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Director, Digital Marketing (Head of Digital Experience / Website) - Hybrid
Norwalk, Connecticut, United States
DIRECT HIRE
  • TERMS: direct hire

Director, Digital Marketing - (Head of Digital Experience / Websites)

For our direct client, a highly successful and well-established company at a pivotal moment in its digital evolution—including the launch of major new eCommerce initiatives—we are seeking an experienced digital marketing leader to join their team. This newly created Director role will play a critical role in modernizing the customer journey and driving measurable business impact.

At its core, this role is about end-to-end ownership of the company’s digital experience, with a primary focus on website strategy, performance, and conversion. The ideal candidate will combine strategic vision with hands-on execution to transform the website into a best-in-class, revenue-driving platform.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Own the company’s website as a core digital asset, with full accountability for performance, user experience, conversion rates, and ongoing optimization.
  • Define and lead the website roadmap, including UX enhancements, content strategy, personalization, and feature development in support of business and eCommerce goals.
  • Drive digital conversion and optimization strategy, improving lead quality, funnel performance, and revenue generation.
  • Design and execute A/B and multivariate testing across the website and digital funnels to continuously improve performance.
  • Partner closely with IT and development teams to ensure seamless execution of site enhancements, functionality, and performance improvements.
  • Collaborate with paid media teams to ensure SEM, SEO, display, and social efforts effectively drive high-quality traffic and align with on-site conversion strategies.
  • Translate web analytics and customer behavior data into clear insights, KPIs, and actionable recommendations for senior leadership.
  • Play a central leadership role in the company’s upcoming eCommerce launch, ensuring the website is optimized as a primary sales and engagement channel.
  • Manage and hold accountable external partners, including web development vendors, UX consultants, and media agencies.
  • Lead and develop a small team while remaining deeply hands-on in execution.

Experience and Skills Desired:

  • 7–10+ years of progressive experience in digital marketing within a consumer-facing environment.
  • Demonstrated ownership of website strategy and performance, with strong expertise in CRO, UX optimization, and digital analytics.
  • Proven track record of driving measurable improvements in website conversion and customer journey performance.
  • Experience influencing or partnering on paid media strategy; strong understanding of how acquisition channels integrate with on-site experience.
  • Hands-on experience with Salesforce Marketing Cloud or similar CRM platforms; GA4 required, Tableau a plus.
  • Proven ability to lead complex digital initiatives end-to-end, including direct collaboration with technical teams.
  • Comfortable operating at both strategic and execution levels in a fast-paced environment.
  • Collaborative, pragmatic leadership style with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Experience in luxury goods, hospitality, travel, or premium consumer brands strongly preferred.

Why This Role:

  • Newly created position with true ownership of the company’s digital and customer experience
  • High-impact, highly visible role shaping the future of digital and eCommerce for a respected luxury brand
  • Opportunity to build and optimize a modern, high-performing website that directly drives revenue and customer engagement
  • Hybrid work model (3 days onsite) and strong benefits; collaborative culture with long-term employee tenure and loyalty

Company HQ is in the Norwalk, CT area, and in-person collaboration (3 days/week) is essential for success in this role. Relocation support will be considered.

If you’re a digitally fluent leader who thrives on owning and optimizing the full website experience—and wants to make a tangible impact—this is an exceptional opportunity.

Send your resume today for immediate consideration.

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IT Director – Nonprofit Healthcare (Onsite Middletown, NY)
Middletown, New York, United States
DIRECT HIRE
  • TERMS: direct hire
About the Role

Our client, a mission-driven healthcare and nonprofit organization, is seeking a Director of Information Technology & Health Systems to lead enterprise technology operations and healthcare systems strategy.

This senior-level leadership role combines hands-on technical expertise with strategic oversight, ensuring technology supports operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and high-quality care delivery. The Director will oversee enterprise infrastructure, cybersecurity, IT operations, and Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems while partnering closely with clinical, administrative, and executive leadership.

This is a fully onsite position in Middletown, NY.

Key Responsibilities

Technology Leadership & Strategy

  • Develop and execute the organization’s IT strategy in alignment with operational goals and long-term growth.
  • Partner with executive leadership on digital transformation initiatives, technology investments, and process improvements.
  • Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, service delivery, and user experience through technology.

