Delphi developer

Key Responsibilities

• Lead full lifecycle development of Delphi applications (Delphi 7 through 12)
• Design, develop, refactor, test, deploy, and support modules using VCL and custom UI components
• Integrate and manage data layer logic using DBISAM / ElevateDB
• Design and optimize queries, indexing strategies, caching, and transaction handling
• Employ DevExpress / third-party UI components (grids, charts, reports, navigation controls)
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues: memory leaks, threading, race conditions, performance bottlenecks
• Review and refine legacy code, modularize, and incrementally modernize architecture
• Conduct code reviews, enforce standards, and guide coding best practices
• Mentor and coach junior/intermediate developers, including pairing and knowledge transfer
• Collaborate with business analysts, product owners, QA, and support teams to translate requirements into solutions
• Prepare and maintain design documentation, architectural diagrams, runbooks, and technical specifications
• Participate in sprint planning, estimation, standups, retrospectives (if agile environment)
• Support deployment, rollback, production troubleshooting, with occasional off-hour support
• Propose and execute performance and stability improvements continually

Minimum Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent
• 8+ yearsof hands-on experience in Delphi / Object Pascal applications (Delphi 7 to 12)
• Deep expertise in VCL (Visual Component Library)
• Strong experience with DBISAMand/or ElevateDB
• Proficiency with DevExpress VCLcomponent suite (grid, report, chart, UI controls)
• Strong relational database fundamentals: normalization, optimization, transactions, concurrency
• Experience diagnosing memory leaks, thread synchronization, performance profiling
• Solid understanding of Object-Oriented design, design patterns, and architecture principles
• Familiarity with version control (Git, SVN, etc.), branching and merging workflows
• Practice with unit test frameworks (e.g. DUnit) or other test automation
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and debugging skills
• Strong communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Able to work both independently and collaboratively, with stakeholder engagement

Preferred / Differentiators

• Prior experience migrating Delphi-based systems or integrating with newer stacks
• Knowledge of REST APIs, JSON / XML handling in Delphi
• Exposure to .NET / C# / interop to interface legacy and new modules
• Familiarity with build automation, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps tooling
• Experience in an insurance, financial, or enterprise domain
• Exposure to Agile / Scrum / SAFe methodologies
• Experience in performance tuning at scale