Technical Lead Java Developer

Mizuho Financial Group Inc.; City of Niagara Falls (NY); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Mizuho Financial Group Inc. is seeking a Technical Lead Java Developer to work on challenging projects in Fixed Income and other areas. The successful candidate will have extensive Java development experience, and will also coach junior developers while participating in Agile/scrum practices.

This role offers a hybrid working program, competitive base salary ranging from $200k to $225k, and potential for a discretionary bonus.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in developing enterprise applications using Java.
• 5+ years of Spring and Spring Boot development experience.
• Minimum 3 years of experience as a technical team lead.

Responsibilities

• Work on challenging projects for Fixed Income and other areas.
• Participate in daily stand-ups following Agile/scrum methodology.
• Perform design and code review of ongoing projects.
• Coach junior level software developers and analysts.

Skills

Java Development

Spring

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Microservices

System Design

Communication Skills

CI/CD

GIT

SQL

Tools

Maven

Azure

OpenShift

AMQ or Kafka

Job description

Technical Lead Java Developer

Key Responsibilities:

• - work on challenging and highly visible projects for Fixed Income and other areas driven by business needs.
• - Hands‑on coding as an individual contributor along with unit tests and participating in dev testing throughout the SDLC (DEV, UAT).
• - Participate in daily stand‑ups following Agile/scrum methodology, closing working with TPM and other dev team members.
• - Perform design and code review of ongoing projects.
• - Follow coding and design standards at Mizuho, comply to security and other internal requirements.
• - Participate in change management process, facilitate code deployment in production and be responsible for project delivery.
• - Review software health, code quality and security vulnerabilities on an ongoing basis, evaluate and adopt new dev libraries/tools to improve code quality.
• - Assist in project documentation and run books.
• - Propose new technical solutions, perform POCs and work with technical leads/architects for new stack evaluation.
• - Improve application stability by providing monitoring, handling failures, assisting in platform upgrades.
• - Coach junior level software developers and analysts.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands‑on experience in developing enterprise applications using Java.
• 5+ years of Spring and Spring Boot development experience.
• In‑depth knowledge and practical experience on functional programming, threading/concurrency, collections, exception handling, and other core Java features.
• Experience in writing REST, microservices & APIs.
• Experience in developing and integrating distributed systems using EIPs, including performance, security and error handling aspects.
• Ability to perform system design (high/low), workflow diagrams and participate in design review sessions.
• Minimum 3 years of experience as a technical team lead.
• Excellent communication skills; ability to communicate effectively with business and other stakeholders.
• Ability to work with teams in different geographical locations/time zones.
• Messaging experience (AMQ or Kafka) preferred.
• Good knowledge of SQL, entity relations and query writing.
• Decent knowledge of protocols – http/https, SSL, TCP and others.
• Experience with CI/CD teams, knowledge of GIT and build tools – Maven is required.
• Knowledge of cloud (Azure) and containers (OpenShift or similar) preferred.
• Knowledge of financial markets and fixed income nice to have.

Benefits

The expected base salary ranges from $200k to $225k. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors, including relevant skills, training, experience, education, and, where applicable, certifications and licenses obtained. Market and organizational factors are also considered. In addition to salary and a generous employee benefits package, successful candidates are eligible to receive a discretionary bonus.

Work Arrangement

Mizuho has a hybrid working program, with varying opportunities for remote work depending on the nature of the role, needs of your department, as well as local laws and regulatory obligations. Roles in some of our departments have greater in‑office requirements that will be communicated to you as part of the recruitment process.

EEO Statement

We are an EEO/AA Employer – M/F/Disability/Veteran. We participate in the E-Verify program. We maintain a drug‑free workplace and reserve the right to require pre‑ and post‑hire drug testing as permitted by applicable law.