Senior Software Engineer – Java Full Stack

Division: Group Business Solutions (GBS)

IT is at the core of Euroclear’s business, providing continuous development, assisting in delivering a cost efficient and high-quality service to its customers. 

Euroclear is building a new EB Settlement capability on a distributed, cloud-native architecture, independent of any mainframe legacy systems. This initiative is being developed using Java-based microservices deployed on Red Hat OpenShift or Azure Kubernetes. The architecture emphasizes modularity, scalability, and resilience, aligning with Euroclear’s enterprise-wide adoption of modern design patterns. Engineers joining this effort will also contribute to the foundational layers of a new platform that supports critical settlement workflows, leveraging reusable components and integration standards established across GBS tribes.

Responsibilities And Duties

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Collaborating within an Agile development team to migrate the legacy application to a new event-based, service-oriented architecture. This involves close coordination with the Solution Architect, Technical Lead, application architects, and other stakeholders.
• Leading the delivery of a coherent end-to-end IT solution that meets both functional and non-functional requirements.
• Ensuring the IT solution adheres to enterprise engineering and architecture standards.
• Promoting consistency in solution delivery across platforms and teams, for example by organizing walkthroughs with delivery teams.
• Ensuring the solution complies with established design and development guidelines and standards.
• Participating in hands-on development and mentoring team members in the use of new technologies.

Qualifications

Crucial Candidate Traits:

The successful candidate will have demonstrable solutions design and development skills and experience alongside validated strong systems development experience at all stages of the software delivery lifecycle.

Technical Skills:

• Strong systems development experience at all stages of systems development covering design, development, testing, live implementation and post implementation support.
• Strong hands-on Object-Oriented Design skills
• Strong core Java programming skills
• Experience of developing services/micro-services in Java
• Experience of developing containerised services using Docker and Kubernetes
• Hands-on SpringBoot skills
• Experience of developing and deploying on Unix or Linux
• Hands-on experience of using the Kafka ecosystem
• Experience of profiling and performance tuning
• Experience of Behaviour-Driven and Test-Driven development principles and skills
• Experience of Angular for building responsive and modular web applications
• Knowledge of secure coding practices, authentication/authorization (OAuth2, JWT), and data protection techniques.

Soft Skills:

• Have the ability to motivate those you mentor, coach & lead
• Be a stand-out colleague and role model, willing to participate in peer reviews and to be reviewed by peers
• Be reliable, self-motivated and able to work without close management and supervision
• Possess inspiring communication and presentation skills to present proposals both orally and in writing
• Have the demonstrable ability to complete work within agreed timescales and identify problems and provide the most suitable solution(s)

Desirable Skills:

The following are not essential but would be a plus if the candidate can demonstrate any experience of:

• Messaging Standards, for example ISO 15022, ISO 20022 and JSON.
• Working in an Agile development team
• Designing and implementing platform independent, database independent event driven applications
• Database design skills in technologies such as Oracle
• Hibernate
• Splunk
• DevOps principles, processes and tooling
• IBM MQ
• Working in Financial Market Infrastructure and/or Regulated environments

Please note that this is a permanent position, and we do not offer freelance or contract arrangements for this role.

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Why Join Us

Embark on your new adventure at Euroclear, and work at the heart of the global capital markets. We connect over 2,000 financial institutions across the globe. As an open and resilient infrastructure, we contribute to the stability of the financial markets. We help clients cut through complexity, lower costs, and mitigate risks of financial transactions. At Euroclear, we have the clear ambition to use our key role to facilitate and accelerate a sustainable global financial system. 

What We Offer:

• Work closely with inspiring, supportive and engaged colleagues from more than 80 different countries. 
• Practice your talents in a highly professional international environment. 
• Join a learning and development environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing and training.
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

New ways of working

Find your own optimal balance within our hybrid working model, where you can connect at the office and also benefit from remote working. 

Great Place to Work for All

We are committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates diversity and strives to be a Great Place to Work for All. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment, regardless of any aspect that makes them unique (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, pregnancy, disability, ...). If you need any specific accommodation due to disability or any other reason, you can let the recruiter know during your application process.