lead software engineer

Cantor Fitzgerald

New York, United States

about 2 months ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Experience required

10 years minimum

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

dice.com

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Agile Methodology Behavior-Driven Development Cloud Computing Software Quality Code Review Continuous Integration Software Design Documents DevOps Digital Assets Java Message Service (JMS) Spring Framework

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PostgreSQL Unix Shell Microsoft SQL Server Software Maintenance Systems Development Life Cycle Software Engineering Test-Driven Development (TDD) Sybase Gitlab AngularJS Production Code Apache Kafka Software Version Control Docker

Job description

Work on strategic green field and brown field projects across Post Trade Technology, Custody Platform for Digital Assets and Business as Usual requests.
Analyze business requirements and work with leads where applicable to produce well thought out design documents.
Lead and mentor a team with a mix of junior and intermediate engineers who are distributed globally across multiple regions.
Promote a culture of strong collaboration between teams, share best practice and help clear any potential blockers that you may come across.
Propose improvements related to the development and support activity.
Communication with Stakeholders, End-users, IT team, Support etc.
Troubleshoot production system support issues.
Software maintenance and upgrade.
Perform code reviews to ensure best coding practices are adhered to and guide/coach junior developers in the team when required.
Should be able to liaise with different teams to re-solve/get dependencies on time.

Requirements

We are looking for an experienced and detail-oriented lead software engineer to join our global and dynamic software engineering team. The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in delivering solutions as per the roadmap of the products. This involves close collaboration with cross-functional teams to work towards achieving a common goal. As a development lead you will manage/coach/mentor a small but dynamic team of globally distributed senior/junior developers to ensure code quality is maintained to the highest levels, ensure robust code coverage on all solutions developed and strive towards continuous improvement of the software development process(es) in place., * 10+ years of experience working in software development.

Knowledge and experience of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) activities.
Java, SQL Server, Postgres, Angular, Spring, Docker.
Unix shell scripting.
Messaging (Kafka, JMS, Solace).
Gitlab source control, CI/CD. DevOps.
Experience of digital assets and technologies is desirable but not necessary.
Any experience of Test-Driven Development or Behavior Driven Development is an advantage.
Cloud technologies, deployment, design and any PostgreSQL/Sybase experience is a plus.
Financial Services background and knowledge of trade lifecycle is a plus.
Agile and self-starter.
Strong organization, prioritization, communication and problem-solving skills.
Ability to troubleshoot and determine various outcomes from different scenarios.
Attention to detail.
Work both as a team lead and independently and contribute ideas in a team structure.