Senior Software Deveoper (JAVA)

Company Description

Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We help to redefine lending practices, uncover and prevent fraud, simplify healthcare, deliver digital marketing solutions, and gain deeper insights into the automotive market, all using our unique combination of data, analytics and software. We also assist millions of people to realise their financial goals and help them to save time and money.

We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, and many more industry segments.   We invest in talented people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data and innovate. As a FTSE 100 Index company listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN), we have a team of 22,500 people across 32 countries. Our corporate headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland.

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Job Description

Experian® Decision Analytics (DA) integrates predictive data and analytics into valuable business decisions that provide greater insight into decision performance and helps companies keep pace with changing business priorities. By applying expert consulting, analytical tools, software and systems to convert data into valuable business decisions. Our expertise spans a variety of industries and we provide software to some of the world’s largest finance, telcos and other blue-chip companies. The crown jewel in our software suite is PowerCurve which provides best-in-class decisioning applied across the whole customer lifecycle from customer acquisition to in-life and collections, as well as in fraud detection and identity resolution systems. PowerCurve is able to execute on hosted and cloud platforms. Experian Decision Analytics has created an opportunity in the Malaysian office to recruit a Senior Software Engineer to join the Global Product Development Team. 

Job Description

• Interacts with the Product Owner/Business Analyst to define, refine, develop, test and deliver against functional requirements 

• Understands and translates functional into technical requirements 

• Works with an architecture team to design the components of the product suite 

• Provides input to the project delivery plan, including sizing and estimation if required, with regards to one’s areas of responsibility 

• Coordinates the work within the boundaries of their teams and project  

• Being accountable for the quality of one’s team and supporting through code review processes and testing strategies as a whole-team approach 

• Implements correct, performant and reliable code on schedule and according to specification 

• Determines code quality and test coverage, and designing and implementing tests to make sure software is built to the highest quality possible 

• Develops and maintains test automation efficiency and effectiveness 

• Ensure close collaboration between Development and Operations, enabling smoother operation between teams. 

• Embrace DevOps culture and automate everything from deployment, monitoring, management and incident responses – treat “Everything as Code” 

• Responsible for defect closure and root cause analysis to avoid regressions 

• Drives continual improvement in quality and efficiency, including defect prevention/ root cause analysis, suggesting and adopting improvements to technology and efficiency 

• Collaborates and partners across different departments including support, consulting, product management, and engineering 

• Mentors software engineers, including on other teams 

• Shares knowledge and supervises more junior team members 

• Organizes forums to share knowledge on their practice and on the product 

• Divides larger pieces of work into tasks for themselves and other team members 

• Supports the Scrum release planning process through analysis and estimation of development work 

• Writes technical documentation for internal or external consumption, for developers of varying skills level 

• Assists the recruitment process as well as potentially training, mentoring and supervising associate team members 

• Contributes at Product level Scrum of Scrums 

• Influences system designs and plans from a testing perspective  

• Reviews, analyses and improves test coverage and reduces defect count for their product area 

• Contributes to product release planning 

Key Responsibilities:

• Candidate must ideally possess at least a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Information Technology, Engineering (Computer/Telecommunication) or numerical discipline with strong computing background  

• Strong programming, troubleshooting, analytical & problem-solving skills  

• A strong understanding of process and methodologies that drive scalable software development and software testing 

• Strong communication, organizational & interpersonal skills  

• Experience of working in cross functional teams  

• Ability to work in a dynamic, fast moving and challenging (and somewhat ambiguous) environment 

• Understand and familiar with good Java design and Software Engineering Processes/methods such as:  
• Architecture Design 

• Design Patterns  

• Expertise in refactoring  

• Agile methodologies (Lean, Scrum, Kanban, etc.) 

• CI/CD, DevOps and Test Automation  

• TDD – Test Driven Development, BDD – Behavioral Driven Development  

• Automated unit testing (e.g. JUnit) 

• Automated functional testing (e.g. TestNG, Cucumber, Selenium) 

• Mocking Framework (e.g. JMockit, Mockito, WireMock) 
• Familiar with Open Source tools & Frameworks, including but not limited to Ajax, Spring, JSF, Ant, Subversion, Maven, CruiseControl, Hibernate/JPA, Junit, JMS, SOAP, Axis, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Ansible and Cucumber  

• More than 5 years of experience in a similar or closely related role is expected to demonstrate competency 

What we are looking for 

• An affinity to tech-curiosity and passionate about technology and how things work and the future of software engineering 

• Grit, Adaptability 

• A great attitude, energy and enthusiasm 

• Self-starters with a desire to learn and apply their skills to something new 

• Ambition to succeed 

• Willingness to take risks 

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, engineering, Information Systems related technical field or equivalent experience preferred
• Advanced English proficiency
• 5+ years of work experience in Software Development
• Strong knowledge of identity and authentication technologies like IAM, SSO, OIDC/OAuth, SAML
• Experienced programming with Java, JavaScript, ReactJS, JSON, developing REST APIs
• Familiar with Integrated Development Environments (IntelliJ, Eclipse, etc.), build tools (Maven, etc.), source control (Git, etc.)
• Experience with
• NoSQL databases (MongoDB, etc.).
• Common web development tools and services, such as version control software, package managers, and CI-CD pipelines
• Good knowledge of software engineering concepts such as object-oriented programming, testing, source control, and agile planning
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for effective dialogue with business users
• Advanced problem solving, analytical and organizational skills

Nice to Have

• AWS Cloud, Experience with ForgeRock, OKTA, or Ping Identity
• Agile Implementation experience
• Knowledge of containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, etc.).

Additional Information

Experian Asia Pacific's culture, people, flexibility and environments are key differentiators. We take our people and equal opportunity agenda very seriously. We focus on what truly matters; DEI, work/life balance, development, authenticity, engagement, collaboration, wellness, reward & recognition, volunteering... the list goes on. We're an award winning organisation due to our strong people focus (Great Place To Work, Top Employer and Employer of Choice).

Experian Asia Pacific leverages cutting edge data science, inclusion and start-up mindsets to build tomorrow's credit solutions. Innovation is a critical part of Experian's DNA and practices. As is our diverse workforce, which drives our success. Everyone can succeed at Experian, irrespective of their gender, ethnicity, colour, sexuality, physical ability or age. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know at the earliest opportunity.

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