Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Java Developer for a CONTRACT assignment with one of our premier Financial Services clients in New York, NY.

Responsibilities:
The Equity Finance Technology team are seeking a Senior Java Software engineer to build product capabilities for the Post-Trade Reporting team . This role requires strong expertise in Java and the ability to work with other technologists in building business added value through agile delivery.

• Understanding of good design principles and ability to adhere to complex design.
• Development of common, reusable components and services utilizing Fim's best practices.
• Resolve variety of high impact problems/projects through in-depth evaluation of complex business processes, system processes, and industry standards
• Provide expertise in area and advanced knowledge of applications programming and ensure application design adheres to the overall architecture blueprint.
• Utilize advanced knowledge of system flow and develop standards for coding, testing, debugging, and implementation .
• Develop comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business, such as architecture and infrastructure, integrate to accomplish business goals.
• Provide in-depth analysis with interpretive thinking to define issues and develop innovative solutions.
• Provide post release assistance to business, development, and support groups.
• Assisting in third line support during core trading hours.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• 8-10 years of strong hands-on development experience using Java including expertise with Spring or another dependency injection framework.
• 5 years' experience in developing and maintaining highly scalable, real-time, low latency, high-volume, scalable microservices.
• Extensive experience system analysis and in programming of software applications
• Experience with real-time messaging middleware (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Solace, Tibco, ...)
• Experience working with multi-threaded applications.
• Strong software development fundamentals, data structures, design patterns, Object-Oriented programming, architecture, algorithms, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate.
• Strong Java Core & Enterprise
• Understanding of capital markets.
• JMS, TIBCO, Kafka
• Oracle RDBMS
• Unix and scripting skills (Bash / PERL
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Test-driven development, including Unit and End-to-End Testing.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Self-motivated individual and with determination to achieve goals.
• Willingness to learn, both technically and professionally
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good team working skills and ability to work in a distributed global team environment.
• Ability to work on a fast-paced environment; Flexible and able to deliver quality results in the required timeframe.

Preferred Skills:

• Master's degree preferred.

• Knowledge of the Securities Lending .
• Experience with system performance tuning and low latency Java programming.
• React
• Experience with In-Memory Datastore/Cache libraries (Redis, Apache Ignite, Gemfire)

SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at .

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