Senior Java Engineer

Grow your career as a Senior Java Engineer with an innovative global bank in Jersey City, NJ. Contract role with strong possibility of extension. Will require working a hybrid schedule 3 days onsite per week.

Join one of the world's most renowned global banks and trusted brand with over 200 years of continuously evolving financial services worldwide. You will work alongside some of the smartest minds in the industry who are excited to share their knowledge and to learn from you.

Contract Duration: 12+ Months

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of working as a Big Data Developer.
• Hands-on skills in Java, any flavor of Spark, Hadoop, Linux, Bash, NoSQL, MPP Databases and Columnar file formats, CI/CD, DevOps understanding, and Containerization.
• Strong understanding of the Big Data framework and understands Spark, Hive, HDFS, Impala, Presto and can query and tune those systems.
• Experience writing Spark code and configuring Hive Metastore.
• Understanding of latest Java versions along with Spring Framework, Executor patterns, and Lambda. Deep understanding of data structures also required along with basic principles of Java.
• Linux system experience.
• Understanding of Linux, Bash and basic scripting along basics like Unix group, host group, etc.
• Worked as an architect on multi-tier applications, has design experience, and hands on coding skills.
• Basic understanding of RDBMS vs NO SQL vs Columnar Databases. Understanding of the file formats like Parquet, AVRO, ORC, and Iceberg.
• Basic understanding of basics of Microservice Architecture, Containerization, and Orchestration.
• Basic understanding of Helm, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Gradle, and Maven.
• Basic understanding of the telemetry specifically open telemetry, ELK, Grafana, and Prometheus.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Financial industry experience.
• Experience creating Impala tables.

What You Will Be Doing

• Perform hands-on development & implementation of application features/function using Java , Spring , Big Data technologies.
• Tune and optimize JAVA processes using various techniques such as JVM tuning like heap dumps, thread dumps and JDK dynamic monitoring.
• Tune various Big Data processes for egress/ingress optimization, monitoring, scaling.
• Participate in daily scrums and application roadmap meetings. Present ideas to improve application framework and own the execution.
• Ensure the application development standards are maintained and enhanced related to readability, testability and continuous integration.

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family
• Dental & Orthodontia Benefits
• Vision Benefits
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• 401(k) including match with pre and post-tax options
• Paid Sick Time Leave
• Legal and Identity Protection Plans
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefit
• 529 College Saver Plan

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans/Disability/Women. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.