Job Title
Senior Ab Initio Developer
Location
Richmond, Virginia
(Hybrid – 3 Days Onsite, Local Candidates Only)
Schedule
Hybrid
Type
Full-Time Ongoing Contract
(W2 Only, No C2C)
Pay Range
$66–$76/hour
Summary
Join a high-impact engineering team supporting enterprise financial crime and risk management platforms. This role focuses on maintaining, enhancing, and developing core systems within the NICE Actimize ecosystem (ActOne & STAR), utilized for case management and financial crime detection.
You will work in a production environment delivering BAU support, system enhancements, and new development across Java-based applications hosted in AWS. This is a hands-on role requiring strong backend development, configuration expertise, and collaboration within an 11–12 person agile team.
Key Responsibilities
- Support and enhance enterprise financial crime applications within the ActOne/Optimize platform used for case management and risk detection.
- Perform day-to-day BAU support for production systems, including troubleshooting, fixes, and performance improvements.
- Design, develop, and maintain Java-based web applications supporting financial crime workflows and case management processes.
- Configure ActOne case management functionality using ActOne Designer and Visual Modeler to support business requirements.
- Develop custom enhancements and new features aligned with business and compliance needs.
- Write and maintain scripts (Shell, Python, or similar) to support automation, data processing, and operational workflows.
- Work with Oracle databases, leveraging SQL for reporting and data analysis (no heavy development required).
- Participate in CI/CD processes using internal DevOps platforms to build, test, and deploy applications.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including compliance, risk, and engineering to deliver scalable solutions.
- Contribute to backend-heavy development efforts (~50% new development, ~30% development, ~20% configuration).
Required Qualifications
- Must have 5+ years of experience in Java development (Spring Boot or similar frameworks preferred).
- Hands-on experience with NICE Actimize (ActOne, STAR, or similar financial crime/case management platforms).
- Strong experience working with Oracle databases and SQL for data querying and reporting.
- Experience supporting and enhancing production systems (BAU + ongoing enhancements).
- Scripting experience (Shell, Python, or similar).
- Experience working in AWS cloud environments.
- Familiarity with Unix and/or Windows platforms.
- Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
- Strong understanding of backend development and system integrations.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in financial services, AML, or financial crime systems.
- Familiarity with case management platforms and workflow configuration tools.
- Experience working in Agile environments supporting enterprise-scale applications.
- Exposure to microservices architecture and cloud-native development.
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