12 Months Contract - Backend Developer (through An External Agency Payroll Provider)

Backend Developer

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Responsible for designing, developing and testing software modules, ensuring optimal functionality and integration within complex systems. The role demands a combination of in-depth technical expertise and collaboration with cross-functional teams to innovate and deliver high-quality software solutions.

Your Challenge

We are seeking a highly skilled backend developer to join our dynamic team at a leading financial institution on a 12 months contract. The developer shall be part of the global CoE Software Solutions team within GPS Technology based in Singapore.

The developer shall work with team members based in both Singapore and Zurich to help maintain the current trading platform and improve and create new libraries and frameworks upon which our trading platform is based. Working in an agile environment and interacting with traders, business owners and other stakeholders, the developer shall capture new requirements, design innovative solutions, and implement them. As part of the global team and working on global applications, the developer shall also provide first class support to the business and other stakeholders when called on.

The developer shall have a strong background in backend development, with deep expertise in strongly typed and static languages (C#, Java). The developer shall be responsible for developing, maintaining, and enhancing our financial platforms and applications, ensuring high performance, security, and scalability. The developer shall ensure active risk management and meet all regulatory and internal compliance expectations relating to the role. As we are currently containerizing our applications, the developer shall be familiar with Kubernetes-based solution development.

Ideally, the developer shall have additionally a good knowledge of frontend development, specifically using JavaScript and React.

Your Profile

Personal and Social:

• Able to work independently and in a global team setup to take on initiatives with a positive attitude
• Have a passion for developing high quality software
• Client-centric approach for all deliverables
• Solution oriented and able to work in an agile setup
• Able to quickly troubleshoot problems and provide effective solutions
• Fast learner and able to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines
• Strong communication/coordination skills to deal with different levels of stakeholders
• Strong analytical skills, able to structure and document requirements and solution options
• Highly motivated with integrative personality
• Excellent decision-making and problem-solving skills
• Strong command of spoken and written skills

Professional and Technical:

• Relevant higher educational and professional background with 10+ years of experience in software development of which 5+ as a backend developer. Relevant work experience in the financial industry is desirable
• Profound hands-on C# and/or Java
• Good knowledge of reactive libraries, patterns and frameworks (e.g. reactive extensions)
• Good knowledge of Mongo DB and MS SQL
• Good knowledge of RabbitMQ, gRPC and GraphQL
• Good code review skills, and pride in code quality
• Collaborative and a strong team player
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of projects
• Ability to work in an agile environment
• Willing to work in a global team that has members in Singapore and Switzerland
• Good hands-on JavaScript/TypeScript programming skills is an advantage
• Good knowledge of current JavaScript frameworks (ReactJS) and technologies (Typescript) is an advantage
• Familiarity with GraphQL is a plus
• Familiarity with frontend build tools and package managers (e.g. Webpack, NPM) is a plus
• Familiarity with cloud-based development, ideally in application containerization as well as Azure Application services is preferred