Assistant Manager- Java Back End

Job Title: Assistant Manager- Java Back End

Department: RISK IT

About Business line/Function: The mission of RISK function is to provide Senior Management of the Group and of the Operating Divisions with full transparency and dynamic analysis of the risks and clients managed by the various operating divisions: Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB), Retail Banking, Investment & Protection Services (IPS).

Position Purpose:  We are looking for a candidate with an excellent level of experience on Java and enthusiastic to develop distributed applications with a focus on high throughput and high performance.

The role is for a position within the Risk Systems – Counterparty Measures tribe in Mumbai. The tribe is split into multidisciplinary squads implementing Scrum inside an agile at scale methodology. It works on three-month Program Increments and two-week sprints, following all the ceremonies typical of Scrum and Agile at Scale.

The team has as well completed the re-engineering of the counterparty risk system into a highly distributed architecture using a technology stack composed of big data solutions, data grids, compute grids, REST based architectures and a pricing and simulation engine that uses Graphics Processing Units. The team also uses development practices such as Continuous Delivery to reduce time taken from development to delivery into production. 

The successful candidate will work in a fast paced, agile environment in a multi-disciplinary team. The role is technical with elements of programming and design. It is primarily focused on the Java side of the counterparty risk calculation system. The developer will be working on implementing requirements coming from different sources: Technical, Regulatory and Business

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

Design and development

· Help to clarify and qualify needs

· Help to carry out studies before project launch

· Help to design software solutions

· Develop software that meets development and security standards, while incorporating data and security objectives

· Help to optimise existing code and improve its maintainability

· Help to integrate software packages and in the definition of settings

· Enforce agile development practices such as automated testing, continuous integration and continuous delivery.

· Review code and ensure that it is compliant with the principles and practices of the development teams while ensuring that the needs of the quantitative developers are met.

· Hands on development of any tools/framework changes to meet requirements.

Testing, acceptance and release

· Implement and/or create a test strategy

· Install the product deployment tools in the different environments

· Upgrade and/or help to upgrade the documentation

 

Contributing Responsibilities

· Help in implementing improvements to their activity and maintaining technical know-how

· Participate in internal and external developer networks to communicate and share best practices

· Engage in continuous training in new information technologies

 

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

Computing Skills

· Excellent software design, coding, documentation and analysis skills.

· Excellent Java knowledge including hands on experience with Spring, REST and multithreading.

· Excellent computer science fundamentals.

· Knowledge of distributed Systems and technologies (e.g. Oracle Coherence, Apache Cassandra, Spectrum Symphony, Kafka, Tomcat, etc.).

· Experience on testing, from Unit Testing to Acceptance Testing.

· Experience on Continuous Integration and Delivery techniques and tooling.

· An appreciation of distributed systems programming patterns.

· An appreciation of parallelisation techniques

 

Behavioural skills

· Ability to collaborate / Teamwork

· Creativity & Innovation / Problem Solving

· Adaptability

· Ability to Deliver / Results Driven

 

 

Transversal skills

· Analytical Ability

· Ability to develop and leverage networks

Tools – Methodologies

· AI-assisted Development

· Jira, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Artifactory, Claude Code

· IT Programs Conception

· Testing

· Agile methodologies

 

Specific Qualifications:

6 to 10 Years of Hands-on Experience

Skills Referential (Required knowledge, skills and abilities)

Technical Skills:

• Java – Core, Multithreading, Collection framework, JDBC
• Knowledge of distributed systems programming patterns & parallelisation techniques
• Spring Framework, REST APIs 
• Knowledge of distributed Systems and technologies (e.g. Oracle Coherence, Apache Cassandra, Spectrum Symphony, Kafka
• Software design patterns 
• CI/CD, Testing (Junit & System Testing), Kafka, Tomcat 
• Development Tools (Jira, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Artifactory, Claude Code) 
• AI Assisted development 
• Agile methodologies

Behavioral Skills: 

• Ability to Collaborate / Teamwork
• Analytical Ability
• Strong Communication
• Results Driven

 

 

Education Level: Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Location: Mumbai

About BNP Paribas Group:

BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has nearly 185,000 employees, including more than 145,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group’s commercial & personal banking and several specialized businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment, and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy, and Luxembourg. The Group is rolling out its integrated commercial & personal banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Turkey, and Eastern Europe. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific. BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group’s performance and stability.

About BNP Paribas India Solutions:

Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, European Union’s leading bank with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24×7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for BNP Paribas across the Group. Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 10000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At BNP Paribas, we passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued, respected and can bring their authentic selves to work. We prohibit Discrimination and Harassment of any kind and our policies promote equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants, irrespective of, but not limited to their gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, colour, national origin, age, religion, social status, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status etc. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in.