Software developer - expert

job summary:
Your Opportunity

At Client, you're empowered to make an impact on your career. Here, innovative thought meets creative problem solving, helping us \"challenge the status quo\" and transform the finance industry together.

Join us for significant technical transformation in Broker-Dealer Systems and the modernization of our core technology infrastructure. As a Senior AI Developer Tech Lead, this role will be a leader in AI focused workflows across the System Development Life Cycle. You'll work at the intersection of cutting-edge AI technology and complex financial domains, building intelligent systems that directly impact millions of people's retirement security.

location: Southlake, Texas
job type: Contract
salary: $81.37 - 84.37 per hour
work hours: 8am to 5pm
education: Bachelors


responsibilities:
Demonstrated exposure to, or hands-on experience with, GenAI coding assistants used across day-to-day engineering workflows in the SDLC-implementation, refactoring, unit testing, regression support, code reviews, scripting/automation, troubleshooting, and documentation-while applying engineering judgment and validation. Practical familiarity with tools such as GitHub Copilot or Claude Code is expected.

o Uses AI assistance for common dev tasks (code suggestions, test generation, review support, automation scripts, troubleshooting) with clear ownership for correctness and quality.

o Applies GenAI in ways that reduce context switching and accelerate delivery across typical workflows (not limited to writing new code).

o Demonstrated experience acting as Tech Lead or Team lead and grooming/mentoring junior developers.

o Demonstrates practical familiarity with GitHub Copilot and/or Claude Code within IDE/CLI-style workflows.

o Demonstrated experience designing & architecting systems from Scratch in a green field environment.

o Working knowledge of agentic workflows, spec-driven development (translating low-level design artifacts such as class structures, API contracts, and data models into structured specs that guide AI-assisted implementation), and custom instructions and prompt engineering, with the ability to establish team-level practices for effective AI-assisted development.

qualifications:
Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience

skills:
Aerospike,Agile methodology,Agile,AWS,Kafka,AI,Atlassian,JIRA and Confluence,QA Automation,automated test,Cobol,cloud development,Pivotal Cloud Foundry,continuous delivery,continuous integration,CI/CD,databases,messaging technologies,GPT,DB2,Information Technology,Computer Science,Java,Large Language Models,Mainframe,microservices,Visio,MongoDB,PostgreSQL,Rabbit MQ,SQL,production deployment,software engineering,Spring framework,System Development Life Cycle,Test Driven Development,Web Services,Communication,Excellent communication skills,ability to communicate,Willingness to learn,collaborative,architecture,Collaborative mindset,technical specifications,diagrams,edge AI,intelligent systems,financial,Financial Services,document production,system modernization,technology infrastructure,workflows

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact View email address on click.appcast.io.


Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).


This posting is open for thirty (30) days.