Java Technical Consultant

Company: EDWARD JONES
Location: Jefferson City
Posted on: May 13, 2022

Job Description:

At Edward Jones, we help clients achieve their serious, long-term financial goals by understanding their needs and implementing tailored solutions. To ensure a personal client experience, we have located our 15,000+ branch offices where our more than 7 million clients live and work.

In a typical branch office, a financial advisor meets with clients and receives branch office support, so they can focus on building deep relationships with clients. Headquarters associates in St. Louis, Tempe and Mississauga provide support and expertise to help U.S. and Canada branch teams deliver an ideal client experience. We continue to grow to meet the needs of long-term individual investors.What you will do:At Edward Jones, the Wealth Management Planning and Discovery development team is responsible for integrating with and extending a vendor-based financial planning tool. The system will be used by 19,000+ Financial Advisors to help clients in their financial planning needs. The system will also be integrated with various cloud and in-house applications to achieve the best users experience for the end users.Essential Responsibilities and Tasks:

• Duties include providing high-quality services and applications by coding, testing, debugging, documenting and maintaining programs. Developing and modifying moderately complex information systems involving most phases of systems analysis and programming.
• Focus will be on creation of new services and APIs to integrate and facilitate data flows between vendor financial planning applications with Edward Jones systems.
• Analyze, code, test and document programs and enhancements.
• Conduct code walkthroughs to assure quality of programs developed by other associates.
• Optimize application performance for maximum speed and scalability
• Mentor entry and mid-level developers
• Work closely with support team, delivery manager and product owners to address incidents and problem queues, ensuring proper prioritization.
• Good analysis and trouble-shooting skills are required.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical issues in business terms.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  What you'll need...
  • Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent work experience.
  • 8+ years of experience with Java, JEE, Spring, Spring Boot (Microservices), Rest Services, Spring JPA, REST, JSON, Junit, Javascript, and XML.
  • Experience creating REST based API contracts.
  • Experience and familiarity with Docker, containers, Kubernetes, Microservices, github.
  • Experience with PAAS solutions like Azure is a plus.
  • Experience using CI/CD pipelines and code quality tools.
  • Test driven mindset using frameworks like JUnit and contract testing tools such as Pact.io.
  • Experience working with financial planning concepts and APIs (from vendors such as eMoney/MoneyGuide Pro) is a plus.
  • Knowledge of financial services industry is a plus.
  • Ability to design, develop, test, document and implement quality software within targeted timeframes.
  • Experience or training in the AGILE project management methodology is a plus
  • Persons requiring sponsorship for an employment visa are ineligible for this position.
    • 2021 FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For - By Great Place to Work - and FORTUNE Magazine - Edward Jones was named No. 20 on the list.
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      • 2021 Corporate Equality Index - Edward Jones joins the ranks of 767 major U.S. businesses that received top marks in the Foundation's 19th annual scorecard on LGBTQ workplace equality.
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        • 2021 Training Top 100 list - Edward Jones ranked No. 19, up six spots from last year in its 21st consecutive year on this prestigious list.
        • J.D. Power, 2021 - Edward Jones has ranked "highest in Employee Advisor Satisfaction among Financial Investment Firms" in the J.D. Power 2021 U.S. Financial Advisor Satisfaction Study.
          • Edward Jones received the highest score among employee advisors in the J.D. Power 2007,2008, 2010, 2012-2015, 2017-2021 Financial Advisor Satisfaction Studies of employee advisors' satisfaction among those who are employed by an investment services firm. Visit jdpower.com/awards for more information.Edward Jones does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.At Edward Jones, we value and respect our associates and their contributions, and we recognize individual efforts through a rewards program that promotes a long-term career, financial security and well-being. Visit our career site to learn more about our total compensation approach, which in addition to base salary, typically includes benefits, bonuses and profit sharing. The salary range for this role is based on national data and actual pay is based on skills, experience, education, and other relevant factors for a potential new associate:
            Salary: $90628 - $154313
            Category: Headquarters

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