Director, Software Engineer

Job Description

A leading global financial-services organization is seeking an accomplished Director-level Software Engineer to design and develop cloud-native applications supporting critical business and analytics functions.

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This opportunity is ideal for a highly experienced Java engineer who remains deeply hands-on, enjoys solving complex technical challenges, and has a proven history of building scalable applications from scratch.

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Responsibilities

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• Design and develop Java and Spring Boot applications, APIs, and microservices.

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• Build event-driven architectures and Kafka streaming solutions.

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• Own development across architecture, coding, testing, deployment, and production support.

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• Develop scalable and resilient cloud-native applications on AWS.

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• Design distributed systems with strong availability, performance, and fault tolerance.

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• Collaborate with engineering, product, and analytics stakeholders.

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• Provide technical leadership through mentoring, code reviews, and best practices.

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• Support continued development of sophisticated digital and data-driven platforms.

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Role Requirements

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• Extensive hands-on Java development experience, ideally 12+ years.

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• Strong Spring Boot and microservices development.

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• Experience implementing Kafka-based event-driven applications.

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• Proven experience building complex software platforms from scratch.

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• AWS cloud-native development and deployment experience.

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• Understanding of Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized application environments.

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• Strong distributed-systems architecture and troubleshooting capabilities.

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• Experience with SQL, automated testing, and CI/CD.

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• Excellent technical leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills.

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Nice to Have

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• Financial-services or investment banking technology experience.

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• React, Angular, JavaScript, or TypeScript.

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• Salesforce, CRM, or business intelligence applications.

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• Modern data engineering or analytics tools.

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• Exposure to enterprise AI-enabled applications.

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