Applications Developer - IV

Job Title: Senior Developer - FP&A Forecasting & Reporting
Location: Des Moines, IA
Job Type: Contract
Pay Rate: $80/hr.

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Developer to partner with the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) and IT data teams to design, build, and optimize forecasting and reporting processes. This position acts as a technical leader, accountable for developing and maintaining high-performance components and ensuring processes scale effectively with complex calculations and large data volumes. You will be a key member of a transformation initiative, bringing deep engineering expertise to build a robust, production-grade calculation and modeling platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and optimization of the core code base using Python and Python-based compute environments (e.g., Jupyter, VS Code, Databricks).

• Collaborate with FP&A and data teams to integrate forecasting models, analytics, and data pipelines.

• Ensure computational performance, scalability, and reliability across FP&A workloads.

• Drive technical innovation, including the use of compute grids, data vectors, and AI-based methods where relevant.

• Partner with internal teams and external consultants to deliver performant model execution and tooling.

• Establish and champion engineering standards, testing practices, and performance monitoring.

• Serve as a senior escalation point for critical incidents, providing Tier-3 expertise when needed.

• Mentor junior developers and data engineers to raise engineering maturity across the team.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years in professional software engineering with significant hands-on Python development experience.

• Undergraduate or advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent combination of education and experience).

• Expert Python skills with proven experience in building high-performance, data-intensive systems.

• Deep knowledge of data management and integration in hybrid cloud ecosystems (AWS / Snowflake).

• Hands-on experience with compute parallelization and performance optimization techniques.

• Strong leadership qualities with the ability to mentor, influence, and guide technical direction.

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interface effectively with business stakeholders and program leadership.

Preferred

• Experience working with investment banks and/or within life and annuity insurance domains.

• Strong understanding of financial models or large-scale computational engines.

• Familiarity with DevOps practices and the ability to explain them to business users.

• Cloud ecosystem expertise (Azure, Redshift).

• Familiarity with AI/ML integration in computational systems.

• Experience in data visualization and reporting.