Senior Developer

NO DIRECT EMAILS OR PHONE CALLS! Will NOT be returned. We welcome individual candidates and Corp-to-Corp (CTC) resume submissions. 6-month contract Hybrid: Must live within 50 miles of Baltimore MD or Wilmington DE. We are seeking a Sr. Developerto help our direct client. This is a hybrid position. Must live within 50 miles of Baltimore, MD, or Wilmington, DE.We are seeking a skilled and motivated individual to join our client’s Credit Execution team. The individual will play a critical role in transitioning an on-premise decisioning stack to a modernized, cloud-native implementation, as well as support implementation engagements for loans decisioning across a multitude of use cases. This transformation will be executed incrementally, enabling the continuous realization of business objectives across the development lifecycle, testing, and deployment improvements. Responsibilities: • Collaborate with teams in technology, credit risk, and product to execute the modernization roadmap. • Become proficient in the existing decision engine architecture and business workflows, leading enhancement initiatives and code improvements. • Assess and pinpoint opportunities for optimization during the platform's transition to its intended target state. • Lead technical conversations and suggest upgrades that support smooth modernization. Requirements: • Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, engineering, or related statistical field. • 10+ years’ experience in financial services involved with strategy-based decisioning platforms. • Strong software engineering fundamentals with the ability to work across a modern tech stack, as well as open source and off-the-shelf rule engine offerings. • 8+ years of programming experience (Java, Python, etc.) with a strong fundamental understanding of data structures, and experience working with complex datasets. • Strong knowledge of AWS Cloud, containerization (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker), and programming in Java, SQL and JSON to support design and implementation tasks. • DevOps experience in a cloud environment. • Proven experience in modernizing enterprise systems to cloud-native architectures. • Proficient in Agile methodologies and incremental delivery approaches. • Expertise with decision engines/rule-based systems. • Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders. • MUST live within 50 miles of Baltimore, MD or Wilmington, DE office. • Prior exposure to data build tool (dbt) is preferred. We look forward to receiving your resume in PDF format.