The Senior Software Architect leads the Platform Engineering Team, designing scalable Java applications, optimizing performance, and mentoring junior developers, primarily using AWS and Spring technologies.
About the job
Are you a Java Developer working at a Large Financial Institution and being told by your leadership that you are too hands-on, detail-oriented, or think and work like a start-up?
Imagine working at Intellibus to engineer platforms that impact billions of lives around the world. With your passion and focus, we will accomplish great things together!
We are looking forward to you joining our Platform Engineering Team.
Our Platform Engineering Team is working to solve the Multiplicity Problem. We are trusted by some of the most reputable and established FinTech Firms. Recently, our team has spearheaded the Conversion & Go Live of apps that support the backbone of the Financial Trading Industry.
We are looking for Engineers who can
- Write applications in Java using Object Oriented Design Principles.
- Create Java Spring Boot REST Services.
- Use Java Streams API to work with real-time data.
- Create a Java Thread Executor Pool to read & write from a Thread-safe queue.
- Use Java Lambdas for use in Collections.
- Create Distributed Cloud Configuration with Spring Cloud.
- Create Circuit Breakers with Spring Cloud.
- Create a Database Integration via Hibernate or Spring Data.
- Optimize business logic & SQL queries to enhance performance by 50+%.
- Set up Kafka to support 10mm messages/hr throughput on 2KB payloads.
- Deploy a Kafka Multi-AZ Cluster on AWS.
- Build Services that are Highly Available (Multi-AZ & Multi-Region).
- Build Algorithms to Optimize Execution times and reduce end to end latency.
- Use & Tweak Terraform Scripts to deploy Kubernetes Clusters with EKS.
- Navigate & debug Java Apps on a Linux EC2 Instance.
Qualifications
- A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or a related field, is preferred. Relevant work experience may be considered instead of a degree.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
- Proven leadership abilities, with experience mentoring junior developers and driving technical excellence within the team.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
We work closely with
- Java 8
- REST-based Microservices
- Hibernate ORM
- Relational Databases
- AWS
- Kafka
- Linux / Unix
Our Process
- Schedule a 15 min Video Call with someone from our Team
- 4 Proctored GQ Tests (< 2 hours)
- 30-45 min Final Video Interview
- Receive Job Offer
If you are interested in reaching out to us, please apply, and our team will contact you within the hour.
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