K2 Senior Developer

IQ-EQ is a leading Investor Services group which combines global expertise with an unwavering focus on client service delivery. We support fund managers, global companies, family offices and private clients operating worldwide.

As a result of continued growth, we have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced K2 Developer to join our global team, to deploy the latest enterprise portals and provide support for line of business applications developed using K2, SharePoint etc.

The K2 developer is required to be able to work with business analysts and technical teams to help design and build K2 applications and to help mentor entry level developers.

Relationship building with stakeholders across business and IT department will be essential, as will understanding pain points and devising solutions, ultimately leading to a deep technical knowledge of the platforms used and input into the development roadmap and driving best practices.

You will need to have experience working in a fast-paced environment and able to prioritise tasks that contribute to the delivery of project workstreams, BAU activities, and response to incidents. 

You will have the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues based around the globe and across many technology functions.

You will be tenacious and passionate, with the ability to take ownership of tasks whilst managing your time effectively, and prioritising tasks to meet deadlines. 

You will maintain excellent attention to detail and have a logical approach to solving problems under pressure and be an active communicator on technical issues that affect client delivery.

The role requires you to have the ability to discuss and communicate clearly in fast-paced and high-pressure situations including the ability to challenge and influence the view of senior stakeholders respectfully, confidently, and effectively to bring a new perspective.

Tasks (what does the role do on a day-to-day basis)

• Design, develop and maintain K2 application including databases, content management, content sharing and other process automation solutions in K2 environment.
• Build proof of concept prototypes based on requirement documentation.
• Participate in discussions regarding requirements, designing the application with users and team members.
• Provide effort estimates for a given requirement and able to explain requirements.
• Work both as an individual contributor and team player.
• Review the development, coding standards, and be aware of application change management processes to ensure compliance within releases.
• Work closely with QA team, infra team and maintain corporate existing K2 applications.
• Take ownership in building the K2 applications backlog and the building of support capability for existing K2 applications under the guidance & collaboration of the leads.

Education / professional qualifications

• Graduate degree, preferably in IT related disciplines
• Certification in K2 is recommended.

Background experience

• With 7 years of overall IT experience and at least 4 years of working experience on developing applications using K2.
• Experience in developing and generating smart objects, forms, views, workflows and using Out-Of-Box features.
• Experience in developing custom brokers.
• Ideally hands on experience in working with and integrating with SQL, SharePoint on prem, SAP, SOAP Web Services, REST APIs, DocuSign, etc.
• Preferably experienced with K2 5.7 including branding via legacy themes and style profiles.
• Experience in custom K2 UI development including JavaScript, jQuery libraries, CSS, etc.
• Experience in development and optimization of SQL Server related artifacts such as tables, views, Stored Procedures, Functions and Triggers.
• Knowledge and experience of serialization/deserialization concepts in K2.
• Preferably experienced with ShareGate Migration tool for SharePoint to SharePoint site copying.
• Hands on experience in PowerShell scripting.
• Aware of Azure DevOps, JIRA / Confluence systems.
• Integrate K2 applications with other enterprise systems, DBs and 3rd party APIs etc.
• Hands on experience using Package and Deployment tool and Azure DevOps for release management.
• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Excellent analytical and numerical skills
• Strong problem solving and conceptual thinking.
• Strong organisation skills

Company, product, and market knowledge

• Experience of working in a complex, multi-country professional services, financial services or BPO organisation with complex processing requirements preferred but not essential.
• Multi-country experience and demonstrates an ability to work in a multi-cultural, talented, and demanding team environment.
• Possess the skills and the personality to operate effectively in a very fast-paced complex global business with an in-depth knowledge of program management.
• Excellent communication skills in both written and oral form, with staff members, customers, suppliers, and the management team with the ability to make decisions, act and get results.
• Passion, dynamism, and drive
• Personal presence, integrity, and credibility
• Ability to solve problems either independently or by utilising other members of the team where necessary

Languages

• Fully proficient spoken and written English, additional European languages will be an asset.

At IQ-EQ we want you to reach your full potential. We offer an inclusive and diverse environment to support your career aspirations. With a strong emphasis on continuous learning and a holistic approach to your professional and personal development. We also offer opportunities across our service lines and our international network of offices.

Key behaviours we expect to see 

In addition to demonstrating our Group Values (Authentic, Bold, and Collaborative), the role holder will be expected to demonstrate the following: 

• Collaborates
• Communicates effectively.
• Manages complexity.
• Customer focus
• Global perspective
• Tech savvy
• Instils trust.
• Drives vision and purpose.
• Optimizes work processes.