12 months Contract - Java Backend Developer (Through an External Agency Payroll Provider)
Julius Baer17 hours ago
Singapore, SingaporeSenior
Responsibilities
- Design and evolve scalable, low-latency, fault-tolerant distributed systems for financial workloads.
- Develop and maintain high-performance Java backend services and APIs using Spring and Spring Boot.
- Optimize latency, asynchronous processing, and I/O through profiling, benchmarking, and load testing.
- Integrate financial platforms and third-party services while ensuring correctness, data integrity, and operational resilience.
- Build backend services powering digital wealth and investment capabilities within the bank’s e-banking ecosystem.
- Design messaging and integration flows using JPA, JDBC templates, JMS, and event-driven patterns.
- Own the software lifecycle from architecture and design through deployment, operations, and optimization.
- Apply code reviews, testing, CI/CD, auditability, security, and controlled-change practices.
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and global stakeholders to translate requirements into technical deliverables.
Requirements
- Extensive experience designing, building, and operating mission-critical financial systems.
- Proven expertise in Java backend architectures, distributed systems, low-latency services, and high-availability systems.
- Strong knowledge of Java, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Core Java, Collections, JSON, and JDBC.
- Experience with distributed systems, microservices, event-driven design, JPA, JDBC templates, relational databases, and JMS.
- Experience with Unix/Linux and bash scripting.
- Knowledge of OAuth2, API security, and IAM concepts.
- Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure.
- Knowledge of containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
- Strong ownership, analytical problem-solving, code-quality, reliability, and collaboration skills.
- Ability to work independently and effectively in an agile global team.
- Previous financial-industry experience is a plus.
Benefits
- 12-month contract through an external agency payroll provider.
- Opportunity to shape the architecture, scalability, and operational model of a highly visible new digital client channel.
- Collaboration with global team members in Zurich and Singapore.
About Julius Baer
Julius Baer is a Swiss private banking group providing wealth management, investment advisory, and custody services to high- and ultra-high-net-worth clients and family offices. It earns fees and commissions on assets under management, plus trading, custody, and lending income. Founded in 1890 and headquartered in Zurich, it operates in about 25 countries across roughly 60 locations, with notable hubs in Geneva, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Dubai.