JAVA Technical Lead

APAR TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

APAR TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD. in Singapore seeks an experienced senior Java cloud-native software engineer for banking domain projects. You will lead development, ensure quality, and guide the team through SDLC and agile ceremonies.

You will mentor juniors, perform design/code reviews, and collaborate with vendor teams to ensure best practices in a cloud-native environment. Requires 10+ years in Java/J2EE and cloud-native tech.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Java-J2EE and cloud native software engineering in banking domain.
• 3-4 years of cloud native / Kubernetes & Docker development; Hadoop streaming adds advantage.
• Experience with SDLC and at least one Agile method (Scrum, XP, TOGAF).

Responsibilities

• Develop solutions following defined standards and high quality.
• Ensure Code quality, delivery and maintenance with non-regression.
• Study, evaluate and provide feedback on functional specifications in terms of technical feasibilities.
• Manage the application designs, involve in hands development of cloud native solutions.
• Provide detailed estimation for development of solutions as part of agile-scrum ceremonies.
• Take care of the technical documentations, quality and standards of program wide software engineering objectives.
• Supervise and contribute to the non-functional testing.
• Perform design and code review for peers.
• Mentor junior team members.
• Perform level 3 Support of applications in production - analyze and resolve issues as they arise.
• Manage/Co-ordinate with Vendor Development team on their deliverables.
• Review/Challenge the Vendor team on their technical/solutioning approach.
• Influence & Ensure that vendor follows CACIB best practices on Software Factory

Skills

Leadership

Analytical

Communication

SDLC knowledge

Agile/Scrum

Tools

Java/JEE

Kubernetes

Docker

Spring Frameworks

Spark Streaming

Git/GitLab/Bitbucket

Jenkins

Maven/Gradle

Kafka

Oracle/PostgreSQL

Shell scripting

Ansible

Go/Python/Rust

Job description

Main Responsibilities

• Develop solutions following defined standards and high quality
• Ensure Code quality, delivery and maintenance with non-regression
• Study, evaluate and provide feedback on functional specifications in terms of technical feasibilities.
• Manage the application designs, involve in hands development of cloud native solutions
• Provide detailed estimation for development of solutions as part of agile-scrum ceremonies
• Take care of the technical documentations, quality and standards of program wide software engineering objectives.
• Supervise and contribute to the non-functional testing
• Perform design and code review for peers
• Mentor junior team members
• Perform level 3 Support of applications in production - analyze and resolve issues as they arise
• Manage/Co-ordinate with Vendor Development team on their deliverables.
• Review/Challenge the Vendor team on their technical/solutioning approach.
• Influence & Ensure that vendor follows CACIB best practices on Software Factory

Qualification and Profile

This position requires a minimum of 10+ years of relevant experiences in Java-J2EE/cloud native software engineering, ideally in a banking environment with cash management / Payments processing domain...at least 3-4 years of experience in cloud native / Kubernetes & Docker development, Streaming development on Hadoop platform will be added advantage.

Functional

• Basic understanding of payments and cash management domain and related software product development
• Work on complex systems and a challenging international work environment
• Good understanding of SDLC, with experience on at least one agile and design methodology (Scrum, XP, TOGAF…).
• Vendor Payment processing Product implementation knowledge

Technical

• Minimum 10+ years’ experience in web and stand-alone application design & development with Java/JEE/big data technologies in Unix/Linux environment.
• Strong ability to lead 5-8 technology enthusiasts
• Ability to performance tune applications for low latency and fault tolerance.
• Excellent understanding and practical experience of Spring Frameworks (IOC, Spring Data, Spring MVC, Spring Integration, Spring Boot etc.) & Spark Streaming Frameworks.
• Strong knowledge on code version management tools such as GitHub/GitLab/BitBuket.
• Experience with automated build and deployment tools eg. Helm Charts, ArgoCD, Jenkins, Gitlab runner, Nexus, Harbour, Maven or Gradle.
• Experience of working in TDD and BDD environment with standard testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito, Cucumber, selenium and SOAPUI)
• Strong knowledge on distributed systems particularly on messaging brokers such as IBM MQ, RabbitMQ or Apache Kafka.
• Good knowledge of RDBMS (Oracle, PostgreSQL) and no SQL (Hbase, MangoDB) database systems
• Very good understanding of application system design, development, testing, deployment and maintenance using UML.
• Ability to assess interdependence and impact of a change at application level.
• Practical experience on shell scripting & Ansible equivalents for deployments and pipelines
• Good understanding on container technologies such as Docker and orchestrations through Kubernetes.
• Experience in Polyglot & sustainable developments through GO, Rust, Python etc are nice to have

Other Professional Skills and Mindset

• Work on complex systems and a challenging international work environment
• Good exposure to software engineering phases and best practices
• Highly analytic and detail oriented in approach with Excellent communication and presentation skills, with experience converting highly complex information into clear, concise documentation.
• Capable to effectively interact with peers / stakeholders
• Strives to deliver the solution in the most effective and timely manner EA Number: 11C4879