Java Full Stack Developer with Scala

Role: Java Full Stack Developer with Scala

Location: New York, NY / Hybrid Onsite

Mode of interview: 2 Virtual and 1 In-person (NY)

Team Profile

The NFRT organization provides IT support to the Legal and Compliance division. The Fraud Technology Department is responsible for detecting, preventing, notifying, and reporting on all Fraud outside and inside the firm.  We provide technology solutions, consultation, controls, governance, and expertise to fraud analysts in operations and cybersecurity, define technology strategy and architecture, implement analytical, real-time, batch, and data-oriented solutions, and release custom and vendor-based solutions in partnership with other technology and business organizations across the Firm.

Role Profile

As a software developer, you will be responsible for the development and maintenance of next generation fraud screening platform for real-time fraud detection and prevention.  You will work with our architecture team to ensure industrial and departmental best practices are being followed.

Your role will be a focal point between our fraud analytics, reporting, and data governance teams. You will be a productive member of the development team and share core tasks as a member of an Agile squad.

In your role you will be expected to share ownership of our projects and contribute to the active development and maintenance of our applications. You will have the opportunity to be exposed to modern software engineering tools and best practices.  You will also learn how a large investment bank like Morgan Stanley detects and prevents fraud.  You will work in a dynamic agile Fleet that uses Scrum for its workflow. You will be expected to be involved in the full development lifecycle. You will be expected to collaborate with others in the wider team and across the firm, as well as working on your own initiatives.

Skills Required

• Commercial experience of core Java programming with strong proficiency
• Experience of working with a functional programming language
• Experience with Scala programming (or willingness on becoming an expert on it)
• Fundamental knowledge of Microservices
• Strong experience with distributed caching and relational databases, preferably with Sybase, Oracle, MSSLQ
• Understanding of middleware - MQ, Kafka
• Experience of working in a Linux environment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and professional approach
• Ability to work effectively in a global and dynamic team

Skills Desired

• Experience with Big Data – Hadoop, Spark etc.
• Experience with cloud-ready development, Docker containers
• Understanding of Reactive programming
• Experience in Data Modeling
• Experience in the full software development life cycle
• Experience working in an agile team using Agile and DevOps practices & tools
• Experience with automation and scripting languages (Python preferred)
• Experience working with Continuous Integration systems