Contract Length: 6 months (possibility for extension)
Location: WFH, Toronto
Story Behind the Need:
Business Group: Seeking a Senior Java Developer in Capital Markets (Commodities Trading Area) for a project that involves changes related to a commodity trading system. The Developer will work as part of an overall team that delivers high velocity, horizontally scalable, message driven, real-time solutions for the Commodity Trading Desk.
Candidate Value Proposition:
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to be extended while also strengthening their experience within Capital Markets.
Typical Day in the Role:
• You will focus on building out digital experiences for Capital Market systems using industry standard technologies and best practices.
• Write code & debug high volume, Kafka & JVM based Stateless Services
• Write well designed Unit/Mock testing suites for integrated testing
Must Have Skills/Requirements:
1) 8+ years of hands-on experience with core Java development (including 8/above -Function, Generics, Threads, Collections, Future, Java Frameworks – Spring/ Spring Boot, Hibernate, Proficient in Server side Java programming and understanding of Java Memory Model, Transactions)
2) 3 + years’ experience working with SQL (Oracle) for query writing and maintaining stored procedures with PL/SQL
3) 5 + years’ hands on experience within Capital Markets products and domains, preferably within Commodity/FX/IR – Swaps, Options with focus on trade booking and valuation systems
Soft Skills:
– Strong communication skills – verbal (working with multiple stakeholders) & written (clear document requirements)
– Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
– Team player
– Good time-management skills
– Great interpersonal and communication skills
Nice to Have:
– Commodities experience is a big advantage and will be prioritized
– Experience with Unix Scripts / Shell scripts
– Agile experience
-Significant prior experience working on Commodity Trading systems either in-house on the sell side or a vendor product preferably Triple Point CommodityXL – 5+ years of hands on experience
Education:
• BS degree in Computer Science or Engineering