Principle Software Engineer

About EQ:

Equiniti is a leading international provider of shareholder, pension, remediation, and credit technology. With over 6000 employees, it supports 37 million people in 120 countries. EQ's vision is to be the leading global share registrar, offering complementary services to its client base and our values set the core foundations to our success. We are TRUSTED to deliver on our commitments, COMMERCIAL in building long term value, COLLABORATIVE in our approach and we IMPROVE by continually enhancing our skills and services.

EQ India provides Information Technology Services, BPO, Marketing, Sales Support, People Services & Finance Shared services support to various EQ Group companies and clients of EQ. EQ India has 1300 employees- operating out of capability centres in Bangalore and Chennai.

There has never been a better time to join EQ

Job Summary:

· The Principal Software Engineer role is focused to maintain and upgrade the existing Xanite product set. The Role will be responsible to resolve software issues, improving the functionality of existing software, and ensuring that the design, application, and maintenance of software meets the quality standards of the company. Also be able to mentor, guide, and train other engineers.

· The role should be able to evaluate the user’s needs, time limitations, and system limitations when developing software. Needs to be up to date on new technologies and software development practices. The role will work for the Equiniti UK Development Manager.

Job Responsibilities:

· Designing, coding, and debugging software.

· Maintaining and upgrading existing software.

· Improving the performance of existing software.

· Recommending new technologies that can help increase productivity.

· Providing training to other engineers.

· Taking care of performance tuning of the application providing solutions to others.

· Supervising and overseeing the technical aspects of projects.

· Investigating software-related complaints and making necessary adjustments to ensure optimal software performance.

· Regularly attending team meetings to discuss projects, brainstorm ideas, and put forward solutions to any issues.

· Track record of successful delivery of software projects

· Knowledge of common SDLCs and how to apply them in a delivery context

· Knowledge of/experience in working with different software delivery models

· Ability to work calmly and methodically even under pressure.

Qualification / skills required:

· BE/ME/MCA/M.Sc. Computer Science with an excellent track record.

· Should have an overall 7+ years of experience in developing applications on the Java technology stack.

· Java / J2EE

· Sprint / Hibernate frameworks

· Spring Batch

· Microservices, MSSQL

· Proficient in SOAP and REST APIs – JSON

· Apache Tomcat

· IDEs – NetBeans/Eclipse, MSSQL

· Jenkins, Version control Systems (SVN, GitLab, Bitbucket, etc.)

· Unit / Integration and system testing

· Agile (Scrum, Kanban, Lean, DSDM) , TDD , JMeter

· Automation / Load Testing

· Selenium

· Visual Studio, TFS, MT

· Experience in the Financial sector

Benefits:

Being a permanent member of the team at EQ you will be rewarded by our company benefits, these are just a few of what is on offer:

· 31 days + + bank holidays (UK)

· Comprehensive Medical Assurance cover

· Two-way cab transport for staff working in UK & US shift

· Maternity leave of 6 months full pay, 10days paid paternity leave

· Accidental & Life cover 3 times of concerned CTC