Lead Software Developer
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Job Description
The Corporate Systems – Enterprise Risk and Fraud/Financial Risk Business Technology team at Discover is looking for a Lead Software Developer, who has experience in developing medium to large scale, customer-facing applications designing, developing, and optimizing complex graph databases. In this role you will be on responsible for the technical development of the investigation tool. This role is technical, hands on accountable for designing, developing, optimizing and troubleshooting complex data intensive ETL process.
Responsible for analyzing, modifying, and supporting application software. Ensures quality code is delivered through continuous integration, development, and testing. Performs technical design, coding with test automation, support, and documentation of software application modifications.
Responsibilities:
• Maintains application software and systems.
• Ensures all projects and releases are appropriately tested and risks are mitigated.
• Delivers technology solutions that support business goals.
• Partners with the product owner to understand business requirements, evaluates features, and translates application specifications into workable technical solutions.
• Supports technical initiatives and provides input into best practices to team.
• Oversees and reviews development activities of team members and contractors.
Minimum Qualifications
At a minimum, here’s what we need from you:
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Business Computer Systems, or related technical field
• 6+ years of experience in Software Engineering or related field
• In lieu of degree, 8+ years of experience in Software Engineering or related field
Preferred Qualifications
If we had our say, we’d also look for:
• Well experienced with web development using Java/Python/Python Django framework
· Experience in Graph database modeling and graph query languages like cypher
· Exposure to Amazon Web Services (AWS) based solutions such as RDS, Lambda, Snowflake and S3 or other cloud technologies
· Good experience on graph query languages like cypher
· Good understanding of Open Graph APIs
· Very Good Communication skills with banking/Finance Sector experience
· Experience with Agile process
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