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# Lead Software Engineer - Associate Director

- **Company:** Fitch Group, Inc.
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $160,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Training Data, Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Microsoft Excel, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Applications Architecture, Business Logic, Acceptance Test-Driven Development, Automation of Tests, Software Quality, Continuous Integration, Data Cleansing, Information Engineering, DevOps, Excel Formulas, Github, Machine Learning, Tensorflow, Selenium, Software Engineering, Test Case, TypeScript, Backend, Playwright, Vba Programming Language, Data Analytics, Data Management, Virtual Agents, Data Delivery, Restful APIs, Microservices
- **Published:** July 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/065fcdbf-ae03-4f40-8659-d839c78169d1

## About the Role

* 5+ years of software development experience, with proven expertise in Java, javascript, Office.js, and TypeScript

 * Strong knowledge of the Excel development ecosystem: COM Add-ins, Excel formulas, custom functions, named functions, and VBA

 * Demonstrated ability to parse, validate, and generate Excel formula syntax programmatically

 * Extensive experience designing and consuming REST APIs and microservices architectures

 * Extensive experience with asynchronous pipeline architectures in Java

 * Hands-on experience with AI/ML frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, AutoGen, or similar) and understanding of Agentic AI workflows

 * Proven track record of fine-tuning models with structured, code-based training data (formulas, function calls, structured outputs).

 * Experience processing Excel files and VBA code as training inputs for machine learning models

 * Strong data engineering skills: dataset construction, data cleaning, normalization, and quality assurance

 * Experience working with structured financial data and understanding of financial instruments (bonds, derivatives, etc.) is highly desirable

 * Proficiency in automated testing frameworks (Playwright, Selenium, Jest, or similar)

 * Solid understanding of BDD/TDD methodologies and acceptance test-driven development

What Would Make You Stand Out:

 * Knowledge of financial modeling and quantitative analysis

 * Familiarity with Python for data science and ML model development

 * Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices

 * Experience configuring github workflows for CI and CD

 * Exposure to Code quality metrics, and shift-left principles

 * Experience troubleshooting AWS hosted deployments

 * Experience validating AI-generated outputs against business logic, and AI guardrails.

 * Exposure to the financial industry domain and data platforms

## Description

* Design and develop secure, performant data delivery tools integrated with multiple backend systems.

 * Design and develop applications that enable internal and external client self-service analytical content creation.

 * Implement BDD practices and frameworks to enhance test automation and acceptance criteria using cutting-edge AI techniques.

 * Integrate code and test case execution and reporting within the CI/CD pipeline to align with the DevOps strategy, criteria, requirements, and user stories.

 * Work with cross-functional teams including business analysts, developers, and users to build and expose data and analytics services.


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