Job Description
Responsibilities:
- Hands-On active contribution as a leading member of software engineering teams focused on building API based systems delivering highly secure, efficient and robust solutions in an aggressive timeframe.
- Develop highly scalable and reliable systems supporting consumer and data centric products and services on an AWS cloud-based platform
- Integrate 3rd Party and Internal API, async, and file-based services utilizing CSV, JSON, or XML data
- Contribute to deliverables from ideation thru testing/validation and production operationalization
- Drive design/architecture and collaborate with other team members
- Diligently observe and maintain Standards for Regulatory Compliance and Information Security
- Without fail deliver and maintain accurate, complete and current documentation
Qualifications:
- 8 to 10 years of software development experience building and testing applications with secure coding practices including some experience leading development efforts or contributing to architecture
- Currently hands-on collaboration on a team developing significant commercial software project in cloud native Java
- Proven proficiency developing in server-side Java and/or Netty applications using mainstream frameworks such as Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and Reactor-Core.
- Current cloud technology experience, preferably AWS (Kubernetes, Fargate, S3, MKS, Lambda, etc)
- A current working understanding of microservices, event driven techniques, and data pipelines
- A strong proven proficiency in SQL and NoSQL based data access and management
- Familiarity with async messaging, logging or queues, such as Kafka, NATS, SQS, RabbitMQ.
- Recent experience managing PII/secure/sensitive data
- Demonstrable familiarity with CI/CD process, testing frameworks and practices (Code Commit, Code Deploy, Code Pipeline, CLI, etc.)
- Strong understanding of best design and software engineering practices, design principles and patterns and unit testing.
- Proficiency in developing easily monitored at the system and business operations level
- Comfortable in a dynamic environment, with ability and willingness to adapt to various technologies and simultaneously work on multiple projects
What you need to know about the NYC Tech Scene
As the undisputed financial capital of the world, New York City is an epicenter of startup funding activity. The city has a thriving fintech scene and is a major player in verticals ranging from AI to biotech, cybersecurity and digital media. It also has universities like NYU, Columbia and Cornell Tech attracting students and researchers from across the globe, providing the ecosystem with a constant influx of world-class talent. And its East Coast location and three international airports make it a perfect spot for European companies establishing a foothold in the United States.
Key Facts About NYC Tech
- Number of Tech Workers: 549,200; 6% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
- Major Tech Employers: Capgemini, Bloomberg, IBM, Spotify
- Key Industries: Artificial intelligence, Fintech
- Funding Landscape: $25.5 billion in venture capital funding in 2024 (Pitchbook)
- Notable Investors: Greycroft, Thrive Capital, Union Square Ventures, FirstMark Capital, Tiger Global Management, Tribeca Venture Partners, Insight Partners, Two Sigma Ventures
- Research Centers and Universities: Columbia University, New York University, Fordham University, CUNY, AI Now Institute, Flatiron Institute, C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics, NASA Space Radiation Laboratory
