Natobotics - Vice President - Technology - Java/Microservices

We are entering an exciting phase of growth and transformation with our client, a global leader in the financial services industry.
As we strengthen their technology landscape across Investment & Wealth Management, we are expanding the team with talented professionals who are passionate about building high-quality, scalable solutions.

We are hiring for VP - Technology (Java/Microservices)
The roles and responsibilities are as follows:
- Lead a team of developers focussed on building new application as well supporting existing applications.
- Review the delivery plan and Architecture of applications in LCS department.
- Understand the overall ecosystem and develop appropriate integration solutions.
- Review code and ensure best practices are adhered to.
- Ensure applications stay Evergreen.
- Partner with Business across Singapore, Hong Kong and Dubai to understand the requirements and ensure the solution provided is of high standard.
- Ensure user queries and issues are resolved by the Support team in a timely manner
- Partner with stakeholders for testing and implementation of the deliverables.

- Provide regular updates to manager and stakeholders.
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Willing to learn new technologies / tools as required, to effectively deliver output.
Mandatory Skills:

- 12+ years of core Java programming experience.
- Must have 5+ years of experience as a Team lead
- Mastery of the Spring/ Spring Boot framework
- Good understanding of OOPS concepts, and design patterns as well as DB table design and normalization
- Strong problem-solving experience in a technical environment
- Experience with building low latency, large data processing systems.
- Familiarity with Java and web testing frameworks (e.g , Junit, Selenium)
- Understanding of memory management, multi-threading - concurrency and synchronization.
- Expertise in RESTful web services and microservices architecture
- Solid understanding of ORM frameworks (e.g , Hibernate)
- Proficiency in SQL and experience with relational databases (e.g , MySQL, PostgreSQL)
- Version control systems, preferably Git
- Experience with build tools like Maven or Gradle
- Strong knowledge of software design patterns and principles (SOLID, DRY, etc.)
- Proficiency in unit testing and test-driven development (TDD)
- Experience with Agile methodologies
- Candidate should be a quick learner.
- Should have demonstrated in the past quick learning capabilities.
- Strong listening, problem solving, analytical skills and excellent communication skills (both spoken and written English)
- Must be a team player with prior experience in working in a global development team.
- Self-motivated individual, quality and improvement focused.
Desirable Skills:
- Working knowledge of Python
- Building and creating shell scripts
- Familiar with Linux commands and able to easily navigate, stop, start, and debug services.
- Experience in CI/CD working with pipelines, integrating pipelines with gitlab.
- Strong with git, branching strategies, peer review, commit clarity.
- Knowledge of containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Familiarity with front-end technologies (JavaScript, Angular, React, or Vue.js)
- Experience with NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra, etc.)
- Knowledge of messaging systems (Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ)
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, etc.)
- Experience with performance tuning and optimization
- Understanding of security best practices in Java development
- Experience with GraphQL
- Knowledge of caching mechanisms (e.g , Redis, Memcached)
- Familiarity with logging and monitoring tools (ELK stack, Prometheus, Grafana)
- Experience with code quality tools (SonarQube, Checkstyle, etc.)
Industry exposure of Investment banking