Java Developer (Data Services) at RMB - Rand Merchant Bank

The purpose of the role is as follows:

• The Data Services Developer is responsible for software development, maintenance, testing and production support for applications within Markets: Data Services

Are you someone who can do the following:

Analysis and solution development

• Collaborate with Analysts and the Business to understand the requirement
• Work with developers to design and develop solutions accordingly.
• Develop scalable reliable and high-performance applications
• Collaborate within the team to determine the tasks required to deliver the solution
• Contribute to architecting solutions.
• Provide continuous feedback and input to other stakeholders.
• Act speedily to resolve problems, queries, and complaints.
• Ensures solutions are maintainable by the team

Service Excellence 

• Collaborate with internal technical team/users in the resolution of critical production incidents
• Collaborate with vendors when neccessary on suitable short- and long-term solutions for incidents and new requirements
• Suggest changes in executing work processes to better drive value and benefits for the business.

Effective stakeholder relationship management

• Build and maintain professional working relationships with all stakeholders, displaying excellent abilities to initiate dialogue, listen, advise, influence and negotiate to achieve win-win outcomes.
• Initiate meetings with key stakeholders to track progress, manage expectations and ensure stakeholders’ requirements are delivered
• Build relationships despite  arising conflicting views and seeks mutual gains when addressing conflicts
• Anticipates consequences and adapts problem solving based on continuous feedback

You will be an ideal candidate if you have the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or related discipline or similar qualifications

Technical Knowledge/ skills and experience

• Development practices and SDLC
• Java SE 6, 7 and 8
• Frontend technologies (e.g. ice faces, etc): HTML, XML, JSON, JSP
• JAVA development & related toolsets such as MAVEN
• SQL development: Hibernate
• Webservices (SAOP and REST)
• Design Patterns (MVC, etc.)
• J2EE application/Web server (tomcat, etc.)
• Databases MS SQL, Sybase
• Messaging (e.g. TIBCO)
• Scheduling (e.g. Control-M)
• CICD: (TeamCity, GIT, Jenkins, Springboot)
• Caching (Redis)
• The Capital Markets Business environment

Experience:

• At least 7 years of experience delivering technical solutions requiring custom development
• Engaging with business to understand requirements

You will have access to:

• Opportunities to network and collaborate
• Challenging working
• Opportunities to innovate

We can be a match if you are:

• Curious & courageous - you're driven by always wanting to know more and learn more and you're brave enough to
• Obsessed with mastery - you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it
• Love putting our clients at the forefront of what you do