Java Backend Engineer, Aladdin Engineering - Vice President

Your Responsibilities To always be inquisitive,enthusiasticand open to quickly learning the business and our systems. Lead individual pieces of work frominceptionto completion, coordinating with other developers, and driving initiatives forward independently. As a senior developer you will be providing mentorship, guidance, and support to help other developers in the team grow and develop their skills and careers. Collaborate directly with your team and more widely across Private Markets and the wider Aladdin organization to build and deliver market leading software at pace. Deliver high efficiency, high availability, concurrent and fault tolerant software systems. Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other partners to understand requirements and translate them into technical specifications. Design, develop, and implement secure, scalable, and reliable micro-services to deliver applications built on Java technologies. OptimizeAPI performance and reliability through continuous testing, debugging, and refinement. Implement standard methodologies for API documentation, versioning, and maintenance. Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies to drive innovation andmaintaina competitive edge. Provide technical leadership and mentorship to developers, fostering a culture of learning and growth within the team. Ideally, you should have Bachelor s degree or equivalent experience in computer science, engineering, or related field. 7+ years of professional experience in Java development, with a focus on building client-facing APIs An interest in finance and technology, backed by real-work experience, ideally in an API-First setting. Strong communication, presentation (written and verbal), and interpersonal skills, with direct experience of managing a diverse team of people. Proficiencyin Java programming language (17+ an advantage) and related frameworks (e.g., Spring Boot, Hibernate ). A real-world practitioner of OO development, coupled with experience applying standard Design Patterns to your software design. Experience designing, building, and deploying scalable micro-services using API-First principles using at least one of REST/gRPC. Motivatedto work in a highly professional environment where best-practices and attention to detail are highly valued, and security and stability are built into everything you do. A desire to work with your colleagues to build the best software you can, move quickly anddemonstrateexcellence. Strong understanding of RESTful API design principles and best practices. Experience with API authentication and authorization mechanisms (e.g., OAuth, JWT). Demonstrable experience building modern software using engineering tools such as git, maven, unit testing and integration testing tools, mocking frameworks. Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail. Exposure to Docker, Kubernetes and cloud services in an enterprise environment is beneficial. Experience in message brokers such as Kafka is a plus. Experience with API gateway technologies (e.g., Apigee, Kong) is beneficial. Friendly, positive, and can-do attitude.