Backend Engineer - Middle Office Platform

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Job description

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc. (SGA) is searching for a Backend Engineer - Middle Office Platform for a contract assignment with one of our premier financial services clients in Alpharetta, GA.

Position Description:

We are seeking an experience backend engineer to join our Middle Office Core Platform Organization. This team owns systems, services and initiatives to provide financial products to our customers across digital channels. This organization is responsible for building financial products, platform capabilities and components that are used by millions of customers daily.

As a backend engineer, you will be working in Middle Office Core Platform Organization to drive product development and modernization initiatives. You are a builder and have deep understanding of tools and technologies to build products that delivers business outcomes and obsess about customer. You will be responsible for designing and programming a small module or a large component and designing a feature, set of features.

Responsibilities:

Engage in technical discussions; participate in technical designs and present technical ideas through white boarding

Work closely with your peers and keep engaging in a fast pace technical design and development team

Execute in a fast-paced delivery mode and focus in delivering tasks to meet the product release goal

Maintain code quality through best practices, unit testing and code quality automation

Understand whole product, its modules and the interrelationship between them while being an expert in the assigned component or module

Help in designing interfaces and information exchange between modules

Possess advanced domain knowledge and show great customer focus. Expert in processes / methodologies and Skilled in build, release & deployment processes

Articulate the need for scalability and understand the importance of improving quality through testing.

Be an expert in writing code that meets standards and delivers the desired functionality using the technology selected for the project

Required Skills/Experience:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or in "STEM " Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)

7-15 years of relevant professional experience, or 5 years with master's, or 2 years with PhD

Strong knowledge of Object-Oriented Analysis and Design, Software Design Patterns and coding principles

Hands-on experience in microservices architecture and development, Databases such as Oracle MySQL, Sybase, PostgreSQL etc.

7 - 15 years' experience in Java

Experience in building scalable and highly available distributed systems

Experience in assessing application performance and optimizing/improving it through design and best coding practices

Be an expert in core data structures as well as algorithms and can implement them using language of choice

Preferred understanding and experience in one of the public clouds (AWS, Azure) native services

Experience in agile software development

Strong problem-solving abilities and capable of articulating specific technical topics or assignments

Evangelizes how our technology solves customer problems from a technology and business perspective

Demonstrates clarity of thinking to work through limited information and vague problem definitions

Proactively identifies and address customer issues in product

Shares knowledge, establishing trust, credibility, and goodwill

Excellent communication skills and the ability to interface with senior leadership with confidence and clarity

Able to work well with global teams, including time-zone flexibility

Open to take new responsibility, learn new technologies or systems to deliver business value

Preferred Skills/Experience:

Preferred experience in ServiceMesh, Containers and Kubernetes technologies

Preferred hands-on experience in building cloud-based software leveraging cloud and open-source technology and frameworks

SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at (url removed).

SGA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of Race, Color, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Religion, National Origin, Disability, Veteran Status, Age, Marital Status, Pregnancy, Genetic Information, or Other Legally Protected Status. We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, and our services, programs, and activities. Please visit our company EEO page to request an accommodation or assistance regarding our policy.

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