Senior Manager

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…