Senior Web Application Engineer (Global Investment Bank)

Job Overview

The team works globally to support our business partners with a mission critical system that delivers research in a fast, stable, and efficient manner to their clients. You will be joining a global team to refresh the technology platform for Research Distribution. The business has put renewed priority on the distribution platform, and there are a number of new feature initiatives as well as a technology overhaul planned.

This is an excellent opportunity for a strong, intelligent programmer to:
・Perform in a global environment and connect closely with the business
・Gain a broad range of experience very quickly, and increase responsibility and visibility
・Work in a hybrid flexible work from home and in office work style

You will join a global development team, and work closely with other developers in Japan and Asia. As a developer in our head office Tokyo, you will have the benefit of exposure to our key business stakeholders in Japan. If you are an organized self-starter, and interested in advancing your career with a leading Japanese company, please apply.

Responsibilities

• Application development/enhancements
• Work closely with business users & business IT teams
• Work on platform stability and maintenance
• High quality deliveries within the expected timeframe
• Provide 2nd & 3rd level production support

Requirements

Mandatory

• Japanese fluency - at least JLPT N3
• Fluent English
• Core web application development - strong in fundamentals of HTML/CSS, web server configuration, deploying SPAs.
• Core Java development JDK 8 or above
• Core Spring / Spring Boot
• JavaScript / TypeScript
• Web UI framework experience - React /VueJS
• Strong relational database & SQL experience
• Cloud / Micro Service / Container based technologies

Preferable

• Agile development project experience
• Exposure to web development technologies, cloud infrastructure, and relational databases
• Experience working with tools like: Gitlab, JIRA, Jenkins, Ansible, Nexus, SonarQube, Backstage, Elasticsearch, Kibana
• Front-to-back web application development experience.