Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Java/Spark Developer for a right to hire assignment with one of our premier financial services clients in Jersey City, NJ .
Responsibilities :
- Take the immense output from our pricing and calculation engines-billions of P&L vectors across thousands of scenarios-and apply the complex aggregation logic required for our most important risk measures. Your primary mission is to build a platform that is not only incredibly fast and scalable but also robust, auditable, and intelligent.
- The code you write and the algorithms you design will directly influence multi-billion dollar capital decisions and be reported to global regulators. You will lead a team of expert data engineers, setting the standard for big data processing and delivering the results that drive strategic capital and risk management decisions.
- Architect and build a high-performance, metadata-driven aggregation platform using Apache Spark.
- Design and implement novel algorithms to reduce the computational complexity of high-dimensional risk aggregations.
- Design and build a rich semantic layer over the aggregated data, creating a business-friendly data model that can power both traditional BI and next-generation AI-driven queries.
- Solve deep computer science challenges within Spark, choosing the right underlying mechanisms, designing optimal data partitioning strategies, and minimizing network shuffling to ensure extreme performance.
- Build a self-service platform that empowers quants and risk managers to define new aggregations without writing new code.
- Pioneer innovative ways of making data available to users by building high-performance APIs for UIs, and providing curated datasets for Python Notebooks that enable deep forensic analysis and calculation replication.
- Load the final, aggregated risk metrics into high-performance OLAP stores (Apache Pinot, Apache Druid) to serve the analytics and UI layers.
Required Skills :
- 10+ years of professional experience in hands-on, large-scale data engineering, with a significant portion within the Capital Markets or Risk technology space.
- You are a rare blend of a deep computer scientist and a savvy financial engineer, with a passion for solving problems from first principles.
- Expert-level, hands-on experience with Apache Spark, including deep knowledge of its internal architecture, performance tuning, shuffle optimization, and partitioning strategies.
- Experience designing and building semantic layers or data models that bridge the gap between complex physical data and business intelligence/AI applications.
- Deep domain knowledge of risk aggregation methodologies for VaR, CCAR, Stress Testing, and FRTB is essential.
- An obsession with performance metrics, from CPU cycles and memory footprints to network I/O.
- Strong programming skills in Java and/or Python, and expert-level SQL.
- Proven experience with high-performance OLAP databases such as Apache Pinot or Apache Druid.
- A degree in a quantitative or technical field such as Computer Science, Financial Mathematics, or Financial Engineering.
- A knack for solving complex data reconciliation and performance problems at scale.
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