Java Engineer - Aladdin Engineering - Vice President

Java Engineer – Aladdin Engineering – Vice President

B.S. / M.S. degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related subject
7+ years of experience
A proven foundation in core Java and related technologies, with OO skills and design patterns
Good hands-on object-oriented programming knowledge in Java, Spring, TypeScript, JavaScript, Microservices, Angular (2.0+), React
Strong knowledge of Open-Source technology stack (Spring, Hibernate, Maven, JUnit, etc.)
Experience with relational database and/or NoSQL Database (e.g., Apache Cassandra)
Great analytical, problem-solving and communication skills
Some experience or a real interest in finance, investment processes, and/or an ability to translate business problems into technical solutions.

Collaborate with team members in a multi-office, multi-country environment
Deliver high efficiency, high availability, concurrent and fault tolerant software systems
Significantly contribute to development of Aladdin’s global, multi-asset trading platform
Work with product management and business users to define the roadmap for the product
Design and develop innovative solutions to complex problems, identifying issues and roadblocks
Apply validated quality software engineering practices through all phases of development
Ensure resilience and stability through quality code reviews, unit, regression and user acceptance testing, dev ops and level two production support
Be a leader with vision and a partner in brainstorming solutions for team productivity, efficiency, guiding and motivating others
Drive a strong culture by bringing principles of inclusion and diversity to the team and setting the tone through specific recruiting, management actions and employee engagement.

Exposure to building microservices and APIs ideally with REST, Kafka or gRPC
Experience working in an agile development team or on open-source development projects
Experience with optimization, algorithms or related quantitative processes
Exposure to high scale distributed technology like Kafka, Mongo, Ignite, Redis
Experience with Cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud
Experience with DevOps and tools like Azure DevOps
Experience with AI-related projects/products or experience working in an AI research environment
A degree, certifications or opensource track record that shows you have a mastery of software engineering principles.