Java Developer - Global Banking & Markets - Associate - Birmingham

TN United Kingdom; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a talented Java Developer to join their dynamic team in Birmingham. This role offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge applications that support regulatory reporting functions. You will engage with global teams, enhancing your technical skills while developing high-quality, secure systems. Collaborating closely with business users, you will analyze performance metrics and optimize solutions. If you are passionate about technology and eager to tackle complex challenges in a fast-paced environment, this is the perfect opportunity to make a significant impact in the financial sector.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in Java application development.
• Strong problem solving skills and knowledge of data structures.
• Familiar with continuous integration tools and software development practices.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and customize solutions while coding daily.
• Interact with business users to provide technical solutions.
• Lead and guide junior team members effectively.

Skills

Java

Debugging

Performance Tuning

Git

SVN

Artifactory

Jira

Jenkins

TeamCity

Hadoop

Spark

Kafka

Elastic Search

Tools

JUnit

Testing

Fitnesse

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Java Developer - Global Banking & Markets - Associate - Birmingham, Birmingham

Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

24.03.2025

Expiry Date:

08.05.2025

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YOUR IMPACT

Are you passionate about technology and building creative channels to reach your audience? We are seeking a talented & motivated hands-on Developer to work in a dynamic team developing various applications supporting Regulatory Reporting function. A successful candidate will have strong design and problem solving skills. The role will involve all aspects of project life cycle including analysis/design, development, testing and deployment. The role allows interaction with business users, architects, developers and functional analysts globally both within the team and with other GS groups.

OUR IMPACT

Our team of engineers builds solutions to the most complex problems. We develop cutting-edge systems and processes that form the core of our key business and enable transactions to move in milliseconds. We provide real-time access to critical deal information and crunch billions of data points each day to inform firm-wide market insights and strategies. Team members have the opportunity to work at the forefront of technology innovation alongside industry leaders and make significant contributions to the field.

ABOUT REGULATORY ENGINEERING

Regulatory Engineering and the associated technology team are responsible for protecting this reputation through taking responsibility for the reporting of all of the firm’s activities to the many regulators throughout the world. In order to achieve this, the team processes all of the firm’s activity, be it securities or derivatives, within each of the jurisdictions in which the firm operates. The candidate will be part of the global team with presence in New York, London, Warsaw, Bangalore, Singapore, and Tokyo.

How will you fulfil your potential?

• Work closely with technology and strategy teams across the firm to build high quality, secure, and maintainable systems using approved tools and software development practices.
• You will partner with the global technology and business teams to develop and implement solutions to fulfil regulatory obligations of the firm.
• Manage relationship and workflows with multiple stakeholders and enhance business understanding in a cross product role.
• Analyse key performance metrics, monitoring success of initiatives, optimizing the approach and reporting to key stakeholders.
• Enhance your technology skills by working closely with engineers working on cutting edge system.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Evaluate, engineer, customize and extend solutions.
• Expectation is that you will be heavily hands on coding daily.
• Substantial degree of interaction with business users to provide technical solutions.
• Build relationships with users and facilitate requirements gathering and negotiating project scope.
• Leading by example and guiding the junior team members effectively.

DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS

Successful candidates have a great opportunity to work in a dedicated and highly-motivated team, work closely with functional, technical and business experts, and develop an understanding of the full range of products traded by the firm. Ambitious candidates will be able to progress to technical expert roles, within the team.

SKILL / EXPERIENCE

Technical

• Minimum 3 years of experience in designing and developing Java-based applications using industry-standard technologies.
• Familiar with debugging and performance tuning, along with a good understanding of installing, maintaining, and monitoring Java applications.
• Know software development tools such as Git, SVN, Artifactory and Jira.
• Familiar with continuous integration tools such as Jenkins or TeamCity.
• Excellent problem solving and Design skills with focus on software quality – ability to write clean code.
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms and designing for performance and resiliency.
• Good knowledge of testing frameworks (JUnit/Testing/Fitnesse) and concepts (Test Driven Development, Regression and Parametric Testing).
• Experience in Big Data processing platform/tools like Hadoop and Spark (preferred).
• Experience with near real time transactional systems with NoSQL databases like Kafka, Elastic Search (preferred).

Relevant

• Demonstrates strong oral, written, and presentation skills.
• Enthusiastic about learning new technologies and not afraid to roll up their sleeves to help reach the team’s challenging objectives.
• Able to work under pressure and manage multiple projects simultaneously and executes projects independently. Agile Methodology planning is preferred.

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world. We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. Learn more about our culture, benefits, and people at /careers. We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process.