Sr. Software Engineer-Spark
Remote
Direct placement
Job Description:
We are looking to hire a motivated and experienced Senior Software Engineer to strengthen and lead our financial services engineering team. This team manages a financial data platform, using big data technologies and a distributed compute engine in the Cloud to process and store large amounts of financial data. The platform also serves as an integration point to send and receive data from other systems. The ideal candidate has a software engineering background and experience supporting financial systems. This is a hands-on position with a people mentoring component. The position partners closely with Accountants and Actuaries, in the business, to sustain daily operations and end of quarter activities. Excellent communication skills in both technical and business areas are a must.
Required Skills
- As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll partner in a team of experienced software engineers, removing impediments and enabling the teams to deliver business value.
- Ensure team ownership of legacy systems with an emphasis on maintaining operational stability.
- Be a passionate leader committed to the development and mentorship of your teams.
- Partner with business and IT stakeholders to ensure alignment with key corporate priorities.
- Share ideas and work to bring people together to help solve sophisticated problems.
- Create a positive and collaborative environment by championing open communication and soliciting continuous feedback.
- Stay current with new technology trends.
Additional Responsibilities
- Participate in the discussion and documentation of best practices and standards for application development
- Comply with all company policies and procedures
- Remain current in profession and industry trends
- Successfully complete regulatory and job training requirements
Required Experience
- 6+ years of hands-on software engineering experience with any object-oriented language, Java or Scala preferred.
- 3+ years of experience using Spark, EMR, Glue or other serverless compute technology in the Cloud.
- 3+ years of experience architecting and enhancing data platforms and service-oriented architectures.
- Experience working within Agile/DevSecOps development environments.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and mentoring skills.
- More recent experience in Cloud development preferred.
- Experience working with modern, web-based architectures, including REST APIs, Serverless, event-driven microservices.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline.
Desired Experience
- Experience working with financial management stakeholders.
- Experience with Workday or other large ERP platforms desired.
- Life Insurance or financial services industry experience a plus.
Eight Eleven Group provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, citizenship, disability, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws
Job Types: Full-time, Contract
Pay: Up to $60.00 per hour
Work Location: Remote
