Java Developer

The Role : S&P Dow Jones Indices a global leader in providing investable and benchmark indices to the financial markets, is looking for a Java Application Developer to join our technology team.

The Location : Mumbai/Hyderabad/Chennai

The Team : You will be part of global technology team comprising of Dev, QA and BA teams and will be responsible for analysis, design, development and testing.

The Impact : You will be working on one of the core technology platforms responsible for the end of day calculation as well as dissemination of index values.

What s in it for you : You will have the opportunity to work on the enhancements to the existing index calculation system as well as implement new methodologies as required.

Responsibilities :

• Design and development of Java applications for SPDJI web sites and its feeder systems.
• Participate in multiple software development processes including Coding, Testing, De-bugging & Documentation.
• Develop software applications based on clear business specifications.
• Work on new initiatives and support existing Index applications.
• Perform Application & System Performance tuning and troubleshoot performance issues.
• Develop web based applications and build rich front-end user interfaces.
• Build applications with object oriented concepts and apply design patterns.
• Integrate in-house applications with various vendor software platforms.
• Setup development environment / sandbox for application development.
• Check-in application code changes into the source repository.
• Perform unit testing of application code and fix errors.
• Interface with databases to extract information and build reports.
• Effectively interact with customers, business users and IT staff.

What we re looking for :

Basic Qualification :

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or Engineering is required, or in lieu, a demonstrated equivalence in work experience.
• (6 to 9) years of IT experience in application development and support.
• Strong Experience with Java, J2EE, JMS &.EJBs
• Advanced SQL & basic PL/SQL programming
• Basic networking knowledge / Unix scripting
• Exposure to UI technologies like react JS
• Basic understanding of AWS cloud (EC2, EMR, Lambda, S3, Glue, etc.)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential, with strong verbal and writing proficiencies.

Preferred Qualification :

• Experience working with large datasets in Equity, Commodities, Forex, Futures and Options asset classes.
• Experience with Index/Benchmarks or Asset Management or Trading platforms.
• Basic Knowledge of User Interface design & development using JQuery, HTML5 & CSS.

Skills Required
Sql, Jms, Java, Aws, J2ee