Overview
Octus is a leading global provider of credit intelligence, data, and analytics. Since 2013, tens of thousands of professionals across hedge fund, investment banking, management consulting, and law firm verticals have relied on Octus to make better, faster, and more confident decisions in pace with the fast-moving credit markets. For more information, visit :
Role
The Application Platform Java Developer reports to Richard Christy and will be part of the team to architect, design, and develop the next generation architecture for the Sky Road platform. The Sky Road platform provides trade processing, portfolio management, portfolio optimization, compliance, and credit management functions for alternative asset managers. Working under Rich’s guidance along with the other members of the Application Platform team, this role will focus on improving the scalability, performance, and functionality to build the next generation Sky Road architecture. Java / Spring and database skills, good communication and teamwork skills, and motivation to learn new skills are key to this role.
Key Responsibilities
- Improve scalability, reliability and performance of the Sky Road platform architecture to allow the application to scale to accommodate additional clients, features, and data volumes
- Improve the architecture to provide additional infrastructure to support features such as real-time event processing, integrating real-time external interfaces and data warehousing
- Assist in timely resolution of incidents and support day-to-day operations when issues occur in production
- Write automated JUnit and regression tests
- Help to improve and maintain documentation for internal team members
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceJava experience, at least 5 yearsExperience with Spring Boot framework, Spring Security framework, JPA at least 5 yearsExperience with Relational / NoSQL Databases, at least 5 yearsExperience with Java Messaging Service (SQS, Kafka or similar)Experience with Hazelcast, Google Guava, or equivalent Java Cache technologiesExperience with using AWS services to build application frameworks (i.e. AWS Fargate, AWS Lambda, AWS Load Balancers, AWS database technologies)Experience with CI / CD technologies such as Git, Jenkins, Java IDEsDesired Qualifications
Experience with any of the following technologies : Hibernate, Snowflake, GraphQL, Python, JSON, HTMLExperience with server-side API frameworks such as REST and / or WebSockets being called by a client-side contemporary web framework (i.e. Angular or React)Experience with Test Driven Development (TDD) and test frameworks such as JUnit / MockitoCommitted to maintaining a clean, readable, and consistent codebase by making thoughtful and well-integrated contributions and participating in GIT pull-requests / code reviewsFamiliarity building Financial Software Applications, specifically trade / position keeping systemsKey Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Code Feedback is genuinely taken into consideration and can similarly be given via discussion and code reviewsFeature / Bug Fix Delivery without frequent occurrence of significant rollbacks or issuesTime Management of simultaneous short / long term projects including estimation, planning, development, and deliveryProduction support of the Sky Road platform including diagnosis, data correction, and solution suggestionThe salary range estimate for this position is $110,000 - $150,000 .
Octus is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse work environment where all individuals are valued, respected, and treated fairly. We believe that diversity enriches our workplace and enhances our ability to innovate and succeed.
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