Principal Software Engineer - Java

Management Level

Equiniti provides comprehensive solutions to support organizations throughout their corporate lifecycle, including managing shareholder engagement, maintaining stock registers, facilitating ownership transfers, enabling shareholder meetings, paying dividends, supporting IPOs, and administering employee equity plans. We are dedicated to revolutionizing shareholder services by developing digital solutions that facilitate dematerialization for issuers and shareholders. 

EQ is a fintech that connects the future of capital, communications, and governance, building trust and confidence in every market we serve. Our values set the core foundations to our success. We are TRUSTED to deliver on our commitments, COMMERCIAL in building long term value, COLLABORATIVE in our approach and we IMPROVE by continually enhancing our skills and services. There has never been a better time to join EQ.

Job Summary:

Principal Software Engineer with experience in development, deployment and operation of software solutions primarily based on Java. Undertakes complex business requirement and provide a business solution. Work with other application/platform developers and implement business requirements into concrete solutions. Review the solution and design with the architects and database administrators as required.  Work with application development team to produce the technical documentation of the projects. Provide technical expertise for the support team, for atypical issues that need detailed analysis or design.   

Specific experience and skills:

• Minimum 10 Years of software development and design experience
• Hands-on experience in developing, maintaining robust, maintainable software.
• Experience delivering large projects in technical lead capacity is a plus.
• Should possess Analytical, Design, Architectural and documentation skills and able to solve challenging problems across SDLC be they technical, process or interpersonal
• Hands-on experience writing software in Java and Web using HTML, CSS, jQuery, JavaScript, and ReactJS; experience with MVC patterns.
• Experience designing and maintaining applications using Spring/J2EE frameworks, Web Services/RESTful services/Microservices/APIs
• RDBMS Experience with exposure to writing Stored Procedures, SQL queries
• Experience working in both Linux and Windows host environments
• Experience working in Banking/Finance sector or related platforms/software is a plus
• Experience using tools like JIRA, Visio and MS Office tools for documentation and work tracking
• Uncanny ability to figure out existing Java applications
• Innovative and able to assess potential improvement opportunities and provide solutions.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for software design, development, testing, automation and maintenance of applications across enterprise.
• Work with a team of resources in project delivery and work with Product, BA and QA teams to successfully deliver projects.
• Review tasks done by team members and ensure best practices are followed.
• Work closely with Project Managers, Scrum Leads and CIOs in creating project breakdown, technical delivery schedule and helping them meeting all identified milestones.
• Design and develop Software solutions that fit within the guidelines set forth by Security, Architecture and Solution Leads.
• Responsible for mentoring and guiding team development and support team members any complex or challenging situations that requires advanced knowledge
• Create documentation and test scripts supporting the development work. Also provide documentation to Release/implementation teams to help them successfully deploy changes to Production environment.
• Support complex business as usual activities (BAU) with Application support and Customer Operations team including but not limited to resolving production defects, performance issues and system outages.
• Identify and implement new and improved technologies & tools that would benefit supported systems and business.

Benefits:

Being a permanent member of the team at EQ you will be rewarded by our company benefits, these are just a few of what is on offer:

• Business related certification expense reimbursement
• Comprehensive Medical Assurance coverage for dependents & Parents
• Accidental & Life cover 3 times of concerned CTC

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. Please note any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment screening checks.