Lead Application Developer - Financial Pricing

The job profile for this position is Application Development Manager, which is a Band 4 Management Career Track Role.

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POSITION SUMMARY

Are you a senior developer with a background in financial reporting, underwriting, cash management, or audit? Our Finance department is looking for innovative developers who can bring outside-the-box thinking and technical expertise to our team. This role plays a critical part in supporting Express Scripts by developing, maintaining, and enhancing underwriting and setup models—primarily web and Excel-based tools that integrate with platforms like Oracle, Databricks, and Python.

Beyond hands-on development, this position will:

• Influence the broader function and strategic direction of the team.

• Solve unique and complex problems that span multiple business areas.

• Provide technical recommendations to leadership, often requiring collaboration across departments.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Drive the strategic vision and execution of application development initiatives.

• Provide expert technical guidance to leadership to shape development strategies.

• Serve as a subject matter expert across all facets of application development.

• Collaborate with Underwriting, Supply Chain, and Finance teams to enhance models and improve profitability forecasting and user experience.

• Manage the full development lifecycle: design, development, testing, and release.

• Conduct thorough testing, including code reviews, UAT, and regression testing, before production deployment.

• Support end-users by resolving functional issues and responding to inquiries.

• Develop deep expertise in the primary tools and applications used by the FMA team.

• Deliver training and best practices to the pricing team on tool usage and SOPs.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Proficiency in web development technologies: JavaScript/React, Python, AWS Lambda, SQL.

• Experience with relational databases such as Oracle and Databricks.

• Familiarity with Next.js, Java, and Excel VBA is a plus.

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent work experience.

• 4 years of relevant experience in software development, finance, underwriting, pricing, or analytics.

• Proven ability to develop innovative, practical solutions to complex problems.

• Strong customer service orientation and communication skills.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.

• Eagerness to learn new tools and technologies.

• Comfortable working independently and in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

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