SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG's shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.
In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization's extensive global network. The Group's operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC MANUBANK, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.
JOB SUMMARY: The Senior Application Developer will focus on making a positive impact on the people we work with - our clients, our coworkers, and our community. The core platform engineering team leads organization through digital transformation, process automation, and integration to improve efficiency and solve complex business problems. The role partners with the business, IT teams and external partners. As a collective team, they discover, design, develop, and deploy solutions through digital transformation, automation, and integration.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: - Lead the design, development, and implementation of complex application solutions
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define project requirements and deliver high-quality applications
- Mentor and guide junior developers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement
- Conduct code reviews to ensure adherence to best practices and coding standards
- Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues, ensuring optimal performance and reliability
- Stay updated with emerging technologies and industry trends to drive innovation within the team
- Participate in architectural discussions and contribute to strategic decision-making
- Exposure to with API Management tools
- Design, develop, and maintain data and reporting solutions to support business intelligence and analytics needs
- Analyze application performance in a variety of environments, design and implement optimizations
- Maintains technical skill set for software languages, databases, platforms, operating systems, utilities and networks needed to support work assignments
POSITION SPECIFICATIONS: - 5+ years of experience in application/software development, with a strong focus on customer impacting applications
- 5+ years' experience with software engineering best practices (unit testing, automation, design patterns, peer review, etc.)
- 5+ years' software development life cycle experience
- Proven experience in leading and managing software development projects
- Proficient in one or more technologies like PowerApps, DataStage, and/or CIAM (Customer Identity and Access Management)
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically and creatively
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies is a plus
Skills/Qualifications: - Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools
- Familiarity with microservices architecture and containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes
- Scrum or other agile experience is a plus
- Experience with API's, Web Services, REST, SOAP - is a plus
- Comfortable and able to communicate directly with the client acting as a technical consultant
- Proficient in multiple languages and technology stacks
- Banking industry experience required
- Finance and Commercial Lending experience is a plus
SMBC's employees participate in a Hybrid workforce model that provides employees with an opportunity to work from home, as well as, from an SMBC office. SMBC requires that employees live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Prospective candidates will learn more about their specific hybrid work schedule during their interview process. Hybrid work may not be permitted for certain roles, including, for example, certain FINRA-registered roles for which in-office attendance for the entire workweek is required.
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