Assistant Vice President, Java Software Developer Engineer
CLS is the trusted party at the centre of the global FX ecosystem. Utilized by thousands of counterparties, CLS makes FX safer, smoother and more cost effective. Trillions of dollars' worth of currency flows through our systems each day.
Created by the market for the market, our unrivalled global settlement infrastructure reduces systemic risk and provides standardization for participants in many of the world's most actively traded currencies. We deliver huge efficiencies and savings for our clients: in fact, our approach to multilateral netting shrinks funding requirements by over 96% on average, so clients can put their capital and resources to better use.
CLS products are designed to enable clients to manage risk most effectively across the full FX lifecycle - whether through more efficient processing tools or market intelligence derived from the largest single source of FX executed data available to the market.
Our ambition to make a positive difference starts with our people. Our values underpin everything that we do at CLS and define our working environment:
- Pivotal purpose
- Trusted guardian
- Targeted innovation
- Facilitate connections
- Delivering excellence
- Inclusive culture
Job Information:
Functional Title - Assistant Vice President, Java Software Development Engineer
Department - Technology
Corporate Level - Assistant Vice President
Report to - Director, Application Development
Location - Iselin, NJ Hybrid
Expected full-time salary range between $ 125,000 - 145,000 + variable compensation + 401(k) match + benefits
Job Description:
This position is with CLS Technology. The primary responsibilities of the job will be
(a) Hands-on software application development
(b) Team leadership
(c) Level 3 support
Duties, Responsibilities, and Deliverables:
- Develop scalable, robust applications utilizing appropriate design patterns, algorithms and Java frameworks
- Collaborate with Business Analysts, Application Architects, Developers, QA, Engineering, and Technology Vendor teams for design, development, testing, maintenance and support
- Adhere to CLS SDLC process and governance requirements and ensure full compliance of these requirements
- Plan, implement and ensure that delivery milestones are met
- Provide solutions using design patterns, common techniques, and industry best practices that meet the typical challenges/requirements of a financial application including usability, performance, security, resiliency, and compatibility
- Proactively recognize system deficiencies and implement effective solutions
- Participate in, contribute to, and assimilate changes, enhancements, requirements (functional and non-functional), and requirements traceability
- Apply significant knowledge of industry trends and developments to improve CLS in-house practices and services
- Provide Level-3 support. Provide application knowledge and training to Level-2 support teams
Experience Requirements:
- 5+ years of hands-on application development and testing experience with proficient knowledge of core Java and JEE technologies such as JDBC and JAXB, Java/Web technologies
- Knowledge of Python, Perl, Unix shell scripting is a plus
- Expert hands-on experience with SQL and with at least one DBMS such as IBM DB2 (preferred) or Oracle is a strong plus
- Expert knowledge of and experience in securing web applications, secure coding practices
- Hands-on knowledge of application resiliency, performance tuning, technology risk management is a strong plus
- Hands-on knowledge of messaging middleware such as IBM MQ (preferred) or TIBCO EMS, and application servers such as WebSphere, or WebLogic
- Knowledge of SWIFT messaging, payments processing, FX business domain is a plus
- Hands-on knowledge of CI/CD practices and DevOps toolsets such as JIRA, GIT, Ant, Maven, Jenkins, Bamboo, Confluence, and ServiceNow.
- Hands-on knowledge of MS Office toolset including MS-Excel, MS-Word, PowerPoint, and Visio
- Proven track record of successful application delivery to production and effective Level-3 support.
Success factors: In addition, the person selected for the job will
- Have strong analytical, written and oral communication skills with a high self-motivation factor
- Possess excellent organization skills to manage multiple tasks in parallel
- Be a team player
- Have the ability to work on complex projects with globally distributed teams and manage tight delivery timelines
- Have the ability to smoothly handle high stress application development and support environments
- Strive continuously to improve stakeholder management for end-to-end application delivery and support
Qualification Requirements:
- Bachelor Degree
- Minimum 5 year experience in Information Technology
Our commitment to employees:
At CLS, we celebrate inclusion and consider this to be one of our strongest assets. We are committed to fostering an environment in which everyone feels comfortable to be who they are, and inclusion is valued. All employees have access to our inclusive benefits, including:
- Holiday - UK/Asia: 25 holiday days and 3 'life days' (in addition to bank holidays). US: 23 holiday days.
- 2 paid volunteer days so that you can actively support causes within your community that are important to you.
- Generous parental leave policies to ensure you can enjoy valuable time with your family.
- Parental transition coaching programmes and support services.
- Wellbeing and mental health support resources to ensure you are looking after yourself, and able to support others.
- Employee Networks (including our Women's Forum, Black Employee Network and Pride Network) in support of our organisational commitment to embrace and always be learning more about inclusivity.
- Hybrid working to promote a healthy work/life balance, enabling employees to work collaboratively in the office when needed and work from home when they don't.
- Active support of flexible working for all employees where possible.
- Monthly 'Heads Down Days' with no meetings across the whole company.
- Generous non-contributory pension provision for UK/Asia employees, and 401K match from CLS for US employees.
- Private medical insurance and dental coverage.
- Social events that give you opportunities to meet new people and broaden your network across the organisation.
- Annual flu vaccinations.
- Discounts and savings and cashback across a wide range of categories including health and retail for UK employees.
- Discounted Gym membership - Complete Body Gym Discount/Sweat equity program for US employees.
- All employees have access to Discover - our comprehensive learning platform with 1000+ courses from LinkedIn Learning.
- Access to frequent development sessions on a number of topics to help you be successful and develop your career at CLS.
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