React and AWS Software Engineer
Onsite (3 days), London, UK
Cognizant Digital Engineering
Within Cognizant Digital Engineering, we help clients develop software products that transform human insights into tangible, production-ready digital solutions. We also work with our clients to scale their native cloud applications. Using insights from the lived experiences of our consumers, we seamlessly replace traditional service strategies with engaging, precise, and direct digital applications. Designing phenomenal software is vital to success in the digital economy—and we understand that a human-centric approach is key to this design.
Job Description
We are looking for a developer for a fast-moving, industry leading development team working on a cutting-edge post trade platform on AWS cloud who has strong understanding of trading processes and based in London office for at least 3 days a week.
You will own/be accountable for:
* Design, develop, and maintain applications using modern front-end and/or back-end technologies
* Ensure applications are scalable, reliable, and secure
* Propose technical solutions and vendor products for business problems and work with project team to deliver the solutions
* Use and improve our in-house continuous delivery pipelines to release new features and functionality
* Liaise with all system owners and business units to ensure systems are fit for purpose
* Produce high level technical designs and liaise with relevant group Infrastructure, cloud, security and network teams to ensure it fits with Company’s Architectural patterns and practices.
* A pragmatic and practical approach to solving business problems
* Self-starter with a strong ability to multitask and aptitude to learn new technologies
* Used to agile working practices.
We are looking for candidates with the following:
* Extensive hands on experience on React or Svelte UI development
* Commercial programming experience in Python
* Experience with AWS cloud services such as S3, ECS, APPSync
* Working with APIs including REST and/or GraphQL
* Familiar with Object Programming
* Knowledge of relational and / or non-relational (NoSQL) databases (we use Postgres)
* Experience with message queues (we use Kafka)
* Experience in Commodities trading preferable or similar financially-based institutions
* Advanced knowledge of application, data, and infrastructure architecture disciplines
* Understanding of architecture and design across all systems
* Knowledge of industry-wide technology trends and best practices
* Ability to work in large, collaborative teams to achieve organizational goals
* Passionate about building an innovative culture
* Understanding of software skills such as business analysis, development, maintenance, and software improvement
* Exposure to cloud native development
We offer:
* A career in one of the largest and fastest growing IT services providers worldwide
* A comprehensive training programme
* An exciting international environment
* Opportunity to work for the large multinationals and other leading companies
* Personal development in hard and soft skills
Join our team and contribute to the seamless functioning of critical web applications, delivering exceptional support to our customers and driving continuous improvement in our support processes. Apply now to be a part of our innovative and collaborative environment!
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