Technical Lead (Baltimore, MD)

We are looking for a technical lead to support a large assessment management initiative. Daily this person will be doing hands-on development and providing mentorship / technical expertise to mid-level associates. Also, the contractor will be ensuring deadlines are met, coordinating with large vendors, organizing weekly reviews, and updating senior leadership on milestones. 

Requirements

  • You work to stay on top of the latest best-of-breed technologies and know when/how/if to apply them appropriately

  • Conversant in many technologies and learns new technologies quickly

  • You can define testing strategies for products and ensure alignment to strategy

  • You consider the long-term operation and ownership of systems being developed. Works with partners within agreed operating models.

  • Experienced in leading large software development projects in terms of team size, technical complexity and/or organizational complexity

  • Expert knowledge in one or more programming language(s) - Python, Java

  • Proficient with a range of open source frameworks and development tools Python, Scala/Spark, EMR

  • Experience building modern web applications and deploying to public or private clouds, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS)

  • Proficient on Linux and/or Unix platforms with knowledge of various scripting languages

  • Strong knowledge of one or more relevant database technologies e.g. Oracle, MongoDB, Hadoop, KDB/OneTick

  • Strong Test-Driven Development and desire to write simple, adaptive and iterative code.

  • Python developer w/ Airflow/AWS experience

  • Airflow/AWS experience preferred (example, S3 access, Radius)

  • App developer w/ experience in writing distributable jobs in Spark

  • UI developer w/ experience in using JDBC connector to Snowflake preferred

Please send resume to recruiter@aldersonloop.com (Subject line: Technical Lead)

Frances Jedrzejewski