Technical Team Lead

SS&C is a global provider of investment and financial services and software for the financial services and healthcare industries. Named to Fortune 1000 list as top U.S. company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut and has 20,000+ employees in over 90 offices in 35 countries. Some 18,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest institutions to local firms, manage and account for their investments using SS&C's products and services.

Job Description

Role Overview

As a Lead Java Developer, you will serve as a technical leader on a small team focused on building our Event Messaging platform. This team is dedicated to one of our biggest clients. You will provide estimates, cooperate with platform SMEs on building requirements, develop Java code in partnership with other internal teams, and work with QA on defect resolution. You will engage regularly with your scrum team to advise, cooperate, and deliver for our client.

Responsibilities: 

• Implement new event message topics within our Kafka-streaming environment and remediate bugs on client-facing deliverables written in Java
• Participate in Agile scrum ceremonies (including daily stand ups, story pointing, sprint reviews, etc.)
• Implement industry-wide best practices in data transmission 
• Work closely with Project Managers, Business Analysts and Quality Assurance staff throughout the software development lifecycle
• Consult on project estimates and user experience reviews
• Keep current on technical documentation for new front-end technologies and communicate an understanding to leadership

Minimum Qualifications:

• Demonstrated programming experience on enterprise-level applications written in Java
• Strong aptitude in API development and building Event Messaging topics
• 10+ years in Experience working with a Java-based web application is also required.
• Previous integration experience with JSON and REST services is also a plus.
• Effective interpersonal communication across various levels of the organization, external customers and vendors
• Proven ability to deliver within a small, focused, development team in a fast-moving environment
• You are proactive, assertive, and have a great attitude!
• Good English communication sk

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience working with JIRA, Spring Source Tool Suite (Eclipse)
• Experience working with GitHub: pull request creation and merge conflict resolution
• Experience building JUNIT test cases to 90%+ coverage
• Knowledge of Spring Boot, Kafka, and SQL are a plus

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Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. SS&C offers excellent benefits including health, dental, 401k plan, tuition and professional development reimbursement plan. SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.