Infrastructure & IT Operations

  • Oversee enterprise IT infrastructure including networks, servers, endpoints, backups, and cloud systems.
  • Ensure systems remain secure, scalable, and highly available.
  • Manage day-to-day IT operations including helpdesk support, device management, onboarding/offboarding, and vendor coordination.

Healthcare Technology & EHR Systems

  • Lead administration and optimization of EHR platforms and supporting clinical applications.
  • Partner with clinical teams to align technology with care workflows, reporting requirements, and operational needs.
  • Drive interoperability, data integrity, and system usability across healthcare systems.

Cybersecurity, Governance & Compliance

  • Maintain strong IT governance practices including cybersecurity, access controls, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning.
  • Ensure compliance with healthcare security and privacy standards, including HIPAA.
  • Develop and maintain IT policies, procedures, and risk mitigation strategies.

Leadership & Vendor Management

  • Lead and mentor a small, high-performing IT team.
  • Manage third-party vendors and service providers, ensuring quality, cost-efficiency, and contract performance.
  • Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and strong customer service.
Required Experience
  • 8+ years of progressive IT experience, including hands-on infrastructure management.
  • 3+ years leading enterprise IT operations and technical teams.
  • Experience supporting or managing Electronic Health Record (EHR) platforms such as Epic, Netsmart, NextGen, or similar systems.
  • Strong understanding of enterprise infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud systems, backups, patch management, and endpoint support.
  • Working knowledge of HIPAA compliance and healthcare security standards.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Information Systems, or related field.
  • Experience leading IT initiatives in healthcare, nonprofit, or highly regulated environments.
  • Industry certifications such as PMP, ITIL, Azure, or related credentials.
  • Experience managing multiple initiatives in fast-paced, mission-driven organizations.
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Application Support Lead / Technical Lead - Long-term Contract - Hybrid
Montvale, New Jersey, United States
CONTRACT
  • TERMS: contract

Applications Support Technical Lead — Data Analytics / Azure / Databricks

Our client, a prestigious global firm, we seeking an experienced Applications Support Technical Lead for a long-term contract opportunity supporting global, Azure-based data analytics platforms. This is a hybrid role requiring 3 days per week onsite.

This is a hands-on technical leadership position focused on complex incident resolution, data platform troubleshooting, large dataset support, and root-cause analysis across modern Azure data environments.

The right candidate will serve as an escalation lead for challenging production issues involving large datasets, data pipelines, performance bottlenecks, configuration problems, and data-processing failures. You will work closely with support analysts, engineering teams, and product stakeholders to diagnose issues, guide resolution, and help create durable fixes.

This is a hybrid role with 3 days per week onsite. Key Responsibilities
  • Lead technical support and escalation for complex data analytics application issues

  • Troubleshoot large-scale data processing problems involving volume, performance, data quality, configuration, and transformation logic

  • Investigate issues across Azure data services, Databricks, PySpark, SQL Server/DWH, ADLS, Delta, and Parquet

  • Diagnose ETL, reporting, dataset upload, and data movement issues across cloud-based platforms

  • Use advanced T-SQL skills to analyze, tune, and resolve production data issues

  • Create reusable troubleshooting assets, including runbooks, query packs, diagnostics, and support documentation

  • Coach analysts and partner with engineering/product teams to drive root-cause closure

Required Experience
  • 8+ years of experience in application support, technical lead, data platform support, or production troubleshooting roles

  • Strong hands-on experience with Azure data engineering and Python

  • Working knowledge of Databricks and PySpark

  • Strong T-SQL / data warehouse background, including stored procedures, functions, execution plans, indexing, CTEs, temp tables, and performance tuning

  • Experience troubleshooting large datasets, data pipelines, ETL workflows, and reporting issues

  • Strong understanding of relational database concepts and modern data platform support

  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical issues clearly

Nice to Have
  • Azure Data Factory experience

  • ADLS file format expertise: Parquet/Delta vs. CSV/Excel

  • Power BI, Alteryx, or advanced Excel

  • MSBI / SSIS background

  • ERP data experience with SAP or Oracle

  • Basic accounting or financial dataset knowledge

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IT Director - Full-time - PE/Investments - Onsite NYC
New York, United States
DIRECT HIRE
  • TERMS: direct hire

