Java​/Spark Engineer

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc. (SGA) is searching for a Java/Spark Engineer for a right to hire assignment with one of our premier financial services clients in Tampa, FL
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• Design, develop, optimize, and maintain scalable data pipelines for processing and analyzing large scale financial data built on Core Java and Apache Spark.
• Lead projects for developing batch pipeline processes for credit risk analytics including, but not limited to, stress loss (GSST, CCAR) and expected credit loss (CECL, IFRS9, ICAAP).
• Ensure the efficient storage of and retrieval of all risk data in our big data platform systems (Hadoop, Hive, Impala, Spark, etc.).
• Implement best practices for spark performance tuning including, but not limited to, partitioning, caching, and memory management.
• Maintain code quality through high-efficiency testing, CI/CD pipelines (Tekton, Harness), and version control (Git Hub).

• 7+ years of experience in software development, specifically Core Java & Java 8 concepts (OOP, OOD, Collections, Exception Handling, JDBC, Multithreading, Streams, Lamda Expressions, Functional Interfaces, etc.).
• 5+ years of experience in SQL/No
  
  SQL database management systems (Oracle, MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB, Couchbase, Neo4j).
• 3+ years of experience leading/owning software development projects from beginning to end with multiple team members.
• 2+ years of experience in Apache Spark (Java API) with good knowledge of Apache Spark concepts (RDD, Data Frame, Dataset, etc.).
• Experience working in financial market and credit risk enterprise software systems including, but not limited to, scenario analysis and stress testing.
• Experience with Git Hub, Tekton, Harness, and other CI/CD pipeline technologies.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced Tech Fin environment.
• Experience with agentic AI tools (Devin, Claude, or Copilot).

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