Join Mizuho as a Technical Lead Java Developer!
Key Responsibilities:
- Candidate will work on challenging and highly visible projects for Fixed Income / other areas driven by business needs
- Hands-on coding as an individual contributor along with Unit Tests and participating in dev testing throughout the SDLC (DEV, UAT)
- Participate in daily stand ups following Agile/scrum methodology, closing working with TPM and other dev team members
- Perform design and code review of on-going projects
- Follow coding and design standards at Mizuho, comply to security and other internal requirements.
- Participate in change management process, facilitate code deployment in Production and being responsible for project delivery.
- Review software health, code quality and security vulnerabilities on an on-going basis, evaluate and adopt new dev libraries/tools to improve code quality
- Assist in project documentation and run books
- Propose new technical solutions, perform POCs and work with technical leads/architects for new stack evaluation
- Improvement application stability by providing monitoring, handling failures, assisting in platform upgrades
- Coach Junior level software developers and analysts
Qualifications:
- Candidate must have 8 plus years of hands-on experience in developing enterprise applications using Java
- Must have 5 plus years of Spring and Spring boot development experience
- In depth knowledge and practical experience on Functional programming, Threading/Concurrency, Collections, Exception Handling and other core java features
- Experience in writing REST , Microservice & APIs
- Experience in developing and integrating distributed Systems using EIPs - including performance, security and error handling aspects
- Able to perform system design (High /low), Workflow diagrams and participate in design review sessions
- Minimum 3 years of experience as technical team lead
- Excellent communication skills, communicate effectively with business and other stakeholders
- Able to work with teams in different geographical locations/time zones
- Messaging experience (AMQ or Kafka) is preferred to have
- Good knowledge of SQL, entity relations and writing queries
- Decent knowledge in protocols - http/https , SSL, TCP and others
- Able to work with CI/CD teams, knowledge of GIT and build tools- Maven is required
- Knowledge on cloud (Azure) and containers (OpenShift or similar) is preferred to have.
- Knowledge on Financial markets and Fixed income is nice to have.
The expected base salary ranges from $200k-$225k. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including relevant skills, training, experience, education, and, where applicable, certifications and licenses obtained. Market and organizational factors are also considered. In addition to salary and a generous employee benefits package, successful candidates are eligible to receive a discretionary bonus.
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Other requirements
Mizuho has in place a hybrid working program, with varying opportunities for remote work depending on the nature of the role, needs of your department, as well as local laws and regulatory obligations. Roles in some of our departments have greater in-office requirements that will be communicated to you as part of the recruitment process.
Company Overview
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. is the 15th largest bank in the world as measured by total assets of ~$2 trillion. Mizuho's 60,000 employees worldwide offer comprehensive financial services to clients in 35 countries and 800 offices throughout the Americas, EMEA and Asia. Mizuho Americas is a leading provider of corporate and investment banking services to clients in the US, Canada, and Latin America. Through its acquisition of Greenhill, Mizuho provides M&A, restructuring and private capital advisory capabilities across Americas, Europe and Asia. Mizuho Americas employs approximately 3,500 professionals, and its capabilities span corporate and investment banking, capital markets, equity and fixed income sales & trading, derivatives, FX, custody and research. Visit www.mizuhoamericas.com.
Mizuho Americas offers a competitive total rewards package.
We are an EEO/AA Employer - M/F/Disability/Veteran.
We participate in the E-Verify program.
We maintain a drug-free workplace and reserve the right to require pre- and post-hire drug testing as permitted by applicable law.
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Skills Required
- 8+ years of hands-on experience in Java development
- 5+ years of Spring and Spring Boot experience
- 3 years of experience as technical team lead
- Knowledge of SQL and writing queries
- Experience with CI/CD, GIT, and Maven
Mizuho Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Mizuho and has not been reviewed or approved by Mizuho.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage are characterized as strong, with plans described as excellent in multiple contexts. U.S. entities provide standard plan options and supporting programs that reinforce overall coverage quality.
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Retirement Support — A U.S. 401(k) program with employer contributions is available, indicating solid retirement support across entities. While formulas may vary by unit and year, the presence of an employer-funded component is a consistent feature.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is described as meaningful, accompanied by programs that support childcare and eldercare. Flexible workstyles and family-focused resources broaden the depth of family support.
Mizuho Insights
What We Do
This is not your typical financial institution. It’s our people who make us a cut above. Here, every person is respected because of their differences, not in spite of them. We pride ourselves on a culture of purpose, passion and compassion. At Mizuho, we provide the stability of an international industry leader with the career trajectory of a growing business. Our steady, strategic growth gives our people at all levels rewarding degrees of responsibility and a richer work experience than a boutique firm or an established giant could offer alone. Working for Mizuho opens doors not just to a rewarding career with excellent prospects, but to lasting friendships with colleagues from diverse cultures. It’s the local expertise of our employees that makes our global network so powerful. By collaborating with colleagues and clients who have your same ambition, you can amplify your sphere of influence and base of knowledge as part of one of the largest—and growing—banks in the world. We’re all global citizens, and that’s why our company feels compelled to make an impact through more than just drawing up deals. We prove that it’s possible to do well and do good. We do right by our clients, our community and each other.
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