Lead Developer , Solution Design Agile / Python

Only Contract on W2

Senior developer, actively contributes to design and technical decisions; demonstrate prototypes / proof of concepts; develop code; conduct code reviews and system documentation

Responsible for providing leadership, technical direction, and oversight to a team as they deliver technology solutions. Develops solutions and processes for delivering features based on their knowledge of design/architectural patterns and Agile/DevOps practices. Ensures the systems design and requirements are aligned to achieve the desired business outcomes, and that team practices and coding/quality principles are aligned to achieve the desired technology outcomes. They have built significant experience through multiple software implementations and has developed both depth and breadth in a number of technical competencies. Designs and develops and is accountable for feature delivery. Applies enterprise standards for solution design, coding and quality. Ensures solution meets product acceptance criteria with minimal technical debt. Responsible for compliance and security items and audit support at the team level. Acts as a liaison for production activities/issues. Works with Product Owner to ensure that product backlog/requirements are healthy, with clear acceptance criteria. Guides the team on work breakdown and execution. Plays a team lead role (as an individual contributor) and mentors the team. Guides team members with skills and practices (planning & estimation, peer reviews and other engineering practices). Identifies skill and role gaps, and works with Technology Manager to address them. Works with Technology Manager in creating resource contingency plans where required. Individual contributor.

Required Skills

• Experience with C#, Python, .NET framework, SQL, WCF/Web Services, WPF/WinForms, Visual Studio IDE.
• Experience with relational databases (MS SQL Server) and some pub/sub MQ platform.
• Test driven development, automated unit and integration tests.
• Familiarity with CI-CD tools including Git, Jenkins, Datical and Ansible etc.
• Excellent communication and inter-personal skills, good attention to details and work well in a distributed team environment.
• Familiarity with Agile driven development and Atlassian tools is a big plus.
• Must be a self-starter and be able to work in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment.
• Problem solving, attention to details and work well in a distributed team environment.
• Strong object-oriented concepts and experience in enterprise development.
• Hands on experience with micro-service architectures.
• Hands on experience with GUI development.

• Designs, develops and is accountable for feature delivery, as an individual contributor.
• Applies enterprise standards for solution design, coding and quality.
• Ensures solution meets product acceptance criteria with minimal technical debt.
• Responsible for compliance and security items and audit support at the team level.
• Acts as a liaison for production activities/issues.
• Works with Product Owner to ensure that product backlog/requirements are healthy, with clear acceptance criteria.
• Guides the team on work breakdown and execution.
• Plays a team lead role (as an individual contributor) and mentors the team.
• Guides team members with skills and practices (planning & estimation, peer reviews and other engineering practices).
• Identifies skill and role gaps, and works with Technology Manager to address them.
• Works with Technology Manager in creating resource contingency plans where required.

Desired Skills

JavaScript, React JS, IronPython, Groovy

ZeroMQ, MSMQ, AMPS or comparable MQ system

Infragistics UI components, Autosys or comparable Job Scheduler

Experience with Actor model / service fabric

Previous experience in financial industry

Experiences with no-SQL db