Hi Folks,
My name is David (Dave). I am a Senior
Technical Recruiter. I’m focused on finding the most qualified candidates for
the US IT industry.
We have the below job opening with us.
Please look into it and help us and yourself by providing the valuable
candidate’s data.
Position: Lead Java Developer with AI Experience
Work Location: Fort Mills, SC – Need Locals (3
days of hybrid in a week)
Required Work Authorization: USC/GC/H4/L2-EAD
Type of Hire: Corp to Corp (C2C)
Project Type: Long Term Project
· Active on LinkedIn 2020 or before.
· Must have Strong communication
Skills.
We are seeking a highly skilled and hands-on Lead Java
Engineer with AI proficiency to help build the next generation Index Platform.
This platform underpins the calculation and distribution of FTSE Russell’s
global family of indexes and requires advanced engineering, high precision data
processing, and deep collaboration across global teams.
This is a deeply technical role focused on designing,
building, integrating, and operationalising modern software and AI driven
capabilities across internal platforms and client facing products. You will
work with innovative technologies, contribute to complex algorithmic design,
and drive engineering excellence in a high performance, data intensive
environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Core Engineering & Platform Delivery:
- Design,
develop, and maintain complex Java and Python applications using modern
engineering practices. Build/embed AI powered features into mission
critical systems.
- Architect and
enhance services that support largescale, performance critical index
computations.
- Collaborate
with Product Managers, UX, and engineering teams globally to deliver high
quality products.
- Lead projects
end-to-end through requirements, design, development, testing, deployment,
and operations.
- Build and
maintain automated test suites to ensure performance, scalability, and
security.
- Diagnose
production issues, identify root causes, and deliver Level 3 support and
fixes.
- Conduct peer
reviews, provide technical leadership, and mentor junior engineers.
Required Experience & Skills:
- 12+ years of
hands-on backend software engineering experience.
- Support the
organisation’s AI adoption journey. Develop and enhance intelligent
solutions using LLMs, LangChain/LangGraph, and agentic AI frameworks.
- Establish
engineering best practices for safe, scalable, traceable and production
ready AI deployments across internal platforms and external product
suites.
- Strong
algorithms, data structures, problem solving skills, and ability to
translate business problems into scalable solutions.
- Good command of
coding standards and Strong understanding of both high level and low level
software design
- Expertise
in:
- Core Java,
Python
- Building
highly distributed, data intensive systems
- Microservices,
REST APIs
- RDBMS
(Oracle/SQL Server/Postgres)
- CI/CD tools
(Jenkins/GitLab), DevOps automation
- Docker,
Kubernetes
- JVM profiling
& performance optimisation
- Prior exposure
to Level 3 production support.
Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills:
- Experience
leading or mentoring a team of engineers.
- Experience
within financial services or with financial market data.
- Familiarity
with in-memory caching, Spring Boot, Redis, Kafka.
- Experience with
BDD frameworks such as Cucumber, JBehave, or Karate.
· Background as a Scrum Master or
experience running Agile teams.
Many thanks,
Dave