Senior Java FSD Developer

Summary

Seeking a hands-on Lead Java FSD who can build, and scale API-first platforms and integration with AI assisted and/or AI First approach.

Required qualifications, & Skills

• 12+ years professional software engineering experience; 3+ years architecting cloud-native services on AWS.
• Expert in Java 11+/17/21, SpringBoot, REST, JSON, OpenAPI, and asynchronous messaging (SNS/SQS/Kafka).
• Strong with integration patterns (sync/async), API versioning, backwards compatibility, schema evolution, and contract testing (Pact/WireMock).
• Deliver production-grade solutions by integrating agentic AI, LLMs/SLMs, MCP, RAG, agent orchestration frameworks, and automation to elevate how clients experience our products.
• Build end-to-end capabilities across a cloud-native stack— React + TypeScript/JavaScript on the front end and Java/Spring Boot microservices on the back end.
• Establish strong engineering practice through CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, Spinnaker), automated testing and load testing (e.g., Blazemeter), and production observability/monitoring (e.g., Splunk, Dynatrace).
• Design, deploy, and operate scalable, event-driven micros-services on AWS using Docker, Kubernetes, serverless compute, and messaging patterns.
• Partner with product, design, data, architecture, and risk/control stakeholders to deliver secure, stable, and scalable AI solutions that solve real business problems

Nice to have

Python experience for LLM engineering and data processing (e.g., building small services, automation, and evaluation harnesses).

• Proficient with SQL (PostgreSQL/MySQL/Aurora) and at least one NoSQL (DynamoDB/DocumentDB); caching with Redis.
• Proficient in CI/CD, IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation), Docker, and container orchestration (ECS/EKS).
• Solid observability (logs, metrics, traces) and performance tuning (JVM, DB, API latency, throughput).

Security-first mindset

IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, WAF, CORS, CSP, input validation.

• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and mentoring skills.

Preferred skills

• Experience with micro frontends, CEN/XFS API's, Terraform
• Exposure to Java, Spring Boot, RESTful, Dynamo
• Experience with Datadog, CloudWatch, Open Telemetry
• Knowledge of AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., Copilot, Claude, Gitub etc.) and prompt engineering for LLM's

What are the top 3 skills required for this role?

• Java, Springboot, Microservices, REST API's, API Integration, Kafka, ReactJS, TypeScript, Java Script, Websockets, & NodeJS
• Agile methodologies such as CI/CD & experience with service workers, Grafana, Splunk, Dynatree
• Commercial Banking knowledge a plus