We are entering an exciting phase of growth and transformation with our client, a global leader in the financial services industry.

As we strengthen their technology landscape across Investment & Wealth Management, we are expanding the team with talented professionals who are passionate about building high-quality, scalable solutions.

We are hiring for VP - Technology (Java/Microservices)

The roles and responsibilities are as follows:

- Lead a team of developers focussed on building new application as well supporting existing applications.

- Review the delivery plan and Architecture of applications in LCS department.

- Understand the overall ecosystem and develop appropriate integration solutions.

- Review code and ensure best practices are adhered to.

- Ensure applications stay Evergreen.

- Partner with Business across Singapore, Hong Kong and Dubai to understand the requirements and ensure the solution provided is of high standard.

- Ensure user queries and issues are resolved by the Support team in a timely manner

- Partner with stakeholders for testing and implementation of the deliverables.

- Provide regular updates to manager and stakeholders.

- Strong problem solving and analytical skills.

- Good written and verbal communication skills.

- Willing to learn new technologies / tools as required, to effectively deliver output.

Mandatory Skills:

- 12+ years of core Java programming experience.

- Must have 5+ years of experience as a Team lead

- Mastery of the Spring/ Spring Boot framework

- Good understanding of OOPS concepts, and design patterns as well as DB table design and normalization

- Strong problem-solving experience in a technical environment

- Experience with building low latency, large data processing systems.

- Familiarity with Java and web testing frameworks (e.g , Junit, Selenium)

- Understanding of memory management, multi-threading - concurrency and synchronization.

- Expertise in RESTful web services and microservices architecture

- Solid understanding of ORM frameworks (e.g , Hibernate)

- Proficiency in SQL and experience with relational databases (e.g , MySQL, PostgreSQL)

- Version control systems, preferably Git

- Experience with build tools like Maven or Gradle

- Strong knowledge of software design patterns and principles (SOLID, DRY, etc.)

- Proficiency in unit testing and test-driven development (TDD)

- Experience with Agile methodologies

- Candidate should be a quick learner.

- Should have demonstrated in the past quick learning capabilities.

- Strong listening, problem solving, analytical skills and excellent communication skills (both spoken and written English)

- Must be a team player with prior experience in working in a global development team.

- Self-motivated individual, quality and improvement focused.

Desirable Skills:

- Working knowledge of Python

- Building and creating shell scripts

- Familiar with Linux commands and able to easily navigate, stop, start, and debug services.

- Experience in CI/CD working with pipelines, integrating pipelines with gitlab.

- Strong with git, branching strategies, peer review, commit clarity.

- Knowledge of containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)

- Familiarity with front-end technologies (JavaScript, Angular, React, or Vue.js)

- Experience with NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra, etc.)

- Knowledge of messaging systems (Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ)

- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, etc.)

- Experience with performance tuning and optimization

- Understanding of security best practices in Java development

- Experience with GraphQL

- Knowledge of caching mechanisms (e.g , Redis, Memcached)

- Familiarity with logging and monitoring tools (ELK stack, Prometheus, Grafana)

- Experience with code quality tools (SonarQube, Checkstyle, etc.)

Industry exposure of Investment banking