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George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Onsite
Let’s be #BrilliantTogether
Overview:
At ISS, we believe in purpose, mastery, and autonomy. Our mission is to empower shareholders worldwide to make informed corporate decisions through cutting-edge voting and analytical platforms. Our engineers build scalable systems that power governance and decision-making at a global scale. We’re looking for a hands‑on engineer who has confidence/skills to build complex, scalable web applications using Java, React, and Agentic AI to enable rapid processing of high-volume transactions.
Responsibilities:
Build high-quality web applications using React.
Develop and maintain Java / Spring Boot REST APIs
Contribute to integrating AI/LLM-powered agents that automate workflows and enhance product capabilities
Collaborate with the team on system architecture and UI, API, and database design
Work with GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-ready components
Qualification:
3+ years of progressive application development experience.
2+ years of experience with Java (Spring Boot preferred)
1+ year building modern UIs with React.
Exposure to AI Agents (Copilot, Claude etc.) for code generation/testing/review.
Strong fundamentals in OOP, problem solving, and clean code practices
Experience designing, building and using REST APIs
Familiarity with GitHub, modern IDEs (Eclipse/IntelliJ), and frontend basics (HTML/CSS)
Good to have:
Experience with SQL databases (Oracle, SQL Server)
Cloud exposure (AWS, Azure or GCP)
Testing frameworks (JUnit, Selenium, Cypress)
Understanding of security best practices (OWASP), performance tuning, and design patterns
Why Join Us:
Be part of a mission-driven company influencing corporate governance worldwide
Work with a modern, evolving tech stack
Learn and grow in a collaborative, high-quality engineering environment
Experience and influence architecture and design decisions to build large, complex systems.
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What You Can Expect from Us
At ISS STOXX, our people are our driving force. We are committed to building a culture that values diverse skills, perspectives, and experiences. We hire the best talent in our industry and empower them with the resources, support, and opportunities to grow—professionally and personally.
Together, we foster an environment that fuels creativity, drives innovation, and shapes our future success.
Let’s empower, collaborate, and inspire.
Let’s be #BrilliantTogether.
About ISS STOXX
ISS STOXX GmbH is a leading provider of research and technology solutions for the financial market. Established in 1985, we offer top-notch benchmark and custom indices globally, helping clients identify investment opportunities and manage portfolio risks. Our services cover corporate governance, sustainability, cyber risk, and fund intelligence. Majority-owned by Deutsche Börse Group, ISS STOXX has over 3,400 professionals in 33 locations worldwide, serving around 6,400 clients, including institutional investors and companies focused on ESG, cyber, and governance risk. Clients trust our expertise to make informed decisions for their stakeholders' benefit.
Founded in 1985 as Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) Inc., ISS Governance is a leading global provider of independent and objective shareholder meeting research and recommendations, providing multiple voting policy choices as well as end-to-end workflow solutions for institutional investors. More than 1,600 clients worldwide utilize ISS Governance’s actionable expertise to help them make informed investment stewardship decisions, and to help them manage their voting responsibilities. Covering over 50,000 meetings annually, ISS Governance leverages its extensive global footprint, deep experience, high quality data and analysis, unified client support, and technology infrastructure to continuously evolve and extend its innovative suite of solutions to meet clients’ evolving portfolio, fiduciary, and stewardship requirements.
Visit our website: https://www.issgovernance.com
View additional open roles: https://www.issgovernance.com/join-the-iss-team/
Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion. It is our policy to prohibit discrimination or harassment against any applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, creed, religion, sex, age, height, weight, citizenship status, national origin, social origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, pregnancy status, marital status, familial status, mental or physical disability, veteran status, military service or status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law (referred to as “protected status”). All activities including, but not limited to, recruiting and hiring, recruitment advertising, promotions, performance appraisals, training, job assignments, compensation, demotions, transfers, terminations (including layoffs), benefits, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment, are and will be administered on a non-discriminatory basis, consistent with all applicable federal, state, and local requirements.
