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About Us

Data Analysis Incorporated (DAI) is the controlling entity of the ONeil family of businesses. DAI and its subsidiaries operate in diverse industries worldwide, including global equity markets, health care, financial services, digital news, and insurance. Our global footprint allows our teams to be responsive to customer needs in a timely and efficient manner. We are dedicated to using technology and innovation to bring change and growth to our businesses. We believe in a dynamic workplace, creating engaging, informative products and services that help our customers succeed. Integrity is an essential characteristic for our firms and our associates; if this describes you, please apply!

Summary

The Lead Software Engineer will collaborate with the Software Engineering team to design, develop, and maintain software applications. This role involves contributing to moderately complex aspects of projects while leveraging backend and middleware leadership, with a strong emphasis on core technologies such as Python, Java, SQL, and Elasticsearch. Familiarity with frontend technologies (e.g., React.js) and AI Technologies is a plus.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design, development, enhancement, and maintenance of full stack applications using the Agile/Scrum development process.
• Collaborate with client services teams, business development, and other departments to define and understand business and technical requirements.
• Estimate the effort required for proposed projects with both clear and ambiguous requirements.
• Prioritize work for self and assist in guiding others to meet milestones and delivery deadlines.
• Mentor junior developers and contribute to team knowledge sharing.
• Participate in architectural decisions and code reviews.
• Uphold coding standards, testing, and security practices.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Information Technology, Business, or a related field required.
• 7+ years of experience in backend and middleware development and maintenance, with a focus on Python, Java, SQL, and Elasticsearch. Frontend experience with React.js is a plus.
• Demonstrated knowledge of performance tuning and code optimization concepts.
• Experience in delivering multiple medium-sized projects or at least one large project from inception to deployment through the full software development lifecycle.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• API Development: Design and implement robust, secure, and scalable RESTful APIs with proficiency in FastAPI, Java/Tomcat.
• Database Knowledge: Understanding of databases such as SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Elastic Search, and Redis.
• Debugging & Problem Solving: Strong troubleshooting skills, particularly with the DOM and browser behavior.
• Agile & Sprint Execution: Proven ability to take ownership of sprint tasks and effectively contribute to team velocity. Comfortable using Git, Jira, and Confluence in a collaborative development environment.
• Frontend/UI Collaboration (Nice to Have): Familiarity with frontend technologies such as React.js and Node.js. Ability to collaborate effectively with frontend teams, even if not hands?on.
• Experience with microservices or service?oriented architectures (SOA).
• Familiarity with asynchronous processing and message queues (e.g., ActiveMQ, Kafka).
• Comfortable working in Windows and Ubuntu/Linux environments.
• Take personal responsibility for productivity, quality, and timeliness of work.
• Challenge conventional practices and utilize creativity and information to contribute to innovative solutions and organizational growth.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Strong problem?solving and analytical skills.

Working Conditions

Must be able to perform the essential job duties. Work is performed primarily in an office environment. Typically requires the ability to sit for extended periods of time (66%+ each work day), ability to hear the telephone, ability to enter data on a computer and may also require the ability to lift up to 10 pounds.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The information in this position description indicates the general nature and level of work to be performed. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, change in personnel, workload, or technical development). This does not alter the nature of the at?will employment between the employer and employee where either party can end the relationship at any time, for any reason or no reason, with or without notice.