IT Director Our direct client, A growing investment firm seeks an experienced IT Director to assess, refine, and elevate their entire technology function. This is a newly created leadership role for a firm that is scaling rapidly, preparing for increased operational and regulatory demands, and viewing technology as a key lever for growth across the business. The successful candidate will be hands-on, highly articulate, and comfortable advising senior leadership. This individual will be both a builder and a doer—while also operating as a technical expert. The IT Director will own the IT function, develop a forward-looking technology “playbook,” and work cross-functionally to drive measurable outcomes across finance, compliance, investment, and operational teams. Responsibilities • Lead key technology initiatives, including onboarding and integration of new platforms and optimization of existing systems, with particular focus on implementation of a firm-wide data warehouse, enabling front-office investment processes, portfolio monitoring, and investor data management. • Ensure technology, processes, and controls align with SEC requirements, investor expectations, and industry best practices; play a key role during fund raising in supporting LP diligence, including drafting and responding to DDQs and participating directly in investor conversations. • Conduct a comprehensive assessment of the current IT environment, including MSP performance, cloud infrastructure, information security programs, data architecture, and application ecosystem; deliver a prioritized roadmap for improvement and remediation. • Lead vendor and product (e.g., CRM, investment management systems, compliance platforms, security tools) evaluations and due diligence, with a focus on scalability, integration, and long-term value. • Review and strengthen cybersecurity programs (MFA, data-loss protection, email security, backup policies, endpoint protection, identity/access management), elevating the firm toward a best-in-class security posture. • Partner closely with firm leadership (including Finance, Portfolio Operations, Legal/Compliance, and Investment teams) to assess needs, prioritize initiatives, and execute solutions across areas such as investor relations, fund accounting, legal entity management, and reporting. Required Experience & Skills • Experience working within a private equity firm is strongly preferred • 10–20+ years of experience in IT, including demonstrated success owning or leading the technology function in a growing organization (80+ users). • Proven experience operating in a build-and-scale environment, assess and create clarity, define a roadmap, align stakeholders, and execute. • Familiarity with RIA/SEC regulatory requirements, investor due diligence processes, and hands-on experience responding to DDQs and supporting fundraising activities. • Experience contributing to or leading data architecture and integration initiatives, including data warehouse design and establishing a “single source of truth.” • Understanding of AI-related workflows and emerging use cases within financial services. • Strong background managing and evaluating MSP providers, including holding vendors accountable and driving improvements beyond standard SOW constraints. • Experience administering and enhancing a cybersecurity program, including Incident response planning, vendor risk management, SOC2 and related control frameworks, pen testing processes, remediation planning, and implementing security controls in regulated environments.
  • Hands-on knowledge of common financial-services technologies, such as:
    • Microsoft 365 (SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, Office 365)
    • Microsoft Azure
    • Financial platforms i.e. Netsuite
    • CRM and Deal Pipeline Platforms
    • Data/analytics and investment platforms
    • Compliance platforms
    • Email security tools, Identity /Access Management

• Strong verbal communication skills.  Capable of clearly explaining technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and influencing senior leadership and investors. • Self-starter with a low-ego, high-impact mindset; able to “figure it out,” bring people along, and operate effectively in a highly collaborative environment.

This role is hybrid on-site, 3-4 days per week, in the Midtown Manhattan office.  

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Lead Software Engineer - Java (Hybrid) - Full-time
White Plains, New York, United States
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  • TERMS: direct hire
Lead Software Engineer - Java (Hybrid)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Work Authorization: Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future visa sponsorship. About the Role

Our client, a large enterprise organization undergoing continued digital transformation, is seeking a Technical Lead – Application Development to help design and deliver modern, scalable applications that support core business operations and customer-facing platforms.

This role will lead technical design, development quality, and engineering best practices across multiple initiatives. The ideal candidate is both a strong hands-on engineer and a technical leader who can guide teams, influence architecture, and collaborate across business and IT stakeholders.

You’ll work closely with architecture, delivery, QA, and product teams to deliver highly available applications built in cloud-native environments and integrated with enterprise systems.

