For the given job description <<Who We Are
Apex Fintech Solutions (AFS) powers innovation and the future of digital wealth management by processing millions of transactions daily, to simplify, automate, and facilitate access to financial markets for all. Our robust suite of fintech solutions enables us to support clients such as Stash, Betterment, SoFi, and WeBull, and more than 20 million of our clients' customers.
Collectively, AFS creates an environment in which companies with the biggest ideas in fintech are empowered to change the world. We are based in Dallas, TX and also have offices in Austin, New York, Chicago, Portland, and Belfast.
If you are seeking a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment where you'll have the opportunity to make an immediate impact, and you have the guts to change everything, this is the place for you.
AFS has received a number of prestigious industry awards, including:
2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018 Best Wealth Management Company - presented by Fintech Breakthrough Awards2021 Most Innovative Companies - presented by Fast Company2021 Best API & Best Trading Technology - presented by Global Fintech Awards
About This Role
As a Principal Cloud Software Engineer at Apex Silver, you are responsible for design and development of software code. You will help lead other developers in the design and development of financial services applications that integrate with cloud-based services. You are a results oriented leader who can lead a team to exceed client expectations. You perform hands-on work required to meet service level requirements. You will lead by example.
Key Responsibilities
Coordinate with your cross functional product development team and members of the software development teamOversee and provide guidance to other development team membersDesign and develop highly performant large scale financial services applicationsImplement robust CICD processesAdhere to Silvers coding standardsKeep up-to-date with industry trends and technology developments
Skills & Requirements
Requires a bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) and at least 10 years of experienceExtensive knowledge of software development processesExtensive knowledge of bash shell scriptingExtensive knowledge of implementing serverless solutions using AWS lambda, SQS, EventBridgeExtensive knowledge of Cloud Databases: AWS RDSAurora, DynamoDBExtensive knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code deployment tools like CloudFormation templates, TerraformExtensive knowledge of AWS Cloud Technologies (EC2, RDS, Amazon MQ, S3, API Gateway, etc.)Extensive knowledge of bash shell scriptingExtensive knowledge of CICD processes and tools like like BitBucket and PipelinesKnowledge of Java and SQLSolid experience in coding object oriented softwareKnowledge of javascript and front-end web frameworksPossess strong knowledge of fintech, investment services clearingcustody, best practices, and proceduresExcellent communication, organizational, analytical and team building skillsLead and direct the work of others Demonstrates strong problem solving skills, process driven mindset, resourcefulness, and the ability to meet responsibilities with minimal direct oversight
#engineering #mid-senior #full-time
OUR REWARDS
We offer a robust package of employee perks and benefits, including healthcare benefits (medical, dental and vision, EAP), competitive PTO, 401k match, parental leave, and HSA contribution match. We also provide our employees with a paid subscription to the Calm app and offer generous external learning and tuition reimbursement benefits. At AFS, we offer a hybrid work schedule for most roles that allows employees to have the flexibility of working from home and one of our primary offices.
AFS is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, natural or protective hairstyle, genetics, disability, age, or any other basis forbidden under federal, state, or local law.
>> the resume: <<Career OverviewTo obtain a challenging position in a dynamic atmosphere where my hard work and capabilities can efficiently utilized to develop the organisation as well as my career. Experience Summary Over 7 years of Software Quality Assurance experience in Software Requirement Analysis, System Analysis, Software Testing, and Test Automation in the IT industry. Experience in developing Test Plans, Test Scripts, Test Strategies, Test Estimations, Test Efforts, Scheduling, Defect Tracking and Execution of Test Cases. Experience in System Testing, Regression Testing, Integration Testing, Functionality Testing, Web Testing, UI Testing, Smoke Testing, Exploratory Testing, White-box Testing, Black-box Testing, Stress Testing, Database Testing, Performance Testing, Load Testing and Cross Browser Compatibility Testing. Expertise in Manual/Automated Testing of Web-based and Client/Server applications using Selenium IDE, Selenium RC, Selenium WebDriver,  JUnit, Test NG and Mercury Interactive Automation tools like QTP. Hands on experience in creating Selenium web driver scripts and handling selenium objects and Selenium IDE. Proficient in writing Test Plans and Test Cases for both manual and automated testing scenarios and expertise in writing test scripts using TestNG and Junit framework. Extensively worked with API testing for Java applications. Experience in software development methodologies such as Agile-SCRUM. Experience using ANT, Maven  and JIRA. Hands -on experience in developing selenium scripts using Java. Experience in writing SQL Queries to retrieve data from the database. Experience in using SOAP UI for testing Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) and Web Services (SOAP, REST, WSDL) . Experience testing RESTFul Web Services using Functional Testing with Postman
