Back-End Developer – CPQi

CPQi provides consultative services and expertise to help our clientele in the financial industry deliver better services to their users, speed up development lifecycles and bring them into a digital age. We work with 8 of the world’s top 12 banks, exposing our team to the most exciting technologies and strategies in today’s digital era. You will be working on various projects supporting our clients and we want you to grow with us. In doing that we focus heavily on the progress and education of all of our team members. That’s why we invest in you by offering CPQi University, paid certifications and other training programs. We want to build a career for life here at CPQi.

We are currently seeking a Back-End Developer to join our team!

Responsibilities:

• Conceive and write detailed software implementations/code while ensuring that the code/configurations adhere to the security, logging, error handling, and performance standards and non-functional requirements.
• Write, configure, and integrate code to create the software that aligns with architecture patterns and technology strategy.
• Understand the implications of various components (including technology strategy & architecture) to the overall design of a program, system, or eco-system.
• Evaluate new technologies for fit with the program/system/ecosystem and the associated upstream and downstream impacts on process, data, risk (e.g. security).
• Work toward the objective of defect free software.
• Ensure that systems functionally meet requirements, align with architecture and promote the development of common assets.
• Assess impact of design decisions to the solution being developed (i.e. performance, schedule, budget, downstream component/system impact, quality, etc.) and recommend alternate/creative solutions for mitigation/optimization if required.
• Assess the costs and benefits for different solutions and recommend/decide on appropriate designs.
• Design solutions, write code, perform unit testing, develop appropriate artefacts / documentation, and facilitates final delivery.
• Builds solutions that are supportable, scalable and achieve our aspiration of common assets.

Skills:

General:

• Typically, 7+ years of relevant experience and/or certification in a related field of study or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Knowledge of software development practices, concepts, and technology obtained through formal training and/or work experience.
• Deep knowledge and technical proficiency gained through extensive education and business experience.
• Knowledge of technical/business environment and processes.
• Good understanding for mission critical financial applications.

Coding:

• Knowledge of programming languages such as Java, JavaScript, TypeScript.
• Ability to provide high quality code, knowledge of common patterns, ability to improve the code using linting tools (such as Sonar), automated testing and pull request reviews.
• Understanding of Microservices Architecture with the specifics of Spring Boot.
• Understanding of large-system integration patterns (e.g. SOAP/XML, JSON/RESTful Services, Socket.io, Server sent events).
• Experience with databases such as MS SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB
• DevOps concepts (Continuous Integration/Delivery) and tools (Git, Jira, Confluence, Bamboo, Jenkins, Maven, Ansible, Artifactory)
• Understand functional aspects and technical behavior of the underlying operating system, development environment, and deployment practices.
• Excellent understanding of software development life cycle and Agile methodology