This role will be on site 4 days per week in White Plains and will require an on site interview. Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Solution Design

  • Lead technical design, architecture, and code quality across one or more development initiatives.
  • Produce scalable, highly available solution designs for mission-critical applications.
  • Partner with architecture and engineering leadership to align technology strategy with business priorities.
  • Establish development standards, best practices, and reusable technical patterns.

Application Development

  • Design, develop, and support modern applications using Java, microservices, and API-driven architectures.
  • Build and integrate RESTful web services and enterprise applications.
  • Support applications running in cloud environments, including AWS-based architectures.
  • Work across both modern cloud platforms and existing enterprise systems/databases.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Partner with project managers on estimates, planning, and delivery timelines.
  • Collaborate with QA teams to support functional, integration, and performance testing.
  • Coordinate with operations teams to ensure successful application deployment and production support.
  • Serve as a technical point of contact for stakeholders across IT and business teams.

Team Leadership

  • Lead and mentor software engineers while supporting delivery execution.
  • Help staff projects and coordinate work across internal teams, contractors, and third-party resources.
  • Promote strong engineering practices, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Required Experience
  • 8+ years of software development experience with Java, including increasing technical responsibility.
  • Experience leading development teams of 3+ engineers.
  • Strong experience designing scalable, highly available enterprise systems.
  • Expertise building REST APIs, microservices, and multi-tier applications.
  • Strong knowledge of SQL and data modeling.
  • Experience designing and integrating enterprise applications.
  • Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Experience working in Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid development environments.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
Preferred Experience
  • Experience building applications in AWS or cloud-native environments.
  • Familiarity with enterprise customer-facing or transactional platforms.
  • Experience in industries such as retail, ecommerce, financial services, automotive, or similar high-volume environments.

Apply today for immediate consideration! This is immediate, interview and hire.This role will be on site 4 days per week in White Plains and will require an on site interview.

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Senior Manager, Digital Experience - Full-time - Hybrid
Norwalk, Connecticut, United States
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  • TERMS: direct hire
Senior Manager, Digital Experience Job Description Our client, a leading travel and hospitality company, seeks to hire an experienced professional to focus on spearheading efforts to elevate the digital customer experience across start to finish touchpoints, balancing a strategic, long-term vision with strong project management to achieve clear milestones and business goals. As the client forges ahead to continue growing over the coming decades, delivering an exceptional guest experience will continue to be at the heart of their business.  There is tremendous potential to elevate the customer journey and meet growing expectations & guest needs enabled through innovative technology and digital interactions that complement the client's signature personal care legacy.  Layering on digital touchpoints will require close coordination and teamwork across departments as they enable more efficient and modernized business processes.    KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Strategy & Implementation:
  • Alongside the VP of Patron Experience, drive the strategy, planning and implementation of company-wide initiatives that specifically enhance our guest's E2E digital journey experience (excluding actual tour/cruise product), engendering trust and overall brand satisfaction.
  • Responsible for identifying, assessing, and prioritizing opportunities to elevate the digital customer journey from booking through post-trip; focused on “getting it right and making it simple” to mitigate points of friction.
  • Focus areas will include a variety of digital initiatives at various stages of development, including Salesforce/Roadmap, My Account/Advisor Connect, Ecommerce, Mobile App, Messaging platforms,  etc.  
Cross-Functional Collaboration:
  • Partner closely with IT from user design through launch communications.
  • Maintain a holistic view of digital touchpoints, collaborating across departments to ensure key communications and processes reflect and deliver Tauck brand standards.
  • Collaborate with the Sales team to support advisor digital touchpoints that meaningfully affect the patron experience.
Digital Optimization:
  • Actively monitor digital journey flows, usage, and satisfaction to drive adoption and engagement.
  • Analyze key performance indicators and user behavior via analytic tools and patron research.
  • Continuous focus on improvement, working to help scope and prioritize new features and piloting opportunities for future enhancements.
SKILLS & COMPETENCIES:
  • Strong communicator who can effectively relay business requirements to IT and align key stakeholders
  • Comfortable with digital user experience and web-based platforms (from a non-technical perspective)
  • Naturally inquisitive, willing to challenge the status quo to drive change and problem-solve
  • Exceptional project management skills, able to multi-task across competing priorities
  • Ability to build relationships across all levels of the organization and collaborate to accomplish goals
QUALIFICATIONS:
  • 7+ years of experience in a hospitality, travel, or service industry role
  • Proven record of accomplishment of project management, leading from strategy through implementation.
  • Ability to work in the office near Norwalk, CT a minimum of 3 days per week
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IT Director - Enterprise Systems
White Plains, New York, United States
DIRECT HIRE
  • TERMS: direct hire
Overview

Our direct client seeking a hands-on Director of Enterprise Systems to lead and evolve their technology environment while helping drive the next phase of growth through automation, AI, and business-focused technology initiatives.

