern data storage solutions including relational databases (Example: PostgreSQL MySQL) NoSQL systems (Example: MongoDB Cassandra) and graph databases (Example: Neo4j Amazon Neptune) with expertise in data modeling approaches and design patterns for diverse data persistence requirements.
System Design & Architecture: System Design & Architecture: Strong system design experience with ability to architect scalable enterprise-grade document and metadata ingestion processing and persistence at scale
DevOps & Infrastructure: Assist with implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines while architecting and developing cloud-native solutions leveraging AWS services including Lambda Step functions SQS SNS S3 ECS Fargate Aurora fostering a strong DevOps culture within the team.
Education/Experience Requirements:
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems or related discipline with at least 7 years of related experience or equivalent training and/or work experience
Strong system design experience
Strong experience in object-oriented development
Strong experience with cloud technologies
Strong experience in data storage technologies
Strong experience in performance tuning and optimization
Strong experience in DevOps and CICD technologies
Strong experience test automation and unit testing
Strong experience software security
Working Conditions:
Hybrid work environment with defined in-person presence requirements
Occasional travel and extended hours may be required
For work that is performed in CO FL TX IL PA MA MD VA Washington DC NY and NJ please refer to the chart below for the salary range for the corresponding location. FINRA complies with all state and local pay transparency laws and regulations requiring the disclosure of salary ranges for the addition to location actual compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to the candidates skill set level of experience education and market considerations.
CO/FL/TX: Minimum Salary $114200 Maximum Salary $207200
IL/PA: Minimum Salary $125900 Maximum Salary $228000
MA/MD/VA/Washington DC: Minimum Salary $131200 Maximum Salary $238300
NY/NJ: Minimum Salary $131200 Maximum Salary $248700
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Time Off and Paid Leave*
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*Based on full-time schedule
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Required Experience:
Senior IC