Forgerock/Java Senior Developer

Responsibilities:

This position is for a Senior Developer in the Client Platforms Authentication and Security Team. This is a hands-on development role and requires the candidate to be involved in all parts of the software development life cycle including requirements, software design, writing code, testing, deployment and maintenance. The candidate is expected to provide technical expertise and recommendations in assessing new software projects and initiatives to support and enhance our existing applications. The candidate may also be called on to provide technical, troubleshooting and design guidance to other peer application development teams. Working in a geographically dispersed team, the candidate will be responsible for front to back project delivery and should be able to mentor and motivate junior team members. The candidate will be self-motivated and should be able to work in a dynamic environment with limited or no supervision.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Lead a functional area / deliverable as required.
• Participate in design discussions and contribute to the architecture process.
• Adhere to and contribute to application development guidelines and help improve the guidelines.
• Develop and implement security guidelines and best practices.

Primary Skills / Must have:

• Strong analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to interpret business requirements / technical design documents and design / develop appropriate software solutions. Solid understanding and experience with Object-Oriented design and development* Good understanding of data structures, algorithms and design patterns.
• A thorough understanding of web technologies and web architectures including responsive design and micro services architecture.
• Experience using Java, Spring Security, Spring Boot.
• Expertise in SQL and database.
• Source control (preferably Git), Continuous Integration tools.
• Exposure to agile methodologies.
• Driven, Self-motivated, team player who thrives in a fast-paced environment with the ability to learn quickly and work independently.
• Minimum 5 years of experience working with geographically dispersed teams.

Secondary Skills / Desired skills

• Prior work on Client facing websites in the banking/brokerage industry a plus.
• Experience exposing internet websites on mobile devices, or comprehensive knowledge of mobile application development