Engineer Senior, Software

ROLE OVERVIEW
We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join a team responsible for building and maintaining a real-time foreign exchange (FX) processing platform. The system supports end-to-end FX trade lifecycle capabilities, including customer dealing portals, integration with third party systems, trade capture, position and risk management, confirmation and settlement, and accounting.
The platform includes a web-based user interface and leverages a rich, modern technology stack. The role requires strong backend development expertise, solid system design understanding, and close collaboration with cross-functional teams.
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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
•    Design, develop, enhance, and maintain real-time FX product functionality and existing system architecture.
•    Contribute to end-to-end software development lifecycle, including design, development, testing, deployment, and production support.
•    Practice high-quality coding standards, ensuring reusable, optimized, and performance-efficient code.
•    Participate in code reviews, both contributing and reviewing peers’ work to ensure quality and consistency.
•    Resolve complex programming issues and provide technical guidance to other team members.
•    Create and maintain low-level design documentation based on high-level architecture designs.
•    Document low-level designs based on high-level design documents..
•    Work closely with QA engineers to ensure quality deliveries and with business analysts to understand functional requirements.
•    Maintain and enhance existing systems while ensuring stability, scalability, and performance.
•    Provide production support and participate in troubleshooting and issue resolution.
•    Stay updated with current software development practices, tools, and technologies.
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REQUIRED SKILLS
•    2+ years of strong hands-on experience in Java SE / J2EE development.
•    Proven experience in client/server application development.
•    Solid understanding of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and distributed system design.
•    Strong knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles and common design patterns.
•    Good understanding of relational database concepts and strong proficiency in SQL.
•    Ability to work effectively in a team-based, collaborative environment.
•    Good English communication skills, both written and verbal.
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PREFERRED SKILLS
•    Experience with Angular, JavaScript, jQuery, CSS, and JSP.
•    Exposure to web-based user interfaces and modern front-end frameworks.
•    Experience working on financial systems, trading related process and capital market.
•    Knowledge of capital markets, financial software and trading-related processes.
•     Experience with Scrum or other agile software development methodologies.
•    Understanding of application performance, scalability, and security concepts.
•    Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices is an added advantage.
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Responsibilities

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
•    Design, develop, enhance, and maintain real-time FX product functionality and existing system architecture.
•    Contribute to end-to-end software development lifecycle, including design, development, testing, deployment, and production support.
•    Practice high-quality coding standards, ensuring reusable, optimized, and performance-efficient code.
•    Participate in code reviews, both contributing and reviewing peers’ work to ensure quality and consistency.
•    Resolve complex programming issues and provide technical guidance to other team members.
•    Create and maintain low-level design documentation based on high-level architecture designs.
•    Document low-level designs based on high-level design documents..
•    Work closely with QA engineers to ensure quality deliveries and with business analysts to understand functional requirements.
•    Maintain and enhance existing systems while ensuring stability, scalability, and performance.
•    Provide production support and participate in troubleshooting and issue resolution.
•    Stay updated with current software development practices, tools, and technologies.
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Qualifications

REQUIRED SKILLS
•    2+ years of strong hands-on experience in Java SE / J2EE development.
•    Proven experience in client/server application development.
•    Solid understanding of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and distributed system design.
•    Strong knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles and common design patterns.
•    Good understanding of relational database concepts and strong proficiency in SQL.
•    Ability to work effectively in a team-based, collaborative environment.
•    Good English communication skills, both written and verbal.
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PREFERRED SKILLS
•    Experience with Angular, JavaScript, jQuery, CSS, and JSP.
•    Exposure to web-based user interfaces and modern front-end frameworks.
•    Experience working on financial systems, trading related process and capital market.
•    Knowledge of capital markets, financial software and trading-related processes.
•     Experience with Scrum or other agile software development methodologies.
•    Understanding of application performance, scalability, and security concepts.
•    Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices is an added advantage.
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