This role serves as a strategic partner to leadership, aligning systems, vendors, and technology investments with business priorities. The ideal candidate combines strong technical and infrastructure expertise with the ability to identify opportunities where technology, automation, and AI can improve efficiency, decision-making, and execution across the organization.

This is a highly visible role within a lean team environment. Success requires both strategic thinking and a willingness to roll up your sleeves to help solve complex technology challenges when needed.

Responsibilities Technology Strategy & Business Enablement
  • Own and execute the organization's technology strategy, aligning initiatives with business goals and long-term growth objectives
  • Partner closely with leadership to identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency, decision-making, and execution through technology
  • Evaluate emerging technologies, automation opportunities, and AI solutions that can create measurable business value
  • Develop and drive an AI adoption roadmap, identifying practical use cases and ensuring successful implementation across the organization
  • Communicate technology initiatives, priorities, and ROI to executive leadership
Systems, Automation & Innovation
  • Own the lifecycle of core business systems, including evaluation, implementation, integration, enhancement, and optimization
  • Lead automation initiatives that reduce manual processes and improve operational performance
  • Ensure systems architecture supports scalable growth and future AI capabilities
  • Continuously assess and improve technology platforms to support evolving business needs
IT Operations & Infrastructure
  • Provide oversight of infrastructure, cloud platforms, networks, and enterprise systems to ensure reliability, performance, and scalability
  • Lead resolution of complex technology issues and critical business-impacting incidents
  • Partner with technical staff and vendors to maintain secure and efficient operations
  • Maintain disaster recovery and business continuity capabilities
Cybersecurity & Risk Management
  • Develop and maintain cybersecurity policies, controls, and risk management practices
  • Support compliance initiatives, audits, and security assessments
  • Ensure technology environments follow industry best practices for security and governance
Vendor Management & Governance
  • Manage relationships with technology vendors, service providers, and external partners
  • Evaluate vendor performance, negotiate contracts, and ensure alignment with business objectives
  • Manage technology budgets with a focus on ROI and business impact
  • Establish technology standards, documentation, and governance processes
Qualifications
  • 5-10 years of progressive experience leading technology initiatives, enterprise systems, infrastructure, or IT operations
  • Demonstrated experience implementing automation, AI, or digital transformation initiatives that delivered measurable business outcomes
  • Strong knowledge of Microsoft 365, Azure, enterprise applications, and hybrid cloud environments
  • Experience evaluating, selecting, implementing, and optimizing business systems and technology platforms
  • Solid understanding of infrastructure, networking, cybersecurity, and identity management
  • Experience managing vendors, technology budgets, and third-party service providers
  • Familiarity with IT service management and project delivery methodologies
  • Relevant technical certifications are a plus
What We're Looking For
  • A hands-on technology leader who enjoys building solutions, not just managing them
  • Strong communicator who can work effectively with technical teams, business stakeholders, and executive leadership
  • Comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment where priorities can evolve and decisions must be made with incomplete information
  • Confident and collaborative, with the ability to influence without creating friction
  • Naturally curious about emerging technologies and passionate about using AI and automation to solve business challenges
  • Organized, adaptable, and capable of managing multiple priorities simultaneously

Apply today for immediate consideration! This is an immediate interview and hire opportunity

