American Vanguard
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London, Greater London
Lead Developer
Overview
Job Description
Job Purpose ICE Data Analytics platform providing best-in-breed risk analytics for the entire Fixed Income and Mortgage markets. Our growing technology systems are based on modern distributed architectures that provide scale, high-availability, stability and the resiliency that our clients expect and demand of systems and data that fuel their enterprises. Several strategic and business-critical development initiatives are underway to develop and extend our complex Fixed Income analytics using the latest architecture and technologies. We are also committed to leveraging the best practices in Object Oriented Design and Development in this endeavor. To support rapid development, we continue to invest in developing the highest level of code quality and comprehensive test coverage. In addition to developing new automated tests and scenarios, we look for ways to break our code so we can identify issues quickly. This enables us to deploy complex, reliable and extensible solutions for our customers. Responsibilities * Lead a small team of developers on project efforts using an Agile development methodology * Collaborate with key business and technology stakeholders to define functional and technical design * Work closely with software engineering team and senior leadership to design and implement end-to-end solutions * Design, develop and implement full stack solutions using Java 8 * Collaborate with QA to develop comprehensive and appropriate test strategies for each release * Develop system and training documentation as needed * Must be able to work flexible hours as needed to support project timelines and deliver efforts on time * Provide technical programming support or provide subject matter expertise to other team members as needed Knowledge and Experience * Demonstrable experience of dealing with highly technical and analytical development using Java 8 * Applied experience with the Spring Framework/Spring Boot, Kafka and Node.js * Experience with relational as well as distributed data stores (e.g. Oracle 12c, Cassandra, etc.) * Must be a hands-on technical development resource and mentor for other developers on the team * Able to create and drive implementations of designs for large complex technology systems * Lead teams in new feature development as well as maintenance * Support project management in planning and resource utilization * Excellent written and verbal communication skills * Applied experience developing full stack solutions on Windows or Linux web-based solutions * Experience designing and implementing efficient computing methods to support scalable analytics computing across large datasets * A team player who collaborates effectively with other software engineers * Self-starter, who is both disciplined and accountable for delivering accurate and timely results * The successful candidate will be adaptable, results-focused and can work individually or as part of a team * Strong knowledge and applied experience with varied computer languages and operating systems, particularly Java on Linux and/or Windows * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or similar degree Additional Information * Job Type: Standard * Schedule: Full-time