AVP - Development Lead

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to join our dynamic team in building and enhancing our payments processing application. This role is integral to developing scalable, secure, and high-performance solutions using a J2EE stack, microservices architecture, PostgreSQL, and a suite of modern logging and caching tools. The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of experience in software engineering with a strong background in payment systems, event-driven architecture, and related technologies. 

Design & Development
•    Architect, design, and develop secure and scalable microservices for our payment processing platform using J2EE. 
•    Leverage PostgreSQL for efficient, optimized data storage and retrieval. 
•    Implement and optimize caching strategies using Hazelcast to improve application performance. 2. Event-Driven Architecture: 
•    Develop event-driven components and workflows to enable real-time processing and responsiveness within the application. 
•    Integrate with asynchronous messaging systems to support high-volume transaction processing. 3. Logging & Monitoring: 
•    Set up and manage robust logging solutions using Kinana and ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) to facilitate real-time log search, analytics, and troubleshooting. 
•    Implement alerting and monitoring mechanisms to ensure high availability and performance of critical services. 4. Quality & Security: 
•    Adhere to industry standards for code quality, performance, and security in payment applications. • Conduct code reviews and performance optimizations, and enforce best practices in software engineering. 5. Collaboration & Mentorship: 
•    Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including DevOps, QA, and Product, to deliver high-quality solutions. 
•    Mentor junior engineers, providing technical guidance and supporting their growth. Required Qualifications 

Technical Skills 
•    Programming Languages: Strong expertise in Java (J2EE stack) with knowledge of relevant frameworks. 
•    Microservices: Hands-on experience in microservices development and deployment, particularly with event-driven architecture. 
•    Databases: Advanced skills in PostgreSQL, including query optimization and performance tuning. 
•    Caching: Experience with Hazelcast or similar caching tools, focusing on distributed caching. 
•    Logging & Monitoring: Proficiency with Kinana for logging and the ELK stack for log management and search. 
•    Cloud & DevOps: Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus. 
•    Basic SWIT MT Knowledge is a must
•    ISO 20022 MX Messages and paymants knowledge is a plus and working in a ISO transformation project is a major +
Soft Skills 
•    Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities. 
•    Effective communication skills to interact with team members and stakeholders. 
•    Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with an Agile methodology. Benefits 
•    Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses. 
•    Comprehensive health and wellness benefits. 
•    Professional development opportunities and certifications. 
Flexible work arrangements and a collaborative team environment. Join us to make a significant impact in the payments industry by bringing your expertise and innovative thinking to our cutting-edge platform.

Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. 
Experience: 8+ years of software engineering experience, preferably in payments, finance, or related domains.

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.