Senior Software Engineer Boston, MA (Remote flex) 12-month Contract-to-Hire
Job Description Our client’s Finance Engineering teams are building a re-imagined enterprise scale platform that will be key for the continued growth of our client’s multi-billion dollar business. Their platforms support a B2C/B2B website, and a multitude of new and exciting streams of revenue. Our client’s business lines generate a phenomenal amount of financial transactions and data points from a vast customer base. Every transaction and every dollar must pass through this team’s platform to be validated, analyzed, and reported.
Their goal is to provide their external customers and internal team members with the best, and fastest, financial services possible through: 1) visibility into accurate financial information; 2) standardization of financial processes throughout the company; 3) technological process improvements; and 4) holistic decision making, grounded in mutually beneficial revenue generating and cost saving opportunities. This platform is a key piece in their continued growth by ensuring new business lines can seamlessly generate and collect revenue with no additional onboarding or engineering cost to support those streams.
What You'll Do
Accelerate the design and implementation of the Next-Gen Financial Platform as part of a complete Financial System overhaul that will support the growing multi-billion-dollar business per year
Design and implement applications with decoupled codebase, deployment, and data stores utilizing cloud based tech
You will collaborate with other senior engineers to bring the best software development and coding practices to Finance
You will be empowered to propose and prioritize initiatives that increase the quality and efficiency of the development team including agile best practices
Partner with senior team-members to gather future requirements to position the roadmap for success
Work with senior leadership to architect solutions and ensure that we deliver the right functionality, in a timely manner
Create educational content, including sample code, workshops, video tutorials, and documentation
What You'll Need
Experience as a full lifecycle software engineer and deep understanding of programming languages, specifically Python, with Flask and/or FastAPI frameworks
Additional languages desired include Java, Scala, Kotlin
Strong SQL/Database skills including schema/database design and query writing/optimization
Experience designing and building highly performant scalable distributed systems
Experience creating and maintaining documentation for technical and non-technical audiences
Experience partnering with product managers & stakeholders to gather requirements and design solutions in an agile environment
Experience working in or leading a team of 8+ engineers where members often collaborate on the same long term initiatives