Senior Java Developer

About BNP Paribas India Solutions

Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, European Union’s leading bank with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for BNP Paribas across the Group. Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 10000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.

About BNP Paribas Group

BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has nearly 185,000 employees, including more than 145,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group’s commercial & personal banking and several specialised businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment, and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy, and Luxembourg. The Group is rolling out its integrated commercial & personal banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Turkey, and Eastern Europe. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific. BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group's performance and stability

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At BNP Paribas, we passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued, respected and can bring their authentic selves to work. We prohibit Discrimination and Harassment of any kind and our policies promote equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants, irrespective of, but not limited to their gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, colour, national origin, age, religion, social status, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status etc. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in.

About Business Line/Function

The Global Markets business of BNP Paribas helps its corporate and institutional clients leverage capital markets across the globe for their financing, risk management and investment needs. This encompasses a wide range of financial products ranging from Foreign exchange to complex Equity Derivatives that are traded in financial markets across the globe 24/7. IT systems are integral to the business and are a key part of the value proposition to clients. These IT systems range from industry standard products for standard process automation to internally developed, often, market leading IT applications. The IT teams owning these IT systems are made up of functions that include Technical and Application production support, Business Analysis & Project Management, Development & Maintenance and Quality Control. BNP Paribas India Solutions is an equal partner in these IT functions along with colleagues in other locations including Paris, London, New York, Tokyo, Singapore & Hong Kong. This partnership ranges from sharing the IT work load, executing global strategy to owning global applications offshore. The technology and engineering landscape is wide, encompassing almost all techniques and platforms. It continues to evolve and transform with the market with the business continuing to invest in it.

Sierra

Sierra is a centralized instrument static data referential that provides information to systems globally, across Fixed Income.

Sierra automates the creation and maintenance of instrument data, merging data from a range of external & internal sources (Bloomberg, EMBS, various agencies, rating agencies etc). The Data is distributed globally to our major trading locations. A front-end monitors the activity of the system and facilitates enrichment of the data. Accuracy, quality & availability of the data are key drivers of the project.

Job Title

Assistant Manager

Date

Department:

Global Markets IT

Location:

Mumbai

Business Line / Function

Booking, Regulatory and Referential

Reports To

(Direct)

Grade

(if applicable)

(Functional)

Number Of Direct Reports

Directorship / Registration:

NA

Position Purpose

To contribute to the design and development activites of Sierra and maintain high-quality, and efficient Java application. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements, translating them into technical specifications, and delivering robust solutions. Additionally, to provide L3 (Level 3) support, addressing complex technical issues and troubleshooting to ensure minimal downtime and optimal system performance.

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

• Contribute with other developers to perform technical analysis, design, development, reviews and automated unit and acceptance testing
• Handle development/design projects using Java, J2EE, Oracle, Spring, Hibernate, Web services (REST), DevOps tools (Jenkins), Build Tool (Maven)
• Work with business analysts to turn user stories into working and tested system increments
• Contribute to iteration planning and estimations, by providing high and low level estimates
• Maintain consistency and quality of the code, and shared understanding of the system
• Contribute to the development of the system and the process at retrospectives.
• Participate in the agile based project software life-cycle
• Work on tasks assigned independently and produce best fit deliverables
• Efficient communication with all stake holders
• Follow all the best practices and quality processes of the project
  
  

Contributing Responsibilities

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

Essential Skills/Experience

• Solid commercial experience of development with Java 17
• Working experience and understanding of Spring, REST API, Hibernate.
• UI Experience (Preferably Angular 10)
• Good to have - Python, Shell Scripting
• Knowledge in using DevOps Tools like Jenkins, Artifactory, Bitbucket, Ansible
• Unit and acceptance testing - JUnit & Mockito
• Working with messaging queues
• RDBMS, ideally Oracle
• A previous experience of working with databases and writing SQL
• Caching technologies like Varnish
• Creating and maintaining Jenkins pipelines for CI/CD
  
  

Desirable Skills/Experience

• An understanding of agile development practices and ideally relevant previous experience of working within an Agile/XP team.
• Web development
• Evaluation of new tools with POCs
• Come up with technical ideas to improve application performance / save time
  
  

Skills Referential

Specific Qualifications (if required)

Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)

Ability to collaborate/Teamwork

Communication Skills - Oral and Written

Attention to detail / rigor

Critical Thinking

Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)

Analytical Ability

Ability to understand, explain and support change

Ability to develop and adapt a process

Ability To Develop Others And Improve Their Skills

Ability to manage / facilitate a meeting, seminar, committee, training...

Education Level

Bachelor degree or equivalent

Experience Level

7+ years