Java Developer - Foreign Exchange

Job Type: Contract
Posted: about 6 years ago
Contact: Kate Weston
Discipline:
Reference: 180964_1517372431

About the role

A high performing team at a large financial organisation which offers a great work environment and interesting project work are looking for Java Developers who have previous experience working with Trading, Investment, Foreign Exchange, Financial Markets or Equity applications. Working in a specific area of this organisation your role will support the delivery of their service through delivering the required designs, changes, development and testing of the relevant software. This is a six month contract role based in Melbourne's CBD.

Examples of responsibilities:

  • Development, testing, delivery and maintenance of technological solutions/ application software.
  • Ownership/accountability for the investigation of user requirements/problems and develop technology solutions in accordance with business needs by
  • Produce detailed specifications, develop, maintain and test programs according to detailed technical, functional and non-functional specifications.
  • Develop operating and system documentation.
  • Use technical specifications, requirements, standards and procedures to develop / modify structured code to produce quality programs as part of an application development or problem resolution activity

About the successful candidate

  • Highly proficient in core Java programming and open source Java frameworks
  • Financial markets domain knowledge (Foreign Exchange in particular or Front Office, Trading, Investment, Financial Markets or Equity)
  • Recent experience designing, coding, testing and installing applications programs
  • Competent with Linux/Unix operating systems
  • Object orientated design and architecture skills
  • Worked in a performance sensitive SoA/Micro-services environment
  • Messaging architectures and systems (transaction processing)
  • Full-lifecycle development including build and deployment tools - Jenkins, Maven, Artifactory, OpsCode Chef, Ansible, Docker, Zookeeper
  • Automated component or system testing experience
  • Understanding of high availability design
  • Low-latency and/or reliable messaging systems
  • Advanced skills and knowledge of one of the major relational databases
  • Ability to understand the essential needs of users and meet these in well-designed programs.
  • Relevant Tertiary Qualifications
  • A proactive and dedicated individual

Due to the nature of this organisation only Australian/NZ Citizens or Australian Permanent residents can be considered for this position. They are hiring now so apply now!