Senior Java Developer (Buy Side)

Wells Fargo provides middle market, large corporate and financial institution customers with a range of international solutions, including treasury management, credit, payments, financing, foreign exchange, and trade services. Wells Fargo operates from 42 countries and territories outside of the U.S., including branches in Beijing, Cayman Islands, Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC), Hong Kong, London, Seoul.

Wells Fargo has a new opportunity for an experienced Senior Java Developer to join a small technology team working very closely with the Global Fixed Income business of Wells Fargo Asset Management International.

This opportunity is available on a six month temporary contract, based in London.

The team’s main focus is the in-house GPARMS application. The application uses Java, Tomcat and BIRT running on Windows connected to an MS SQL Server database.

The primary areas of responsibility for the role are as follows:

• Development projects
  • Integrate application with Wells Fargo standard infrastructure security using J2EE API
  • Modify inbound market data feeds in line with changes to upstream systems
  • Apply Wells Fargo standard Dev Ops tools to GPARMS by working with the owning technology teams
• Maintaining the application’s code and automated tests
• Providing first line application support to FIA.

Market Skills and Certifications

Skills Required:

• Java, Spring IoC Container
• SQL for query implementation
• Automated testing with JUnit
• Written and verbal communication across multiple locations and time zones
• Application service provision, issue tracking and follow up.

Global Fixed Income (GFI) is an investment team of about 20 specialists within Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM). GFI has approximately $6bn assets under management (AUM). WFAM profile:

• AUM in excess of $500B
• 29 autonomous investment teams.

Team members support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit’s risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.