Lead AP, Software Engineer, Streaming

Our client is currently seeking a Lead AP, Software Engineer, Streaming Location :
Hybrid in Dallas, TX or Chicago, IL (3 days / week in office) Contract or Perm :
Full-Time Permanent role

As a Senior Cloud Solutions Architect, you will play a critical role in designing and developing scalable, resilient hybrid cloud-based solutions that support financial risk management activities. You will mentor developers, collaborate with architects and product owners, and drive the strategy to transform the enterprise into a data‑driven organization. This role requires innovative thinking and leadership in building advanced data solutions.

• Lead and actively participate in requirement analysis and reviews to identify gaps or incomplete requirements.
• Validate assumptions in models and ensure accuracy.
• Design highly performant, scalable, secure, reliable, and cost‑optimized solutions.
• Develop streaming applications aligned with business requirements in an Agile environment.
• Analyze requirements, develop, test, and document software to ensure quality implementation.
• Follow SDLC procedures to meet quality, security, and compliance standards.
• Conduct thorough code reviews and enforce high engineering standards.
• Write unit and integration tests using Dev Ops frameworks.
• Perform application and project risk analysis; recommend quality improvements.
• Support production by advising on system functionality and fixes.
• Communicate delays or defects promptly to stakeholders.
• Assist with departmental and new employee training.
• Integrate modeling libraries; experience in risk analytics technology is a plus.
• Mentor developers and collaborate across cross‑functional teams.

• 7+ years of experience building high‑speed, data‑centric solutions.
• Strong experience with distributed computing frameworks (., Apache Flink, Spark, Kafka Streams).
• Expertise with distributed message brokers (Kafka, Rabbit
  
  MQ, Active
  
  MQ, Amazon Kinesis).
• Proficiency in Java (7+ years).
• Experience with cloud technologies and migrations (AWS preferred).
• Hands‑on experience with AWS foundational services (VPC, EC2, RDS, S3, IAM, ).
• Experience with public cloud providers (AWS, Google Cloud).
• Strong knowledge of databases (Relational, No
  
  SQL, Object‑based, Graph).
• Familiarity with Dev Ops tools (Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Helm, CI / CD pipelines).
• Experience with monitoring tools (Splunk, Elastic Search, Prometheus, App Dynamics).
• Proficiency in Git workflows and testing frameworks (JUnit, Citrus).

• Kafka expertise.
• Risk analytics technology implementation experience.

• Distributed computing frameworks
• Cloud architecture (AWS, GCP)
• Dev Ops and CI / CD
• Java development
• Database technologies
• Monitoring and observability tools

• Preferred : OCP Java SE 8 Programmer Certification
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Level