Senior AB Initio Developer

Job Title
Senior Ab Initio Developer 

Location
Richmond, Virginia
(Hybrid – 3 Days Onsite, Local Candidates Only)

Schedule
Hybrid

Type
Full-Time Ongoing Contract
(W2 Only, No C2C)

Pay Range 
$66–$76/hour

Summary

Join a high-impact engineering team supporting enterprise financial crime and risk management platforms. This role focuses on maintaining, enhancing, and developing core systems within the NICE Actimize ecosystem (ActOne & STAR), utilized for case management and financial crime detection.

You will work in a production environment delivering BAU support, system enhancements, and new development across Java-based applications hosted in AWS. This is a hands-on role requiring strong backend development, configuration expertise, and collaboration within an 11–12 person agile team.

Key Responsibilities

• Support and enhance enterprise financial crime applications within the ActOne/Optimize platform used for case management and risk detection.
• Perform day-to-day BAU support for production systems, including troubleshooting, fixes, and performance improvements.
• Design, develop, and maintain Java-based web applications supporting financial crime workflows and case management processes.
• Configure ActOne case management functionality using ActOne Designer and Visual Modeler to support business requirements.
• Develop custom enhancements and new features aligned with business and compliance needs.
• Write and maintain scripts (Shell, Python, or similar) to support automation, data processing, and operational workflows.
• Work with Oracle databases, leveraging SQL for reporting and data analysis (no heavy development required).
• Participate in CI/CD processes using internal DevOps platforms to build, test, and deploy applications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including compliance, risk, and engineering to deliver scalable solutions.
• Contribute to backend-heavy development efforts (~50% new development, ~30% development, ~20% configuration).

Required Qualifications

• Must have 5+ years of experience in Java development (Spring Boot or similar frameworks preferred).
• Hands-on experience with NICE Actimize (ActOne, STAR, or similar financial crime/case management platforms).
• Strong experience working with Oracle databases and SQL for data querying and reporting.
• Experience supporting and enhancing production systems (BAU + ongoing enhancements).
• Scripting experience (Shell, Python, or similar).
• Experience working in AWS cloud environments.
• Familiarity with Unix and/or Windows platforms.
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Strong understanding of backend development and system integrations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in financial services, AML, or financial crime systems.
• Familiarity with case management platforms and workflow configuration tools.
• Experience working in Agile environments supporting enterprise-scale applications.
• Exposure to microservices architecture and cloud-native development.