Senior Software Engineer (Java, Spring, Kafka, AWS)

Job Overview We are seeking a candidate for a Senior Software Engineer who can work closely with other members of technology including other developers, business analysts, and QA engineers to design, develop, test, implement, and support solutions to meet business requirements. Prism is Wellington's own real-time data fabric, an Enterprise Data Federation tool providing a unified way to access our firm's data across web services, SQL, Data Lakes, and other stores via GraphQL. Prism supports interfaces and services for direct use/interaction by portfolio management, research systems in addition to individual investors for their analysis using various tools. This is a critical system and needs a collaborative, strong team with good technical, data and business analysis skills. Key to the Position 10+ years of development experience with at least 7 years with Java, Memory management and server tuning are required for this role. Must have experience working with Spring and AWS. Kafka is a very strong + / Must Nodejs and React would be a + Financial services experience is a + Basic understanding of GraphiQL Couple of days in Needham and 1 in Boston. Only 1 office is fine. No relocation for this role so the preference is for local candidates of Needham, MA/Boston, MA Responsibilities Lead tracks of work involving high complexity, mission critical AWS-based java services, React-based front-ends, Kafka messaging, and more. Learn about investment data from the fundamentals of portfolio holdings to alternative data. Lead the delivery of high-quality business solutions, including participating in architecture, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and support. Be a thought partner to the Data experience & business analyst team as they work with our business partners. Design, prototype and code new software components and applications based on functional specifications across the full stack – services, web and mobile clients, infrastructure, and back-end. Coordinate with analyst teams and vendors to execute test plans and provide support during user acceptance testing. Modify and enhance existing systems to incorporate new functionality and to optimize them for performance. Author technical design and support documentation. Qualifications 7+ years of demonstrated experience designing and developing applications and services using Java version 11 or higher. Exposure to enterprise technologies like Spring and SpringBoot. Experience developing applications with cloud technologies such as AWS. Experience using Jenkins and GIT. Exposure to GraphQL, pub/sub using Kafka is not required, but a plus. Familiarity with designing and developing complex web services using REST, JavaScript/NodeJS, Java, and related technologies. Familiarity with developing web applications using HTML5, CSS, and modern UI frameworks such as React. #J-18808-Ljbffr