SVP, Java Engineering Lead
Job Description
The IB Tech & CRM/Analytics team is a highly strategic and cross-functional team responsible for leading the firm?s global digitalization effort. This initiative, spanning all client-facing business units and corporate functions, will drive innovation and strategic change through technology, data science, and deep analytics. The team partners with key business leaders and industry experts to build transformational technology to drive revenue, maximize efficiency, and optimize the allocation of resources. The IB Tech & CRM/Analytics team is at the forefront of Jefferies? cloud initiative, leveraging best-in-class cloud-based technologies to replace legacy on-premises solutions to provide intelligent trend insights, actionable opportunities, decision support, and transparency into all client and business-related activities.
Job Highlights:
? Exciting and unique opportunity to be a member of our corporate IB Tech & CRM/Analytics Team, tackling our toughest and most exciting data engineering challenges across multiple divisions in Jefferies.
? Modern, fully cloud-native, tech stack that leverages several AWS products to orchestrate an event driven data distribution platform.
? Collaborate with our team of passionate and innovative data specialists, application developers and product managers.
Key Responsibilities:
We are looking for a lead Java engineer who will:
? Contribute to the end-to-end SDLC process on high-impact Madison projects, from conception for new ?maintenance for existing, design, implementation, testing, release, and support.
? Facilitate alignment across IB Tech & CRM/Analytics teams on goals, outcomes, priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
? Influence, mentor, and collaborate with a distributed set of engineers, within multiple time zones, to set clear standards and best practices
? Write readable, testable, and maintainable code
? Drive innovation of new technologies
Experience Needed:
? 12+ years of experience with Java development
? Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical solutions in a clear and concise manner
? Hands on experience designing, developing, and delivering Java-based APIs (GraphQL/OpenAPI/gRPC) and Microservices using Spring Boot and AWS products (ECR/EKS/EC2/Beanstalk)
? Experience with Streaming Technologies like Kafka, including designing and developing complex, scalable, and high-performance applications. Proven track record of delivering robust and efficient solutions in a fast-paced environment.
? Experience in working with SQL building Stored Procedures, Functions and Data Warehousing solutions.
? Strong problem-solving skills and design skills with focus on distributed, highly available, and fault tolerant systems
? Experience in developing TDD/BDD unit-tests and work with Quality Assurance team members on defect triage and resolution.
? Proactively participates in Agile Ceremonies like Sprint Planning, Backlog Grooming etc., and experience in working with virtual teams.
? Provides Leadership skills in mentoring team members, resolving technical challenges and performing code reviews in a peer programming environment.
? Experience building systems from scratch, demonstrating a deep understanding of software architecture and design principles.
? In-depth knowledge of Kafka and its ecosystem, with prior experience in event-driven architecture. Ability to design and develop robust data pipelines and streaming applications.
? Experience with AWS EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service), including deploying and managing containerized applications. Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
? Strong multi-tasking skills and able to learn new technologies quickly
Good to Have:
? Exposure to Front-End web development (Angular/React/JavaScript/Typescript)
? Exposure to Financial Services & Investment Banking business domain.
? Exposure to Salesforce or similar CRM Eco-System.
? Exposure to Business Intelligence tools (Tableau CRM, Cognos, PowerBI, etc.).
? Exposure to ETL & Data Engineering tools like Mulesoft, StreamSets & Databricks.
The Salary Range for this position is $175,000 - $250,000
About Us
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (??Jefferies,?? ??we,?? ??us?? or ??our??) is a U.S.-headquartered global full service, integrated investment banking and securities firm. Our largest subsidiary, Jefferies LLC, a U.S. broker-dealer, was founded in the U.S. in 1962 and our first international operating subsidiary, Jefferies International Limited, a U.K. broker-dealer, was established in the U.K. in 1986. Our strategy focuses on continuing to build out our investment banking effort, enhancing our capital markets businesses and further developing our Leucadia Asset Management alternative asset management platform. We offer deep sector expertise across a full range of products and services in investment banking, equities, fixed income, asset and wealth management in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East and Asia.
At Jefferies, we believe that diversity fosters creativity, innovation and thought leadership through the infusion of new ideas and perspectives. We have made a commitment to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and supports a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live. As a result, we are able to pool our collective insights and intelligence to provide fresh and innovative thinking for our clients.
Jefferies is committed to creating and sustaining a diverse workforce and encourages applicants from all backgrounds to apply. This includes applicants from historically underrepresented groups, including women, racial and ethnic minorities, members of the LGBTQ+ community, military veterans, and individuals with disabilities or who are neurodiverse.
Jefferies is an equal employment opportunity employer, and takes affirmative action to ensure that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, genetic information, reproductive health decisions, or any other factor protected by applicable law. We are committed to hiring the most qualified applicants and complying with all federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws. As part of this commitment, Jefferies will extend reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities, as required by applicable law.
The salary offered will take into consideration an individual?s experience level and qualifications. In addition to salary, Jefferies Financial Group is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package to eligible, full-time employees or part- time employees, who are scheduled to work at least 30 hours or more per week, including an annual discretionary incentive and retention bonus, competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Jefferies also offers paid time off packages that include planned time off (e.g., vacation), unplanned time off (e.g., sick leave), and paid holidays, and for full time employees, paid parental leave.
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