Job Title:  Lead Software Engineer

Overview:
 
Nomura is a global financial services group with an integrated network spanning approximately 30 countries and regions. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its three business divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, and Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking). Founded in 1925, the firm is built on a tradition of disciplined entrepreneurship, serving clients with creative solutions and considered thought leadership. For further information about Nomura, visit www.nomura.com
 
Nomura Services India, (Powai) supports Nomura’s businesses around the world. Powai’ s world class capabilities in trading support, research, information technology, financial control, operations, risk management and legal support have played a key role in facilitating Nomura’s global operations and are an integral part of Nomura’s global expansion plans. The Powai operation is a critical part of the platform to support the growth of Nomura’s global business.

Research IT is looking for a skilled full-stack web developer and AWS lead developer with a strong foundation in full-stack web application development and a successful history of creating and maintaining cloud applications.

The ideal candidate should be highly motivated to deliver high-quality systems on public cloud platforms, with a focus on delivering value for business users.

They should be an effective communicator and adept at collaborating with the team and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities include:

* Architecting and implementing cloud solutions for our applications, automating cloud operations and cloud deployment

* Recognize the current application infrastructure and create a plan to modernize our application stack and migrate to the cloud

* Develop different AWS services, including API Gateway and Lambda to build serverless applications

* Ensure that the cloud architecture is secure, and work closely with IT security to ensure that the security posture continually improves

* Focus on delivering high-quality solutions in an efficient, cost-effective manner

* The candidate would also be involved in the development of full stack applications in Java spring boot and React

* Collaborate and communicate with the dev team, infrastructure, and the business users.

* Write technical documentation and generate system container and component diagrams.

* Comfortable to work on tight timelines, when required

Requirements (indicate mandatory and/or preferred):
 

Mandatory

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in planning, designing, developing, architecting, and implementing cloud solutions on AWS platforms
• Strong understanding of cloud computing principles and AWS Services, preferably Lambda and API Gateways
• Previous experience in handling large-scale systems design
• Solid prior experience is developing full stack applications in Java, Spring Boot and React or other modern JavaScript frameworks
• Proficiency in tools like Terraform or AWS cloud formation for cloud deployments
• Knowledge of containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes
• Should have strong listening, problem solving, analytical skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Good team player who would be required to work closely with the regional teams

Preferred

Relevant AWS Certification is a plus

Equal Opportunity Employer:
 
Nomura is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing equal opportunities throughout employment including in the recruitment, training and development of employees (including promotion, transfers, assignments and beliefs). We prohibit discrimination in the workplace whether on grounds of gender, marital or domestic partnership status, pregnancy, career’s responsibilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, color, national or ethnic origins, religious belief, disability or age. Our objective is to attract job applications and applications for development from the best possible candidates and to retain the best people.