Hands-on! Team Lead Technical Java SE Development – Executive Director Level – 5-year FXMM platform migration recruitment

In this very challenging and important permanent role, you will be responsible for the strategic success of this FXMM project and therefore focus on product, process and service enhancements and optimizations which become necessary when migrating the current mainframe to a Java based distributed system. In order to do this, you will be involved along the full lifecycle of the project; the gathering and the analysis of the diverse client requirements, the definition of functionalities and APIs, the coordination of the process with the regionally spread SCRUM teams (business IT), the hands-on coding with your team and the continuous enhancement of the system architecture. You will be managing several projects at a time and keep close contacts with internal and external stakeholders.

Could this be your next challenge?

In order to be considered for this permanent position, Swisslinx is seeking an analytical and communicative team player who works well in a diverse, international environment and who can offer the following skills and experience:

-Bachelor/Master/PhD in Computer Science/Engineering/Science/Maths – exceptions to the rules will be considered

-Min. 10 years experience in OO software development (full SDLC!)

-Min. 7 years experience in Core Java development in a non-J2EE server environment

-Strong experience with high volume, transaction based systems (multithreaded, high volume, low latency systems)

-Min. 5 years experience as a technical lead

-Expertise in Test/Behaviour Driven Development (SCRUM, Agile, etc.)

-Good Unix knowledge

-Investment banking business knowledge (products processes) is advantageous.

-Highly desirable technologies are the following: Javascript / Google Web Toolkit, Tuble Spaces, XML Databases, NoSQL solutions

-Excellent written and verbal English, German is advantageous

Does this job attract your attention? Then apply now with your full application document and we will be in touch.