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Software Engineer, Back-End

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Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland


About us @Symphony

We’ve spent the last 10 years building the financial markets largest, most trusted communication network. Over 500 market participants across the buy-side, sell-side, securities servicing, and beyond. Over half a million users from trading desks to operations and custody teams interacting securely and in real-time on Symphony.

But that was only chapter one. We’re now using our technology foundation to accelerate far beyond secure collaboration to become the standard connective layer that enables more efficient and automated workflows across the industry to bring the future to financial markets.

The opportunity and our ambition are huge. But we need passionate, dedicated individuals to get there. At Symphony we work hard and fast. Our unique blend of technology and financial services makes it an environment you won't get elsewhere.


Role Description:

We are seeking a backend engineer, passionate in solution design, Java development and operational support to become a part of our dynamic Symphony engineering team. The team is responsible for implementing compliance features, which are crucial for our customers.
In this role, you will be responsible for delivering both functional and technical features in the core Symphony Backends, with a specific focus on maintainability and scaling.
As a backend engineer, you'll be deeply involved in every stage of the backend lifecycle, from design phase to production deployment, taking into account the specific requirements of our industry.
You'll actively  contribute to significant backend reengineering projects, which encompass significant code modifications, as well as enhancements in database, infrastructure, and CICD processes. Every step of these projects will be executed in a multi-cloud environment with a strong DevOps mindset.


Responsibilities:

  • Design, implement and maintain Java-based backends and their interactions with the other Symphony components.
  • Build and support automation and tooling required to build, deploy and operate the Symphony deliverables in a public cloud environment and following a gitops approach.
  • Support the infrastructure needs by collaborating with site reliability engineers.
  • Participate constructively and collaboratively in backend design and code reviews.


Required Qualifications:

  • BS in Computer Science and 3+ years’ experience in Java server-side development
  • Ability to work on production environment with reliability constraints.
  • Knowledge about Kubernetes and helm is a strong asset
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic, highly collaborative and agile global environment
  • Strong problem solving skills and good understanding of the best practices for building, testing, deploying, and monitoring software. 
  • Ability to learn new stack and new tooling


Compensation:

  • Competitive salary
  • Bonus Plan
  • Benefits and Perks vary based on location.


Benefits and Perks:

  • Regional specific competitive benefits
  • Build your own Benefits (BYOB) perk
  • Many other fun and exciting benefits and activities!


We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. 

Symphony reserves the right of ownership for all unsolicited resumes submitted for this requisition and is not responsible for any fees associated with unsolicited resumes.



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