Lead Software Engineer | Oracle Revenue Management & Billing

Job Description

Note: This position follows our hybrid-friendly schedule, so you get the best of both worlds - flexibility and collaboration. In office days will be 2-3 per week averaging 10-12 days per month in our St Petersburg, FL Corporate Office.

Job Summary:

As a Lead Engineer for the Financial Accounting Applications Team, you will take a lead role in the detailed technical design, development, and implementation of applications using existing and emerging technology platforms. You will serve as a technical lead, helping guide architectural design decisions, developing and reviewing model and application code, and ensuring high availability and performance of our applications. As a Lead Engineer at Raymond James, you will also have the responsibility and freedom to question the status quo and drive innovation/improvement.

Responsibilities:

• Analyzes complex system requirements, including identifying program interactions and appropriate interfaces between impacted components and sub systems.
• Makes recommendations towards the development of new code or to reuse of existing code.
• Leads or participates in assigned projects, including assigning tasks, coordinating efforts, and monitoring performance.
• May recommend new technologies and methodologies to management for meeting business needs, resolving problems and exploiting opportunities. Remains current with new technologies.
• Obtains and evaluates information on factors such as reporting formats required, costs, and security needs to determine hardware configuration.
• Participates in software system testing and validation procedures, programming and documentation.
• Provides technical advice and assists in solving programming problems.
• Writes and/or reviews system specifications, including output requirements and flow charts.
• Assists in preparing project plans using project management tools.
• Reviews test results; documents test activities, and records remedial actions.
• Ensures proper analysis of problems and programming approaches to prevent rework and schedule slippage.
• May occasionally work a non-standard shift including nights and/or weekends and/or have on-call responsibilities.
• Leads team meetings providing status and maintaining accountability for those in flight for all in-flight initiatives.
• Drive innovation. In addition to supporting the existing Raymond James systems/processes, lead engineers will also initiate and drive progress.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Skills/Previous Experience:

• More than five (5) years of relevant Oracle Revenue Management and Billing experience is required.
• Familiarity/Interest in Oracle's Financial Accounting Hub preferred

Required:

• Full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) experience.
• Oracle Revenue Management and Billing.
• Oracle PL/SQL.
• Experience working in Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid software development methodologies.
• Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• Technical experience with requirements gathering, project estimate, developing test plans and test suites (manual and automated, including performance testing), release and change management experience.
• Experience working in remote and globally distributed business environments, employing a variety of in-person and remote collaboration tools, including email, phone, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Azure-DevOps, etc.

Preferred:

• Oracle Analytics Server (OAS) base knowledge for query writing (able to train).
• Oracle Data Integrator (able to train).

Ability to:

• Develop and use collaborative relationships to facilitate the accomplishment of work goals.
• Demonstrate a satisfactory level of technical and professional skill or knowledge in position-related areas; remains current with developments and trends in areas of expertise.
• Clearly convey information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.
• Identify and understand issues, problems, and opportunities; compare data from different sources to draw conclusions.
• Clearly communicate (both verbal and written) in a way that provides team members and leadership the tools required to make appropriate decisions.

Licenses/Certifications:

• None required.

Education
Bachelor's: Computer and Information Science, High School (HS) (Required)

Work Experience
General Experience - 3 to 6 years

Certifications

Travel
Less than 25%

Workstyle
Hybrid

At Raymond James our associates use five guiding behaviors (Develop, Collaborate, Decide, Deliver, Improve) to deliver on the firm's core values of client-first, integrity, independence and a conservative, long-term view.

We expect our associates at all levels to:
Grow professionally and inspire others to do the same
Work with and through others to achieve desired outcomes
Make prompt, pragmatic choices and act with the client in mind
Take ownership and hold themselves and others accountable for delivering results that matter
Contribute to the continuous evolution of the firm

At Raymond James - as part of our people-first culture, we honor, value, and respect the uniqueness, experiences, and backgrounds of all of our Associates. When associates bring their best authentic selves, our organization, clients, and communities thrive. The Company is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs.
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