Sr. Java Developer

Orion Innovation is a premier, award-winning, global business and technology services firm. Orion delivers game-changing business transformation and product development rooted in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, with a unique combination of agility, scale, and maturity. We work with a wide range of clients across many industries including financial services, professional services, telecommunications and media, consumer products, automotive, industrial automation, professional sports and entertainment, life sciences, ecommerce, and education.

The candidate shall develop software for banking products. The individual should be highly experienced with Core Java development, Java Restful APIs, Gradle, Spring, Spring Boot, IBM Web Sphere MQ Series and related frameworks, Kafka. The candidate should have good problem solving skills, and take ownership of items independently while tracking them to closure. The candidate will liaise with global teams to understand requirements, develop high quality code and deliver projects.

The position requires attention to detail, coupled with ownership, to ensure the delivery of high quality applications.

• Responsible for the hands on design and development of core Java applications as part of the Deposits Agile Squad/Fleet.
• Mentor team members, lead by example and produce high quality code while adhering to development best practices.
• Ensure developed code is in alignment with system architecture and integration design standards; working with an enterprise framework.
• Analyze user requirements, envision system features and functionality.
• Interface with global team of developers and business users.
• Produce proof of concept in the new areas of development.
• Participate in design discussions and contribute to the architecture process.
• Investigate production issues.
• Provide technical support for debugging web applications, database and assistance to production systems.
• The candidate will support continuous improvement of the automated systems. Participate in all aspects of SDLC (analysis, design, coding, testing and implementation)
• Actively contribute and participate in design and architecture discussions, daily stand‑ups, and Agile Sprint planning sessions.

• 12+ years of hands on professional experience using Core Java, Java Restful APIs, Gradle, Spring, Spring Boot, IBM Websphere MQ Series and related frameworks.
• 2+ years’ experience of working with geographically dispersed teams, that fall across different time zones.
• Excellent understanding and experience with Object-Oriented design and development.
• Experience in building server‑side applications using J2EE Technologies.
• Proficient with database technologies (preferably DB2), including modelling and performance tuning.
• Proficiency in Unix/Linux environments.
• Experienced with JUnit, Test Driven Development (TDD) using Concordion framework, and Behavior Driven Development using Cucumber and Gherkin.
• Competency with source control (preferably Git) and Continuous Integration tools such as Jenkins.
• Practiced understanding of Agile development methodologies & understanding of Dev Ops Integration.
• Strong familiarity with Agile software/tools (e.g., JIRA, etc.).
• The ability to write reusable, optimized, maintainable code that is well documented and follows industry‑standard best practices.
• Excellent problem solving skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills: ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner, across all stakeholder groups and with staff from junior to senior levels.

• Proficiency with Kafka and in‑memory databases.
• Knowledge of Financial markets, lending based products & Wealth Management.
• Prior work experience with cloud based applications.

Minimum BTech degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.

Orion is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.