Lead Java Engineer - Trade Booking

<p><strong>CAPCO POLAND</strong></p> <p><strong>*We are looking for the candidates based in Poland. The job is remote, but may require occasional visits at the office in Warsaw.</strong></p> <p>Capco Poland is a leading global technology and management consultancy, dedicated to driving digital transformation across the financial services industry. Our passion lies in helping our clients navigate the complexities of the financial world, and our expertise spans banking and payments, capital markets, wealth, and asset management. We pride ourselves on maintaining a nimble, agile, and entrepreneurial culture, and we are committed to growing our business by hiring top talent.</p> <p><strong>We also are:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Experts in banking and payments, capital markets, wealth and asset management</li> <li>Focused on maintaining our nimble, agile, and entrepreneurial culture</li> <li>Committed to growing our business and hiring the best talent to help us get there</li> </ul> <p><strong>ROLE OVERVIEW:</strong> </p> <p>As a Lead Java Engineer you will join an international team working for one of the biggest global banks. You'll be a key contributor on a team building ETD (Exchange Traded Derivatives) capabilities during migration from legacy platforms. This is a complex, long-term project with high visibility, demanding time-lines and high delivery expectations. </p> <p>This is a rare opportunity for a self-driven, strong and passionate developer to participate and contribute to a paradigm shift. You'll get an opportunity to work cross-teams and explore new technologies such as gen AI and clouds. </p> <p></p> <p><strong>KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Be a proactive, self-starting developer who can quickly understand the requirements, technology platform and external integrations and start designing and contributing to the delivery.</li> <li>Face-off and partner with stakeholders to capture requirements and deliver solutions – deep understanding of the problem and context along with ownership are key to be successful in this role.</li> <li>Liaise with DevOps and wider team to effectively manage resource usage.</li> <li>Apply your experience of financial markets electronic trade capture, booking and full lifecycle to build these features into our platform.</li> <li>Work within the ever-evolving framework of Financial Markets specifications and regulations to ensure CAT is using best-in-class technology within the boundaries of approved technologies.</li> <li>Build services with an API-first approach and generic pattern mindset for scale across multiple dimensions – optimized compute/performance, functional, visualization, quality control.</li> <li>Implement and enforce safe defensive coding, intelligent design, access control, in low-maintenance supportable applications.</li> <li>Support database integration/migration (postgres/mongo) caching (hazelcast), communication (solace), security (hashicorp, SSO tokens, Kong integration).</li> <li>Do whatever it takes to maintain stability, availability and performance.</li> <li>Provide Production L3 support as required, to this delivery and the wider platform.</li> <li>Question / Challenge anything you see from your peers or the wider squad that isn’t up to standard.</li> </ul> <p><strong>KEY SKILLS &amp; QUALIFICATIONS:</strong></p> <p><strong>Tech stack:  </strong>Java, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Hazelcast, Solace queues, REST/ KONG API</p> <p><strong>Required skills:</strong></p> <ul> <li>10+ years of experience in back-end software engineering with Java.</li> <li>Proficiency with database integration tools (postgres/mongo), caching (hazelcast), clickhouse, communication (solace), security (hashicorp, SSO tokens, Kong integration). </li> <li>Familiarity with the framework of Financial Markets specifications and regulations.</li> <li>Experience in ETD / Derivatives / Murex.</li> <li>Experience of Enrichment / Validation / Transformation of data in context of trade bookings.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Additionally: </strong></p> <ul> <li>Demonstrated ability to take ownership of problems, design effective solutions, and deliver them independently or within a team.</li> <li>Strong communication and collaboration skills.</li> <li>An innovative mindset with the ability to challenge the status quo and deliver exceptional results.</li> </ul> <p><strong>WHY WORTH JOINING US:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Employment contract and/or Business to Business as you prefer</li> <li>Speaking English on a daily basis, mainly in contact with foreign stakeholders and peers</li> <li>Multiple employee benefits packages (MyBenefit Cafeteria, private medical care, insurance)</li> <li>Access to 3,000+ Business Courses Platform (Udemy)</li> <li>Access to required IT equipment</li> <li>Ongoing learning opportunities to help you acquire new skills or deepen existing expertise</li> <li>Being part of the core squad focused on the growth of the Polish business unit</li> <li>A flat, non-hierarchical str