Software Developer

Job Detail

• Job ID 24865
  
  

Overview

Job Description

Placement Type

Temporary

Salary

$47.82-53.13 Hourly

Start Date

12.24.2025

Aquent is partnering with a leading financial services firm dedicated to empowering individuals and institutions through innovative and reliable financial solutions. This company is at the forefront of leveraging technology to deliver exceptional client experiences and robust platforms. We are seeking a highly skilled and passionate Software Engineer to join a dynamic team, where your expertise will directly impact the performance and scalability of a critical, revenue-driving order management system. This is an unparalleled opportunity to shape the future of a vital platform, mentor emerging talent, and drive technical excellence within a collaborative environment.

**About the Role**

As a key contributor, you will dive deep into complex software design and technical analysis for a next-generation, high-performance order management system. Your work will be instrumental in ensuring the system’s reliability, scalability, and efficiency. You will serve as a subject matter expert for server-side modules, guiding architectural decisions and fostering best practices. This role offers significant influence, allowing you to lead design choices, mentor junior developers, and collaborate across teams to deliver cutting-edge solutions that directly support the firm’s strategic objectives.

Your Impact Will Include

• Leading the design and troubleshooting of highly complex product features, requiring extensive research and analytical prowess.
• Driving system design, specification development, program logic, flow-charting, testing, debugging, and comprehensive documentation.
• Making critical design choices that will be adopted by development teams across the organization.
• Spearheading complex programming tasks, conducting thorough reviews of development efforts, and providing insightful analysis and solutions to technical challenges.
• Acting as a pivotal contributor in technology interactions, translating business needs into robust technical solutions.
• Collaborating closely with Enterprise Architecture and Infrastructure teams on strategic designs and initiatives.
• Leading the resolution of intricate problems in both development and production environments, ensuring swift and effective solutions.
• Mentoring and guiding junior engineers, serving as a system subject matter expert, and directing their development tasks to foster growth and technical proficiency.
• Seamlessly collaborating with and supporting developers from integrating teams, ensuring smooth inter-system operations.
  
  

Must-Have Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science.
• 5 years of hands-on experience with Java, J2EE, and web/internet-based programming (both client and server-side).
• 5 years of experience with Object-Oriented Analysis/Design (OOA/OOD), distributed systems/software, real-time processing, relational database systems, and messaging systems.
• Proven experience with concurrency and multi-threading.
• Deep understanding of data structures, algorithms, and design patterns (Gang of Four).
• Demonstrated experience working with core business logic within applications.
• Experience in developing robust APIs and Frameworks.
• Proficiency with agile methodologies and test-driven development.
• Experience with Unix/Linux operating systems.
• Familiarity with build, deploy, and test automation tools such as Ant, Gradle, Maven, Jenkins, TeamCity, JUnit, TestNG, JaCoCo, or similar.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, enabling effective collaboration and technical articulation.
  
  

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Experience with scaling, Java Garbage Collection, and performance tuning.
• Experience with application development frameworks like Spring, Hibernate, JSF, or similar.
• Experience with compilers or Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs).
  
  

About Aquent Talent

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Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. More information on our awesome benefits!

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