Java Developer
Boston, MA

Job Description

BBH is a technology driven financial services organization and our team of highly motivated Java Developers play a key role in developing & supporting market leading applications for diverse areas of the business. We are looking for highly skilled, team orientated individuals who can contribute in a mature and proactive way to all phases of a project lifecycle - i.e. more broadly than in just a pure development role.

Accordingly, in this role you will be work on market leading applications and systems across the business and be exposed to broad range of projects. Key areas of responsibility will include:

* Developing application functionality which meets business requirements with high quality within given deadlines
* Developing maintainable, well-documented application functionality with an eye toward standardization, common components, simplicity, performance, robustness and other attributes of enterprise-strength solutions.
* Contribute to application design
* Contributing technical expertise to defining application requirements in collaboration with business analysts, business representatives and others. You must be able to streamline as well as record requirements, perform gap analysis and offer functionality options where appropriate.
* Creating proofs of concept or prototypes if required; contributing to technical design of applications; contributing to database / data model design.
* Quickly resolving issues encountered by business lines in the production environment, maintaining a helpful, "high touch" approach to working with business users.

Character attributes - must-have

Organized - High degree of personal organization & structured approach to problems

Proactive - Actively seeks to determine upcoming risks & issues and address them

Collaborative - Genuinely interested in helping others and in sharing information

Integrity - Places higher value on honesty and ethical behavior than personal advantage

Communication - Excellent English language skills; strive to be inclusive and to communicate frequently & clearly

Development - Desire to continue to learn new skills and develop professionally.

Technical attributes - must-have

* 5+ years of experience for senior java developer, 2/3 years for a regular java developer
* Must be proficient in the Java language & core libraries
* High proficiency in development practices: unit testing, Continuous Integration, refactoring, clean code
* Spring/JEE platform - must have experience with Spring (Spring MVC, Spring Data, Spring Security) or JEE platform (CDI, JPA, EJB, JAX-RS, JAX-WS)
* Must know, use and understand Design Patterns and Object Oriented Design and Principles
* Must understand basic principles of data modeling
* Experience with test frameworks: JUnit, TestNG, Mockito
* Tools: Jenkins, SVN/GIT, Maven

Technical attributes - nice to have

* Web technical stack - experience developing web applications in Java ( REST services, websockets )
* Experience with HTML, CSS and JavaScript frameworks (Angular, jQuery)
* Tools: Websphere, Tomcat
* Experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)

What We Offer:

* A collaborative environment that enables you to step outside your role to add value wherever you can
* Direct access to clients, information and experts across all business areas around the world
* Opportunities to grow your expertise, take on new challenges, and reinvent yourself-without leaving the firm
* A culture of inclusion that values each employee's unique perspective
* High-quality benefits program emphasizing good health, financial security, and peace of mind
* Rewarding work with the flexibility to enjoy personal and family experiences at every career stage
* Volunteer opportunities to give back to your community and help transform the lives of others

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other protected status under federal, state or local law.

Full time

Jersey City