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Vice President, AI Engineer - Full Time - Hybrid
New York, United States
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  • TERMS: direct hire
Vice President, AI Engineer -  Full Time - Hybrid About the Role Our client, a leading NYC fintech firm, is hiring a VP, AI Engineer to lead the design and delivery of production-grade AI systems that drive measurable business outcomes. This is a hands-on technical leadership role for a seasoned engineer who has shipped complex AI systems end-to-end and can translate ambiguous business needs into well-scoped solutions. You will own key workstreams, set technical direction, mentor engineers, and partner directly with business stakeholders to ensure AI capabilities meet production standards for reliability, scalability, and measurability. What You'll Do
  • Lead the architecture and delivery of production AI systems;  document intelligence (IDP), knowledge systems and agentic orchestration.
  • Own AI projects end-to-end: scoping, stakeholder alignment, design, deployment, monitoring and continuous improvement.
  • Drive technical and architectural decisions (API design, system decomposition, evaluation strategy, infrastructure) that raise the quality bar across the platform.
  • Build robust evaluation frameworks - statistically sound metrics, benchmark datasets and strict versioning for reproducibility and continuous improvement.
  • Partner with Operations, Legal, Product and Business teams to identify opportunities and communicate tradeoffs and mentor engineers through code and design review.
What You'll Bring — Required
  • 7+ years building production AI/ML systems, including AWS or cloud-native patterns for AI/ML workloads.
  • Strong Python and software engineering best practices (source control, CI/CD, testing, documentation).
  • Deep expertise in at least one of: LLM-based systems (fine-tuning, inference optimization, prompt engineering, transformers/vLLM/agentic frameworks); document intelligence/IDP; or ML system design (training pipelines, model serving, evaluation infrastructure).
  • Experience operating end-to-end ML pipelines in production (MLOps).
  • Solid fundamentals in statistics, experimentation, and data quality, with rigorous reasoning about metrics and the limits of AI systems.
  • Track record leading technical design, mentoring engineers, and driving architectural decisions within a team.
  • Strong written and verbal communication across technical and non-technical audiences.
Preferred
  • Familiarity with agentic architectures and protocols (e.g., MCP, A2A) or multi-step, tool-using workflows.
  • LLM cost and latency optimization at scale (quantization, batching, model routing).
  • Financial services or FinTech experience, particularly in document-heavy or compliance-sensitive domains.
  • Open-source contributions or published technical writing in applied AI.
Compensation
  • Base salary $200,000–$250,000 plus bonus and equity.
  • Hybrid schedule: in office Monday–Thursday with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday.
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Sr. Java Developer (AI Focus) – Hybrid
White Plains, New York, United States
CONTRACT
  • TERMS: contract

Our direct client, based in White Plains, NY, is seeking a Senior Java Developer who embraces AI-augmented development practices. You will be a part of the transformational journey to deliver best in class systems to support company's business lines, across all channels. The Senior Developer is to collaboratively drive the development and support of client's critical business systems for internal and external systems, while leveraging AI tools to enhance productivity and code quality. This role requires deep technical knowledge of high volume and highly transactional systems. Hybrid working model, 4 days per week on site is expected. Responsibilities:
  • Collaborate with Product Owners, QA, PMO, DevOps and other developers to define requirements, design, and develop mission critical applications
  • Utilize AI development tools to enhance coding efficiency, code review, testing, and documentation processes
  • Analyze, design and develop application solutions and enhancements that meet requirements
  • Ensure adherence to programming and enterprise architectural standards
  • Complete work assignments and perform appropriate follow up to ensure that tasks are completed on time
  • Collaborate with product owners, application users, creative team and other developers to define requirements, design, and develop the web application
  • Assist in the rollout of new applications, problem fixes, and enhancements of software
  • Work alongside AI-enthusiastic technical leads to continuously improve development workflows
Qualifications:
  • Undergraduate degree in computer science, engineering or similar field (or equivalent experience)
  • 5+ years programming with Java (backend development focus), JEE, Web Services
  • Experience with webservice/API development using Java-based enterprise technologies and tools using Java 8 and above, Microservices architecture, Spring and REST
  • Must be able to code in prevailing technologies including Java, Spring, SQL including conceptual knowledge with cloud native solutions from AWS
  • Proven abilities delivering code with CI/CD development methodologies
  • Experience with modern development tools (ideally Eclipse/Intellij, Git, Maven, CI servers, Azure DevOps (or other tools), code review tools)
  • Knowledge of Domain-Driven Design concepts and designing and developing Microservices using the Spring ecosystem
  • Knowledge of developing Spring Data access application with AWS RDS or NoSQL data stores
  • Conceptual Experience with API design and implementation
  • Conceptual Knowledge with container orchestrators and container engines (Docker, AWS ECS)
  • Analytical, problem-solving mindset
  • Self-driven with minimal supervision
  • Experience working on a production-critical system
  • Openness to learning and integrating AI tools into development workflow
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience augmenting development with AI tools (e.g., Amazon Q, GitHub Copilot, or similar platforms) for code generation, review, and optimization
  • Experience with developing within a Cloud environment with good knowledge of cloud infrastructure like AWS is a plus
  • Python scripting experience
  • Angular experience strongly preferred for any frontend development needs
  • Experience with ecommerce, retail, and financing is a plus