Work ExperienceSr. Software Development Engineer,01/2013toCurrentAmazon.Com, Inc.–Mansfield,MA,Citigroup, a leading financial service organization that provides various banking features like online banking, online bill pay, etc.The project is to test the online banking application.This application enables the bank's customers and account holders to access and manages their personal or business accounts including checking, savings, money market and credit / stopped checks.This banking system reconciles transactions and always balances account(s) information through the internet.The Application provides the Account Summary (balances, last deposits, etc.) for various accounts and ability to transfer the funds between various accounts using Fund Transfers.The user can change the account options such as PIN, disable or enable the ability to transfer the funds between accounts.Responsibilities: Analyzed business requirements and reviewed existing manual test cases.Developed automation test scenarios using functional test cases.Designed and developed hybrid automation framework using Selenium WebDriver, Java and TestNG.Developed driver scripts using Selenium 2.0 and function library for automation framework.Developed and executed white box test cases using Test NG framework and Eclipse.Developed TestNG tests for each Java based API in the Project and verified functionality by comparing expected and actual output values.Based on page library, created Selenium test scripts in Java using TestNG framework.Responsible for API Testing using Java and TestNG.Involved in creation of automation configuration file and data table.Contribute in framework creation.Automate web application using Selenium Webdriver and Java.Created positive and negative test cases by using valid and invalid data.Extensively worked with DOM and locating a web element using Id, CSS selector and XPATH.Used Firebug and Selenium IDE to identify web elements Maintained and executed Maven build files for executing automated tests.Configured and monitored automation jobs using Jenkins Continuous Integration.Documented and reported all defects using JIRA.Performed RESTFUL functional web services testing.Created test summaries and reports Collaborated with cross functional teams to troubleshoot and resolve defects.Environment: Java, TestNG, Eclipse IDE, Selenium 2.0, Maven, Jenkins, Selenium IDE 1.9.1, Postman, Fire Bug 1.11.1,JIRA, SVN.Sr. Automation QA Engineer,11/2011to12/2012Abbvie, Inc–North Chicago,IL,Project Description: Stone Cobra specializes in enterprise software and services that align organizations and industry best practices with market-leading technology solutions with experience in industries such as financial, automotive, high-tech, insurance, health care, retail, manufacturing and government Responsibilities: Involved in Design, Develop, executing and maintaining Test plan and Test cases based on Business/Functional requirements and design specifications for entire system workflow.Performed Regression testing, Volume testing, Web testing, Compatibility testing, Security testing and Usability testing Involved in reviewing SRs and Tech design docs, Build docs and developed test procedure and approach accordingly.Designed and executed the Automation Test Scripts using Selenium WebDriver and TestNG.Used Firebug Tool to identify the Object's id, Name, XPath in the application.Carried out a project phase for Automation using Selenium Web Driver with Java.Developed new Selenium Web Driver Scripts using Java Performed Data driven testing using Selenium WebDriver, TestNG functions and JDBC Connections which reads data from scripts using property and XML files.Integrated the scripts and executed them as a suite using the build integration tool ANT.Created ANT Build files and used SVN for version control.Performed White Box Testing for every modification in the application and new builds using Selenium Web Driver.Executed Functional, regression and integration test suits and other tests to measure the system activity.Uploaded the Test Cases to Quality Center using Excel Add-in.Developed and executed SQL scripts to verify and compare data from source and target systems.Involved in Testing of database update from application.Validated Web services using SOAP UI by testing XML request and response data with SOAP.Involved in testing the data correctness in reports comparing data with database using SQL.Acted as a point of contact from QA by documenting all the tasks and reporting QA status to the Project management.Created Automation scenarios for regression testing using the manual test case flows.Conducted various Functional Tests and Regression Tests using Selenium for multiple releases Involved in release.Environment: Eclipse, Java,  TestNG, Selenium Web Driver,  SOAPUI, SQL, Quality Center.Sr. QA Analyst,05/2010to10/2011Gcr Incorporated–Metairie,LA,Copart is a leading online remarketer of vehicles, selling more than 1 million vehicles per year.They provide suppliers, primarily insurance companies, with a full range of remarketing services to expose their product to more than 100,000 buyers.The company's site allows buyers from all over the world to bid on vehicles without leaving their office or home, breaking down geographical barriers and opening markets.The site makes the sales process much more efficient.The buyers can search recent Copart sales for vehicles with parts that match their inquiry (Search by Year, Make, Model and Zip code to locate parts close to them) and they can bid online.Responsibilities: Creation of test cases from the requirements.Performed Sanity testing, User acceptance testing and System testing.Automated the test scripts for the GUI, Functional, and Data Driven in Selenium Web Driver using Java.Created Automation Scripts and Test Framework using Selenium Web Driver Performed White Box Testing and created Page and Custom library for modularization purposes.Carried out Regression testing of bugs, test cases on new builds Cross Browser testing on Internet explorer, Firefox, Safari (MAC OS X) using Selenium GRID.Compatibility testing on multiple versions of same browser like Internet explorer, Firefox ,Safari (Mac).Developed automation in Selenium IDE and RC using Java.Developed Junit Test cases.Testing of AJAX components on web pages.Used ANT scripts to build, unit test and deployment applications.Executed SQL queries in order to view successful transactions of data and for validating data.Logging of bugs on the BugZilla.Validated the XML request and response using SOAPUI.Designed test scenarios for testing mobile app which can be tested on mobile emulators as well as on actual mobile devices.Performed Functional testing of mobile application on platforms like android, IOS.Worked in agile environment on testing iteratively against newly developed code until quality is achieved from an end customer's perspective.Environment: Selenium, IDE, RC, Junit, ANT , JDK1.5, JSP,SOAP, WSDL, AXIS, DB2, Application Server, JavaScript, CSS, HTML.QA Tester,02/2009to04/2010Accenture–San Jose,CA,Project Description: Global ecommerce, Technology- US Market Global ecommerce system allows customer to place order online and like other regular online ecommerce purchases, it has integration with other ecommerce pieces from other International market like Canada, France, UK and Eastern Europe.Customer should be able to see the product availability in the web store, add the item in cart and proceed for further checkout.Ecommerce technology had end-to-end integration of website, store and customer service with backend systems (Store Locator, Inventory, Guest Fulfillment System, RF, POS, and Financial Systems, Stock ledger) to create a seamless customer experience between the website and stores.Responsibilities: Actively participated in requirement gathering from end users, responsible for writing functional specifications and design documents.Responsible for complete End-to-End development.Performed White Box Testing for every modification in the application and new builds using Selenium RC.Performed White Box Testing and created Modular framework for the automation Performed black box testing to identify various critical points in the application and automated it by using Selenium RC on different module of the application.Preformed Functional, Negative, regression, System Integration (SIT), Browser compatibility testing in large environment.Validated Data integrity by conducting Backend testing by retrieving data using SQL queries.Created and executed the test scripts with Java/JUnit.Testing the application which extensively used AJAX, JavaScript, and CSS.Maintained and executed ANT build files for running Automated Tests Used Junit for writing unit test cases and executing them as a test suite.Responsible for API Testing through Test Harness Developed in Java.Involved with pushing the builds to the QA.Performed Exception Handling in Junit.Developed the classes in Log4j to implement logging feature in all the application modules.Writing Junit Test cases and testing the modules in development and QA environment.Performed Web Services testing and Validated XML request/response data using SOAPUI.Inserted Assertions to validate the XML SOAP response.Adhered to QA processes and test methodologies in agile development environments resulting in quality improvements.Environment: Selenium IDE, RC, Java, Junit, SOAPUI, ANT.Quality Analyst,02/2007to01/2009Quark Inc–City,STATE,Project Description: QuarkXPress (QXP) is a popular page layout application and is useful for professionals in the print media, publishing etc.QXP provides the ability to import, create, style, position, and export a variety of content formats and items such as PDF, PS, Word, Excel, EPS, TIFF, tables, lines, boxes as well as text.With Quark® Brand Manager, Your team members can customize Quark Xpress® layouts without knowing the application or having it installed on their computers.With QBM, Use a Web browser to edit text, apply style sheets, and replace pictures in Quark Xpress files.Responsibilities: Testing of Web based client/server and desktop (Publishing) software applications using testing techniques like Black Box, Manual.Create, maintain and review QA test plans, test data and test cases.Automated the test scripts for the GUI, Functional and Regression testing using QTP.Generated reporter events for troubleshooting the test scripts and connected QC with QTP for time scheduling.Maintained product user-interface and functionality consistency to various platform (Windows/Mac) standards.Installed and maintained product test environments on Windows and Macintosh.Performed Regression testing, Integration testing, functional testing, End-to-End testing etc.on various software products.Responsible for test planning, test case generation, acceptance testing, structured testing, regression testing, workflow testing, and defect reporting.Participated in knowledge sharing sessions, covering general functionality of the product.Environnent: MS Excel, QTP, Quality Center, SQL.
Education and TrainingMaster:Computer Application,Expected intoSastra University-,GPA:Computer Application
Skillsagile, AIX, ANT, API, approach, Automate, Automation, automotive, banking, Business Objects, client/server, content, credit, CSS, customer service, version control, database, DHTML, DOM, Ecommerce, Eclipse, edit, features, Financial, Functional, funds, government, GUI, HTML, DB2, Web Sphere, IDE, IDE 1.9.1, insurance, Internet explorer, Inventory, J2EE, Java, JSP, JavaScript, JDBC, ledger, Log4j, logic, Mac, Macintosh, MAC OS, Market, access, MS Excel, Excel, money, office, Windows, Windows NT, Word, enterprise, Navigator, PL SQL, Oracle 8i, Page, page layout, PDF, POS, print media, processes, Project management, QTP, Quality, QA, Quark, Quark Xpress, QuarkXPress, Quick, reporting, reporter, requirement, retail, selling, sales, scheduling, Scripts, SOAP, SQL, SQL Loader, structured, style sheets, System Integration, tables, troubleshoot, troubleshooting, UNIX, Usability testing, user-interface, view, website, web pages, workflow, XML, Zip>>. The result is, Good Fit

Fit assessment: Good Fit