This position requires the successful candidate to work on a W2 directly with FDM. We cannot accept C2C, 1099 or employment sponsorship (eg. H1-B) for this position.

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy delivering client and industry driven solutions through our 5 core specialist Practices; Software Engineering, Data & Analytics, IT Operations, Change & Transformation, and Risk, Regulation & Compliance.

FDM is seeking a Senior Backend Java Developer in St. Petersburg, FL to work for our client within the financial services sector. This role is initially for 12 months and will be hybrid with requirements to be in the St. Petersburg office 3 days per week.

As part of an Enterprise Services team, this individual will develop enterprise scale services on core technologies and analyzes business requirements and problems to deliver quality technical solutions. This individual will be involved in portions of/or the full systems life cycle (based on experience/skills) and may be responsible for providing direction to a team, designing, coding, testing, implementing, maintaining and supporting technologies that are delivered on time and within budget. Demonstrates subject matter expertise and is able to integrate domain knowledge with an understanding of financial services standards and practices. Is the primary on the most complex and escalated issues and may provide direction and guidance team members. Applies specialized business knowledge and technical skills to significant deliverables and projects that involve multiple IT departments, business units and have enterprise impact. Makes judgements and recommendations based on the analysis and interpretation of data.

Responsibilities:

Analyzes complex system requirements, including identifying program interactions and appropriate interfaces between affected components and sub systems.

• Write clean and maintainable code.
• Debug, improve and maintain existing code.
• Participate in the Agile development lifecycle, including daily stand-ups and biweekly sprint planning.
• Communicate across departments within the company and with business users to solve problems.
• Develop and use collaborative relationships to facilitate the accomplishment of work goals.
• Occasionally work a non-standard shift including nights and/or weekends and/or have on-call responsibilities.

About You

• Extensive (5+ years of hands-on) experience working with Java 8+.REST, SOAP, Micro Services and Service Oriented Architecture.
• Extensive(5+ years of hands-on) Experience working with Spring, SpringBoot, Solution Architecture, Design Patterns, Integration Frameworks, SQL, NOSQL, Java Script tools & technologies.
• Experience with near/distributed caches and strategies
• Deep understanding of software engineering practices, object oriented analysis & design, design patterns, Coding modularity, Prototypes and algorithms.
• Excellent communication skills, analytical ability, strong judgment skills, and the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Experience with CI/CD
• Ready to roll up sleeves and help the team
• Experience with AWS highly desired
• Experience with streaming technologies such as Kafka highly preferred
• Experience with AL, ML, NLP is a plus