Applications Developer

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for an Applications Developer for a contract  assignment with one of our premier financial clients in Des Moines, IA or Boston, MA .

Responsibilities :

• Partners with the FP&A team and IT data team to design, build, and optimize the FP&A Forecasting and Reporting processes.
• Accountable for developing and maintaining high-performance components, ensuring the processes scale effectively with complex calculations and large data volumes.
• Be a key member of the FP&A Transformation, helping to build a calculation and forecast modeling platform to support a growing, high pace firm.
• Act as a technical leader, bringing deep engineering expertise while working closely with FP&A, Investment, Actuarial and data specialists to ensure the processes deliver robust, efficient, and production-grade solutions.
• Platform Development & Optimization Lead the design, development, and optimization of core code base using Python and Python-based compute environments (, Jupyter, VS Code, Databricks). Collaborate with FP&A and data teams to integrate FP&A forecasting models, analytics, and data pipelines. Ensure computational performance, scalability, and reliability across FP&A workloads. Drive technical innovation, including use of compute grids, data vectors, and AI-based methods where relevant.
• Collaboration & Support Partner with FP&A and external consultants to deliver performant model execution and tooling. Provide technical guidance on backlog items and requirements for IT Data and supporting teams. Serve as a senior escalation point for critical incidents, providing Tier- expertise when needed.
• Governance & Best Practices Establish and champion engineering standards, testing practices, and performance monitoring. Contribute to platform documentation, run books, and knowledge-sharing initiatives. Mentor junior developers and data engineers, raising engineering maturity across the team. Ensure ongoing maintenance, upgrades, and optimizations are delivered with minimal disruption.

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