COMPANY DESCRIPTION
About the Company
JERA Global Markets (JERAGM) is a leading utility-backed seaborne energy trader specialising in LNG, coal and freight. A joint venture between majority shareholder JERA Co., Inc. and EDF Trading, JERAGM's shareholders are among the world's major utilities.
JERAGM operates one of the largest energy portfolios in the world which gives it an in-depth understanding of the way local, regional and international energy markets behave. Its in-depth knowledge and market insights enable us to capture trading opportunities, optimise portfolios, create value and enhance security of supply for our customers.
Headquartered in Singapore, JERAGM has a global talent pool of close to 300 people across offices located in four strategic locations: Singapore, Japan (Tokyo), the UK (London) and the US (Houston).
JERAGM is strongly capitalised with over US$500 million in paid up capital and a total equity of US$4 billion. JERAGM has retained its A+ Stable rating from R&I, attributable to a robust business model and solid financial base.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Position Description
JERAGM is embarking on a transition from a CTRM-centric technology architecture to a data-centric model, termed as the Digital Data Hub (DDH), to enhance scalability and stability. The first phase involves the integration of a new event-based, near real-time Risk system called Topaz.
The primary objectives for JERAGM include decoupling from the existing CTRM system (Allegro) and establishing a long-term, purpose-built platform to integrate multiple systems, services, and business operations seamlessly, quickly, and cost-effectively in the future.
We are seeking an experienced software engineer to assist in this multi-year programme of work.
In this role, the software engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, and delivering production-quality software for the DDH platform. They will also play a key role in ensuring the reliability of our production systems and troubleshooting any issues to support the company's business operations.
Position purpose
As a Software Engineer at JERAGM, you will:
- Participate in the evolution and maintenance of our DDH platform.
- Develop new features and troubleshoot issues in a decentralized, microservices-based architecture, encompassing data integration services, APIs for both end-users and IT systems, real-time data processors, and web applications.
- Develop, maintain, and upgrade tools to ensure optimal observability across the platform, including user interfaces, analytics, and reporting systems.
- Actively participate in Level 2 production support. Ensure timely response and resolution of critical incidents affecting system availability.
- Exhibit a strong engineering focus and a commitment to quality delivery, while navigating time constraints, risks, and costs in our fast-paced, results-driven trading environment.
- Design purpose-driven technical architectures, owning the system architecture and technology selection to deliver solutions that meet business needs. Ensure adherence to architectural designs throughout the development process.
- Implement robust systems using modern software engineering techniques, emphasising automation to enhance efficiency, maintain quality, and boost productivity, including automated testing, continuous integration, and automated deployment
- Foster close collaboration with IT stakeholders to align with the overarching IT strategy, encompassing business architecture, infrastructure architecture, and technology
- Partner with the IT Operations/Infrastructure team to deploy solutions into JERAGM's IT infrastructure sustainably, considering scalability, security, and performance to ensure efficient integration with existing systems and infrastructure.
- Promote knowledge continuity by liaising closely with other IT stakeholders. Create comprehensive documentation detailing system configurations, processes, and troubleshooting guidelines.
Key Qualifications and Experience
As a Software Engineer at JERAGM, you must have the following experience:
- Demonstrated experience in maintaining and supporting production systems.
- Proficiency in the .NET ecosystem, demonstrating in-depth expertise in:
- Event-driven architecture and data processing, utilizing frameworks such as Azure Event Hubs or Apache Kafka.
- Advanced debugging and troubleshooting skills within the .NET environment, including performance optimization and monitoring.
- In-depth understanding of microservices-based systems, including designing, deploying and managing distributed, scalable services.
- Experience in investigating, troubleshooting and developing API systems, including both REST and GRPC. Familiarity with industry-standard tools commonly used for API development, such as Postman.
- Experience with both relational and document-based databases, with strong SQL expertise; experience with Cosmos DB is highly preferred.
- Familiarity with cloud PaaS and IaaS (Microsoft Azure preferred).
In addition, the following qualifications will be a significant advantage:
- Experience in developing containerized microservice architectures using technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with GraphQL.
- Familiarity with Python or willing to learn.
- Familiarity with a range of software development tools, such as source code management (e.g. Azure DevOps, Git), build and release management (e.g. Azure DevOps Pipelines) and test automation (e.g. unit testing tools, BDD tools like Cucumber/Gherkin).
- Experience working on multiple projects as a Software Engineer within a multi-disciplinary team, being proactive in taking ownership your deliverables, while collaborating across the team, following the direction set by technical and delivery leads.
- Some familiarity with the mechanics of financial markets, preferably with a focus on commodities, ideally through direct experience in building software within an energy commodity trading organisation.
