Decision Engine / Business Rules Developer

Position: Business Rules / Decision Engine Developer

Industry: Financial Services

Type: 6-month Contract to Hire

Location: Wilmington, DE (3x Hybrid)

Day to day:

• Work within the risk and rules development team on the business side as they move through the execution tasks
• The individual selected would be exposed to two major initiatives
• Coding within the rules engine:
• Drools experience - open-source decision engine that would be a nice to have or a plus
• The other side is the existing strategy management of the decision engine - open to any kind of decision engine not just focused on one
• Ramp up on the current decision engine architecture and business workflows
• Support the incremental development lifecycle by working with technology, credit risk and product teams
• Test and deploy in support of transitioning from an on prem decision engine to a modernized cloud native implementation
• Analyze and identify areas for optimization as the platform transitions to the target state.

Must haves:

• Top three skills: Decision engine / Python / Java / AWS cloud
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• 10 years of hands-on work related to:
• Experience and involvement with strategy based decisioning platforms / decision engines/rule-based systems
• Programming experience (Java) and a strong fundamental understanding of data structures
• Proven experience in modernizing enterprise systems to cloud native architectures
• Strong knowledge of AWS Cloud, containerization (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker), and programming in Java and JSON to support design and implementation tasks

Plusses:

• Drools experience
• Prior optimization engine experience within the decision space
• Within financial services (Credit & Lending)

Salary and Compensation:

The hourly rate for this position is between $80 - $85 per hour. Factors which may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Benefits:

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, (paid time, paid sick and safe time, hours of paid vacation time, weeks of paid parental leave, paid holidays annually - AS Applicable).