Global Markets Application Developer, AVP

Who we are looking for

Globallink, a division of state street Global Markets, is a market leader in providing electronic trading platforms for multiple asset classes. The primary focus will be on developing enhancements and supporting the ongoing evolution of State Street's industry-leading foreign exchange trading and supporting services. These systems serve customers around the global and enable them to make smart trading decisions, execute trades, and settle large currency/derivatives trades, as well as provide them with necessary analytics and data services.
The role is a principal application developer with experience with Java, Oracle, JMS, Spring Boot, and state-of-the-art Web UI technologies. This is a hands-on developer position within a small development team in a very-fast-paced environment. The position is for a senior developer to be involved in sophisticated software development.

What you will be responsible for
As a Global Markets Application Developer you will,

• Work closely with Product owners, use current technologies where appropriate, and implement full life-cycle, full stack development tasks.
• Develop enhancement and support the ongoing evolution of State Street's industry-leading foreign exchange trading and supporting services.
• Write comprehensive documentation, unit tests and review code of other developers.
• Use common design patterns to write commercial, fault tolerance, multi-threaded, real-time, performance critical (measures in microseconds), and scalable systems software including JMS messaging from multiple vendors.
• Develop and test well-designed/usable user interfaces; leveraging modern state-of-the-art Web UI technologies using HTML5, CSS, JSP, Servlets, Spring MVC, Spring Boot, JavaScript, ES6, NodeJs, TypeScript, GraphQl, ReactJS, Redux, Jest, Enzyme, AJAX, JSON and related Web UI technologies, and using Web Sockets and Restful calls for communication.
• Develop complex database programs, queries, and utilities utilizing SQL and PL/SQL for packages/stored procedures with Oracle.
• Leverage experience with developing server-side Java code for highly utilized web application in an enterprise environment utilizing a popular Java 2 platform Enterprise edition (J2EE) application server (e.g. Websphere, Tomcat etc.).
• Integration with other financial applications using standard API (FIX) and propriety / custom APIs in Foreign Exchange Domain.
• Leverage experience in developing CI/CD pipeline scripts using using Jenkins, Groovy, JFrog, GIT etc.
• The highest level of written and verbal communication skills and ability is required to customize communications for each target audience. This includes representing the company in a professional manner while interacting with clients.
• This position requires constant communication with other developers, QA team members, and product managers world-wide, including in New York, Boston, London, Singapore, Australia and Tokyo.
• To efficiently troubleshoot critical code, especially code related to client integrations for sensitive clients, must be able to be on-call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This includes providing a quick turnaround in patching code with short notice, such as within a day.

What we value
These skills will help you succeed in this role

• Strong critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making skills.
• Experience with large scale enterprise projects.
• Strong knowledge of core programming skills like Core Java, SQL and ReactJS.
• Demonstrated solid knowledge of Spring Boot and Spring MVC based applications.

Education & Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or its equivalent in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field; plus
• 7 years of experience in Java and WebUI related development.

Additional requirements

• Expert level knowledge of Core Java and solid understanding of latest Java features like Functional programming, Garbage Collection, Performance Monitoring, Lambda's and declarative programming techniques, latest Junit framework etc.
• Demonstrated solid knowledge of core Web UI technologies including HTML5, JavaScript and CSS;
• Demonstrated experience with expert-level knowledge working with React.js, TypeScript, Redux, Sagas, and the related technology stack;
• Demonstrated solid knowledge of Spring Boot and Spring MVC based applications.
• Demonstrated solid knowledge of point to point protocol implementation like TCP-IP using Java NIO.
• Demonstrated experience with in-depth knowledge of Node.js and server-side frameworks such as Nest, GraphQL;
• Demonstrated experience with knowledge of FIX Protocol and implementation in Forex Market.
• Demonstrated experience with in-depth knowledge of JavaScript-based unit testing frameworks such Jest, Enzyme and React-testing library.
• Experience with CI/CD tools/languages like Jenkins, GIT, Groovy

Are you the right candidate? Yes!
We truly believe in the power that comes from the diverse backgrounds and experiences our employees bring with them. Although each vacancy details what we are looking for, we don't necessarily need you to fulfil all of them when applying. If you like change and innovation, seek to see the bigger picture, make data driven decisions and are a good team player, you could be a great fit.
Why this role is important to us
Our technology function, Global Technology Services (GTS), is vital to State Street and is the key enabler for our business to deliver data and insights to our clients. We're driving the company's digital transformation and expanding business capabilities using industry best practices and advanced technologies such as cloud, artificial intelligence and robotics process automation.

We offer a collaborative environment where technology skills and innovation are valued in a global organization. We're looking for top technical talent to join our team and deliver creative technology solutions that help us become an end-to-end, next-generation financial services company.

Join us if you want to grow your technical skills, solve real problems and make your mark on our industry.

About State Street
What we do. State Street is one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers and asset intelligence companies in the world. From technology to product innovation, we're making our mark on the financial services industry. For more than two centuries, we've been helping our clients safeguard and steward the investments of millions of people. We provide investment servicing, data & analytics, investment research & trading and investment management to institutional clients.
Work, Live and Grow. We make all efforts to create a great work environment. Our benefits packages are competitive and comprehensive. Details vary by location, but you may expect generous medical care, insurance and savings plans, among other perks. You'll have access to flexible Work Programs to help you match your needs. And our wealth of development programs and educational support will help you reach your full potential.
Inclusion, Diversity and Social Responsibility. We truly believe our employees' diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives are a powerful contributor to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive and reach their maximum potential while adding value to both our organization and our clients. We warmly welcome candidates of diverse origin, background, ability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and personality. Another fundamental value at State Street is active engagement with our communities around the world, both as a partner and a leader. You will have tools to help balance your professional and personal life, paid volunteer days, matching gift programs and access to employee networks that help you stay connected to what matters to you.
State Street is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Salary Range:
$100,000 - $160,000 Annual
The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.

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