Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc. (SGA, Inc.) · 7 hours ago
Applications Developer
Des Moines, IA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expSoftware Guidance & Assistance, Inc. (SGA) is a technology and resource solutions provider seeking an Applications Developer for a contract assignment with a premier financial client. The role involves partnering with FP&A and IT data teams to design and optimize forecasting and reporting processes, while also providing technical leadership and ensuring performance and scalability of financial modeling systems.
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Responsibilities
Partners with the FP&A team and IT data team to design, build, and optimize the FP&A Forecasting and Reporting processes
Accountable for developing and maintaining high-performance components, ensuring the processes scale effectively with complex calculations and large data volumes
Be a key member of the FP&A Transformation, helping to build a calculation and forecast modeling platform to support a growing, high pace firm
Act as a technical leader, bringing deep engineering expertise while working closely with FP&A, Investment, Actuarial and data specialists to ensure the processes deliver robust, efficient, and production-grade solutions
Lead the design, development, and optimization of core code base using Python and Python-based compute environments (e.g., Jupyter, VS Code, Databricks)
Collaborate with FP&A and data teams to integrate FP&A forecasting models, analytics, and data pipelines
Ensure computational performance, scalability, and reliability across FP&A workloads
Drive technical innovation, including use of compute grids, data vectors, and AI-based methods where relevant
Partner with FP&A and external consultants to deliver performant model execution and tooling
Provide technical guidance on backlog items and requirements for IT Data and supporting teams
Serve as a senior escalation point for critical incidents, providing Tier-3 expertise when needed
Establish and champion engineering standards, testing practices, and performance monitoring
Contribute to platform documentation, run books, and knowledge-sharing initiatives
Mentor junior developers and data engineers, raising engineering maturity across the team
Ensure ongoing maintenance, upgrades, and optimizations are delivered with minimal disruption
Qualification
Required
An undergraduate or advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
10+ years in professional software engineering, with significant hands-on Python development
Demonstrated success building or maintaining financial modeling or large-scale computational systems
Experience working with investment banks and/or within life and annuity insurance domains is highly desirable
Proven track record in data-driven platforms, large-scale computation, or advanced analytics
Experience with DevOps practices and ability to explain them to business users
Expert Python skills with proven experience in building high-performance, data-intensive systems
Strong understanding of Life & Annuity data, financial models, or large-scale computational engines
Deep knowledge of data management and integration in hybrid cloud ecosystems (AWS / Snowflake)
Hands-on experience with compute parallelization and performance optimization techniques
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; ability to interface effectively with FP&A and program leadership stakeholders
Strong leadership qualities: mentoring, influencing, and guiding technical direction across teams
Preferred
Cloud ecosystem expertise (AWS, Azure, Redshift)
Familiarity with AI/ML integration in computational systems
Experience in data visualization and reporting
Company
Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc. (SGA, Inc.)
For more than 40 years, SGA has delivered technology and resource solutions that Fortune 500 organizations, mid-size companies, state and local governments, and higher education institutions rely on to achieve their goals/missions.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Peter Taylor
CEO
Andrew Gallagher - CCWP
Senior Vice President - Strategic Partnerships
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