The Role
As an Associate Software Engineer, you will design, create and maintain high-quality cloud-based applications to help S&P Global’s Markit Intelligence business grow. You will be working with a team of experienced application/web developers (in multiple global locations), business analysts and business stakeholders.
Day to day, you will contribute to current and future technology architectural designs and development efforts towards various modules of S&P Global Markit Intelligence division. You will have access to market-leading tools and services and be part of a wider group that values technical excellence.
The Team
Reference Data is a growing product within DVA group. The Reference Data product services internal clients as well as external clients and is focused on developing a suite of Reference Data offerings for the broader marketplace. Our team is responsible for the design, architecture, and development of our news publishing applications using a variety of tools that are regularly updated as new technologies emerge.
Responsibilities
Candidate needs to:
- Be an active player in system architecture and design discussions.
- Have a passion for technology and offer new ideas and approaches.
- Recommend product, process, and tooling improvements.
- Analyse business requirements, design, implement and test features.
- Understand non-functional requirements like performance, scalability etc. aspect of the application.
- Be delivery focused.
- Participate in agile product development through all SDLC phases.
- Build high-quality, reusable code and libraries for future use in a timely and efficient manner.
- Work closely with the QA and Business teams and highlight issues and risks proactively.
- Embrace quality standards including: code conventions, code reviews, unit testing, static analysis and revision control.
- Coordinate with QA/QC staff for product functional and system testing.
- Maintain and support all areas of the application.
- Work in an individual capacity as well as in teams across geographies.
- Work under the general supervision of the Development Manager and take direction from other Leads within the organization where required.
Business Competencies
Education and Experience
- 1 to 5 years of development experience using Java related technologies, preferably in financial domain
- Strong fundamentals in algorithms and data structures
- Strong knowledge of OOP principles, including design patterns
- Experience in using and understanding SpringBoot, relational databases etc
- Work effectively with a team in multiple locations around the world
Other helpful experience and skills:
- Experience with cloud-based infrastructure, e.g., AWS
- Front-end technologies like ReactJs, AngularJS
- Experience building or working with APIs and services using REST, JSON, etc.
- Experience with automation technologies such as Maven, CICD pipeline, Gitlab/Github
Personal Competencies
Personal impact
- Must work effectively with a diverse team spread across globe
- Strong analytical, investigative and problem-solving skills
- Proactive, organised and able to work independently with minimal supervision
- Self-motivated and enthusiastic
- Open minded, flexible and willing to adapt to changing situations
- Delivery focused