Apply today for immediate consideration! This is an immediate interview and hire opportunity, and an on-site interview at the White Plains, NY office will be required.

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Java Tech Lead (AI Focus) - Hybrid
White Plains, New York, United States
CONTRACT
  • TERMS: contract

Our direct client, based in White Plains, NY, is seeking an AI-forward Technical Lead who leverages cutting-edge AI tools to transform software development processes. This is a long-term contract position (12-36+ months) with likely extension beyond. This role is a hybrid on-site position and you will be required to work on-site 4 days per week in White Plains, NY.

In this role, the Java Tech Lead will champion the integration of AI into every aspect of the development lifecycle while maintaining responsibility for the overall design, implementation and quality of the code the team produces across one or more projects. You will be expected to proactively identify opportunities to enhance development efficiency, code quality, and team productivity through AI tools and processes. You will partner with IT leadership, architecture, and development staff to establish AI-enhanced vision, strategy and road maps that align with business strategies and organizational priorities. You must collaborate with peers and leadership to leverage AI-driven knowledge and solutions across the organization.

This position is within a development group focused on leading the delivery of best-in-class systems to support client's business lines, across all channels. These include customer and internal applications built on AWS using Microservices Architecture and other AWS components that integrate with existing on-prem systems and databases.

Organizational Relationships:

The Technical Lead reports to the Director of Development and is accountable for daily status on tech design, development, and resource management. The Lead will collaborate with team members to define requirements, design, and develop mission critical applications while continuously exploring and implementing AI-enhanced workflows.

The Technical Lead works with:

  • Delivery leads to staff projects with associates, contractors, and/or third party teams
  • Project managers on a plan and estimates
  • Architecture and delivery leads on solution blueprints
  • QA and delivery leads on functional testing, integration testing, performance testing and to triage defects
  • Service introduction on hand-off to application operations team
Qualifications:
  • Proven experience utilizing AI tools for Java software development including code generation, review, documentation, testing, and debugging (e.g., Amazon Q, GitHub Copilot, or similar platforms)
  • Proactive, self-directed mindset for identifying and implementing AI-driven process improvements without waiting for top-down directives
  • Strong prompt engineering skills and commitment to continuous exploration of emerging AI tools to enhance development workflows
  • 8+ years experience in Java backend development demonstrating increasing levels of responsibility
  • Experience leading a team of 3 or more software developers and mentoring them in AI-enhanced development practices
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent experience
  • Experience producing solution designs for large-scale, highly available, mission-critical systems
  • Proficient in designing, creating and consuming Web Services (REST, JSON, OAuth), multi-tier or microservice applications in Java and large scale database applications
  • Strong experience in SQL and data modeling
  • Demonstrate sound architecture skills and broad experience designing applications
  • Ability to communicate complex technical design concepts and translate into non-technical business solutions
  • Able to communicate well with all levels in the organization, and must be comfortable as a primary contact to internal and external customers
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Experience in Agile, Waterfall and other software development methodologies
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience with developing within a Cloud environment with good knowledge of cloud infrastructure like AWS is a plus
  • Hands-on experience with Amazon Q and Hero (current company AI tools)
  • Python scripting experience
  • Angular experience strongly preferred for any frontend development needs
  • Experience with ecommerce, retail, and financing is a plus
To ensure a fair and secure hiring process, candidates must complete live video interviews with cameras on and present valid government-issued identification during the process. All interviews are conducted directly with our internal team - proxy interviewing is not permitted.

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