Job Description

Who are we?

At Finastra, we’re a global leader in financial services software, dedicated to expanding access to financial services and shaping what’s next for the industry. Our technology powers mission‑critical solutions across Lending, Payments and Universal Banking, supporting over 7,000 customers, including 80% of the world’s top 50 banks, in more than 110 countries.

What You’ll Bring (Required Qualifications)

• 8–12+ yearsof professional software development experience; 5+ yearsbuilding Java microservicesin production.
• Deep expertise in Java 17+, Spring Boot/Spring Cloud, Gradle/Maven, and REST/JSONplus gRPC/Protobuf(nice to have).
• Strong experience with Kafka(streams, schema registry/Avro/Protobuf, consumer groups, partitioning, rebalancing) and transactional datapatterns (sagas, outbox).
• Solid understanding of distributed systems(consistency, CAP, retries vs. idempotency, back‑pressure, eventual consistency, caching).
• Proven track record on Kubernetesand cloud(AWS/Azure/GCP) for production workloads: networking, service mesh (Istio/Linkerd – bonus), secrets, IAM, cost awareness.
• Testing discipline unit, contract (Pact/AssertJ JSON), integration (Testcontainers), E2E, performance (Gatling/JMH), and pipeline automation.
• Observability Open Telemetry/ Micrometer Prometheus/Grafana/ELK; able to debug with traces and high‑cardinality logs.
• Security OAuth2/OIDC/JWT, TLS, mTLS, certificate rotation, vulnerability remediation, SAST/DAST familiarity.
• Ability to review architectural and vendor deliverables, articulate gaps, and guide towards remediation.
• Experience with Vert.x gRPC.

Nice‑to‑Have (Preferred)

• Knowledge of CQRS/Event Sourcing, Temporal/Cadence(workflow orchestration), or Debezium/CDC
• Data stores Postgres/MySQL (RDBMS), Redis (caching), MongoDB/Cosmos/DocumentDB (NoSQL), Elasticsearch/OpenSearch (search/analytics).
• API gatewaysand service mesh(rate limiting, circuit breaking, authN/authZ).
• Prior work with platform engineering, internal developer platforms, or Backstage

We are proud to offer a range of incentives to our employees worldwide. These benefits are available to everyone, regardless of grade, and reflect the values we uphold:

· Flexibility: Enjoy unlimited vacation, based on your location and business priorities. Hybrid working arrangements, and inclusive policies such as paid time off for voting, bereavement, and sick leave.

· Well-being: Access Confidential one-on-one therapy through our Employee Assistance Program, find support from our network of Wellbeing Champions and Gather Groups, and a calendar of monthly events and initiatives designed to help you thrive - Inside and Outside of work.

· Medical, life & disability insurance, retirement plan, lifestyle and other benefits*

· Sustainability: Benefit from paid time off for volunteering and donation matching.

· DEI: Participate in multiple DE&I groups for open involvement (e.g., Count Me In, Culture@Finastra, Proud@Finastra, Disabilities@Finastra, Women@Finastra).

· Career Development: Access online learning and accredited courses through our Skills & Career Navigator tool.

· Recognition Be part of our global recognition program, Finastra Celebrates, and contribute to regular employee surveys to help shape Finastra and foster a culture where everyone is engaged and empowered to perform at their best.

*Specific benefits may vary by location.

At Finastra, each individual is unique, bringing their own ideas, thoughts, cultural beliefs, backgrounds, and experiences together. We learn from one another, embrace and celebrate our differences, and create an environment where everyone feels safe to be themselves.

Be unique, be exceptional, and help us make a difference at Finastra!