Who are we?

At Finastra, we’re a global leader in financial services software, dedicated to expanding access to financial services and shaping what’s next for the industry. Our technology powers mission‑critical solutions across Lending, Payments and Universal Banking, supporting over 7,000 customers, including 80% of the world’s top 50 banks, in more than 110 countries.

What You’ll Bring (Required Qualifications)

• 8–12+ years of professional software development experience; 5+ years building Java microservices in production.
• Deep expertise in Java 17+, Spring Boot/Spring Cloud, Gradle/Maven, and REST/JSON plus gRPC/Protobuf (nice to have).
• Strong experience with Kafka (streams, schema registry/Avro/Protobuf, consumer groups, partitioning, rebalancing) and transactional data patterns (sagas, outbox).
• Solid understanding of distributed systems (consistency, CAP, retries vs. idempotency, back‑pressure, eventual consistency, caching).
• Proven track record on Kubernetes and cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) for production workloads: networking, service mesh (Istio/Linkerd – bonus), secrets, IAM, cost awareness.
• Testing discipline: unit, contract (Pact/AssertJ JSON), integration (Testcontainers), E2E, performance (Gatling/JMH), and pipeline automation.
• Observability: Open Telemetry/ Micrometer /Prometheus/Grafana/ELK; able to debug with traces and high‑cardinality logs.
• Security: OAuth2/OIDC/JWT, TLS, mTLS, certificate rotation, vulnerability remediation, SAST/DAST familiarity.
• Ability to review architectural and vendor deliverables, articulate gaps, and guide towards remediation.
• Experience with Vert.x / gRPC.

Nice‑to‑Have (Preferred)

• Knowledge of CQRS/Event Sourcing, Temporal/Cadence (workflow orchestration), or Debezium/CDC.
• Data stores: Postgres/MySQL (RDBMS), Redis (caching), MongoDB/Cosmos/DocumentDB (NoSQL), Elasticsearch/OpenSearch (search/analytics).
• API gateways and service mesh (rate limiting, circuit breaking, authN/authZ).
• Prior work with platform engineering, internal developer platforms, or Backstage.

We are proud to offer a range of incentives to our employees worldwide. These benefits are available to everyone, regardless of grade, and reflect the values we stand for:

Flexibility: Enjoy unlimited vacation, subject to local regulations and business priorities. Benefit from hybrid working arrangements and inclusive policies such as paid time off for voting, bereavement, and sick leave.

Well‑being: Access confidential one‑to‑one support through our Employee Assistance Program, connect with our network of Wellbeing Champions and Gather Groups, and take part in monthly events and initiatives designed to help you thrive—inside and outside of work.

Health & Financial Security: Medical, life and disability insurance, retirement plans, lifestyle, and other benefits.*

Sustainability: Paid time off for volunteering and donation‑matching opportunities to support causes that matter to you.

Inclusion: Get involved in our inclusion communities, such as Count Me In, Culture@Finastra, Proud@Finastra, Disabilities@Finastra, and Women@Finastra—open to everyone who wants to participate and contribute.

Career Development: Access online learning and accredited courses through our Skills & Career Navigator tool.

Recognition: Take part in our global recognition program, Finastra Celebrates, and share your voice through regular employee surveys that help shape our culture and ways of working.

*Specific benefits may vary by location.

At Finastra, each individual is unique—bringing their own ideas, perspectives, cultural backgrounds, and experiences. We learn from one another, value what makes us different, and create an environment where everyone feels included, supported, and able to be their authentic selves.

Be unique. Be exceptional. Help us make a difference at Finastra.