Description
Senior Developer - Java & SCALA/Haskell - London - Banking - Contract
Qualification & Skills
Technical skills:
8+ years hands on development with investment banking IT experience
Java (essential), SCALA/Haskell is an advantage
Oracle development background, RAC is a plus.
Development experience on functional language, such as Haskell, is a strong plus.
SCRUM and Agile.
Functional skills:
Financial Market domain knowledge
Investment banking is a strong plus
Structured/Derivatives business is a plus
Soft skills:
Fluent in English (speaking and writing)
Outstanding problem solving skills
Proactive, self starter, autonomous
Good team spirit
Ability to work under pressure with multiple assignments
General:
Strong architectural and engineering background with experience of delivery.
Strong Java and Oracle skills.
Strong knowledge and previous experience in end-to-end design, development and subsequent support of large scale data processing systems built on Oracle.
Familiarity and confidence working in an agile development environment.
Who can drive/facilitate the requirements and development effort with the business.
Key Roles & Responsibilities
To be a trusted senior developer within the SABRE team.
Experienced developers with previous experience in the end-to-end design, development and support of risk management systems
Ability to work and liaise directly with the Front Office, Middle Office, Product Control and various risk functions
Familiarity and confidence working in an agile development environment
Self-starter who can drive/facilitate requirements and development effort
Data and compute grid experience a plus
Functional programming experience a plus
Responsible for the full development life cycle for implementing the Bank's risk management system.
Interact with the business users to gather the requirements
Design smart and scalable solutions following the bank standards
Coordinate with other teams in Technology
Write efficient, clear code and be able to articulate what has been implemented and why.
An excellent developer with good software design principles, someone who writes robust code along with accompanying test suites.
Make sure that all software is incorporated into the CI/CD process in SABRE.
Be a self starter and be able to quickly grasp and understand existing software.