12 months Contract - Java Backend Developer (Through an External Agency Payroll Provider)

At Julius Baer, we celebrate and value the individual qualities you bring, enabling you to be impactful, to be entrepreneurial, to be empowered, and to create value beyond wealth. Let’s shape the future of wealth management together.

YOUR CHALLENGE

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

We are seeking a highly skilled Java Backend Developer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in core Java development, with expertise in Spring/Spring Boot. You will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and enhancing our financial platforms and applications, ensuring high performance, security, and scalability.

Note: This is a 12 months contract role with an external agency payroll provider.

KEY FEATURES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

Design and Development

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and implement high-quality software solutions for our financial products and services.

Development

Develop and maintain backend services and APIs using Java, Spring, and Spring Boot. Optimize server-side performance and ensure data integrity and security.

System Integration

Work on integrating various financial systems and third-party services, ensuring smooth data flow and interoperability.

Code Quality and Best Practices

Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code while adhering to industry best practices, including code reviews, testing, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD).

Troubleshooting and Support

Diagnose and resolve technical issues across the stack, providing support for both development and production environments.

Collaboration

Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications and deliverables.

Regulatory Responsibilities &/OR Risk Management

Demonstration of appropriate values and behaviours including but not limited to standards on honesty and integrity, due care and diligence, fair dealing (treating customers fairly), management of conflicts of interest, competence and continuous development, adequate risk management, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations

YOUR PROFILE

SKILLS REQUIREMENTS

• Relevant higher educational and professional background with ideally at least 5 years of extensive experience in software development including as a backend developer
• Profound hands-on Java programming skills
• Core Java & related utilities/libraries, particularly collections, JSON, JDBC, Maven
• Spring Framework including Spring Boot, JDBC templates and JPA, Messaging and JMS
• Excellent decision-making and problem-solving skills
• Basic understanding of Unix Operating system and bash scripting
• Very good command of English language both written and communication skills
• Good code review skills, and pride in code quality
• Team player
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of projects
• Ability to work in an agile environment
• Willing to work in a global team that has members in Singapore and Switzerland
• Relevant work experience in the financial industry preferable

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The international reference in wealth management

Julius Baer is the leading Swiss wealth management group. We focus on servicing and advising sophisticated private clients from around the world, taking into account what truly matters to them – in their business and personal life, today and for future generations. Headquartered in Zurich, we are present in around 60 locations worldwide, including Bangkok, Dubai, Dublin, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, Monaco, Mumbai, Santiago de Chile, Shanghai, Singapore, Tel Aviv, and Tokyo.

Why join Julius Baer?

At Julius Baer our employees enjoy the benefits of a global company with the support and collegiality of a much smaller one. We are growing quickly, but we remain dedicated to maintaining our accessible structure with flat hierarchies, and approachable and supportive leaders. With offices around the world, we offer an international and stimulating work environment and the opportunity to work with a diverse team of highly motivated colleagues, bringing the best of the bank to our clients. Our core values of Care, Passion, and Excellence define the tone of how we interact with each other and our partners.

Committed to your success

Whether nurturing young talent with our renowned apprentice scheme, enabling ambitious university graduates to put theory into practice with our Graduate Programme, or providing first-class opportunities for experienced professionals, we look after our employees. We believe in continuous learning as a company and as individuals, which is why we put a focus on the health and well-being of our employees and offer flexible working options, a wide array of benefits, and extensive career development programmes.

For more information visit www.juliusbaer.com or contact us via the Contact Form. For recruiting agents, please see the additional information here.