Lead Software Engineer

The Role : S&P Dow Jones Indices a global leader in providing investable and benchmark indices to the financial markets, is looking for a Lead Java Application Developer to join our technology team.

The Location : Mumbai

The Team : You will be part of global technology team comprising of Dev, QA and BA teams and will be responsible for analysis, design, development and testing.

The Impact : You will contribute to the development and enhancement of the Sprout data platform , ensuring it serves as a reliable and efficient source of data for all SPDJI applications. Your work will directly influence the platforms ability to provide timely and accurate data, supporting critical business decisions and enhancing the overall user experience.

What s in it for you : This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the evolution of our existing data platform and implement innovative features that drive our business forward.

Responsibilities :

• Design and development of Java Spring boot applications for SPDJI web sites and its downstream systems.
• Participate in multiple software development processes including Coding, Testing, De-bugging & Documentation.
• Develop software applications based on clear business specifications.
• Build SPARK based jobs to onboard bulk data into the application.
• Work with MongoDB to query data.
• Work on new initiatives and support existing applications for all their data needs.
• Perform Application & System Performance tuning and troubleshoot performance issues.
• Develop web based applications and build rich front-end user interfaces.
• Build applications with object oriented concepts and apply design patterns.
• Integrate in-house applications with various vendor software platforms.
• Setup development environment / sandbox for application development.
• Check-in application code changes into the source repository.
• Perform unit testing of application code and fix errors.
• Interface with databases to extract information and build reports.
• Effectively interact with customers, business users and IT staff.

What we re looking for :

Basic Qualification :

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or Engineering is required, or in lieu, a demonstrated equivalence in work experience.
• (5 to 8) years of IT experience in application development and support.
• Strong Experience with Java, J2EE, JMS &.EJBs
• Basic understanding SQL, PL/SQL(posgres) programming
• Basic understanding in MongoDB
• Spark using scala /Java.
• Basic networking knowledge / Unix scripting
• Minimum- 1-2 years of experience in minimum two of following.
• Any ETL tool
• Good understanding of AWS cloud (EC2, EMR, Lambda, S3, Glue, etc.)
• Big data / AWS Cloud / Micro services
• Ansible / Fortify / Jenkins
• Exposure to addressing Vulnerabilities
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential, with strong verbal and writing proficiencies.

Preferred Qualification :

• Experience working with large datasets in Equity, Commodities, Forex, Futures and Options asset classes.
• Experience with Index/Benchmarks or Asset Management or Trading platforms.
• Basic Knowledge of User Interface design & development using JQuery, HTML5 & CSS.