About the Opportunity

Title Senior AnalystProgrammer

Department FIL India Technology - Retail Technology

Location Gurugram , India

We're proud to have been helping our clients build better financial futures for over 50 years. How have we achieved this By working together - and supporting each other - all over the world. So, join our team and feel like you're part of something bigger.

You'll be joining the Sonata Product Development team, which focuses on enhancing our platform capabilities to support our growing direct and intermediated businesses in the region.

This role is for an experienced Java Full Stack Developer to work within the Sonata Product Development team. The successful candidate will be responsible for gaining deep knowledge of Sonata services, contributing to solution architecture, and making key design decisions for ongoing strategic initiatives.

The role requires strong expertise in Java-based application development, a solid understanding of relational databases and SQL, and the ability to technically guide and mentor the development team. The candidate should be comfortable working across the full stack, collaborating with frontend, backend, and DevOps teams to deliver scalable and high-quality solutions.

As part of this role, the candidate may be required to support and resolve critical production issues, placing them in a front-line position with significant interaction with business stakeholders. This demands a high level of ownership, flexibility, and the ability to perform effectively under pressure.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential to clearly and confidently interact with business users, product owners, and technical teams at all levels of the organization.

The role requires close working with colleagues in the UK offices, and as such the candidate may be required to work UK business hours sometimes. On occasions the candidate may also be required to work extended hours/weekends to cover changes and release implementations, for example. This demanding role would perfectly suit a dynamic individual looking to work in a fast-paced environment to ensure the smooth running of business critical systems.

Key Responsibilities

ð Work with delivery architects to review the best solution to problems

ð Ensure development quality standards are met

ð Own and deliver technically sound solutions for the assigned project (s)

ð Provide regular updates and reporting to project managers

ð Highlight risks and issues in a prompt and timely manner and give clear and concise details of resolutions

ð Interact with customers to understand their problems, provide solutions or workarounds

ð Produce technical documentation to assist team members

ð Ownership of problems from first notification through to resolution

ð Ensure performance of Sonata platform is optimised

ð Impact Analysis for any changes required

ð Identify problem areas and escalate where necessary

Essential Skills / Experience

ð Strong hands-on experience in Java (Core Java, Spring / Spring Boot, RESTful services)

ð Extensive experience with React.js for building scalable, responsive web applications
ð Solid understanding of frontend technologies: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (ES6+), Redux, REST APIs
ð Hands-on experience in writing complex SQL queries, query optimization, indexing, and database tuning
ð Strong experience with relational databases (Oracle / PostgreSQL / MySQL) and data modeling concepts
ð Exposure to DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, build and release automation

ð Hands-on experience integrating Generative AI / LLMs (OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Amazon Bedrock, etc.) into full‑stack applications using APIs
ð Understanding of prompt engineering, embeddings, vector databases, and retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG) patterns
ð Experience with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes
ð Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS / Azure / GCP) and cloud-native services
ð Experience using source code management tools such as Git, GitHub, Bitbucket, or GitLab
ð Knowledge of infrastructure as code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation - preferred)
ð Understanding of microservices architecture, API gateways, and service-to-service communication
ð Experience with logging, monitoring, and observability tools (ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)
ð Familiarity with NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra) and big data concepts
ð Strong diagnostic, debugging, and problem-solving skills across the full stack
ð Ability to write clean, maintainable, and testable code, with unit and integration testing experience
ð Good understanding of application security, authentication/authorization (OAuth, JWT)
ð Ability to work under pressure, manage priorities, and meet tight deadlines
ð Ability to think laterally with an enquiring mind and strong analytical skills
ð Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively in cross-functional teams
ð Flexible attitude with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment

Desirable Skills / Experience

ð Good knowledge of UNIX, Python, Shell Scripting, u-deploy (or similar) and experience of continuous integration

ð Large scale software product engineering experience with contemporary tools and delivery methods in a complex environment, i.e. Agile/SAFe, Test Modernization, CI/CD, Cloud Solutions, and DevOps practices.

ð End to end understanding of distribution data and its lifecycle

ð Exposure to the Finance/Mutual Fund industry would be an advantage

Expose to big data technologies like Hadoop, Spark, Kafka