Sr Fircosoft Engineer

Senior Software Engineer (Financial Crimes)

Location: Pittsburgh PA, Cleveland OH, Farmers Branch TX, Birmingham AL
Type: 8+ month W2 contract to hire opportunity 
Pay: $65-70/hr + benefits and 401(k)

Overview

Function: Risk Mitigation & Cost Optimization Domain: Financial Crime / Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Environment: Agile, cross-functional engineering teams Role Type: Hands-on, highly technical, data-intensive role Focus: Supporting and enhancing AML platforms, payments screening systems, and enterprise data pipelines

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in Agile ceremonies (stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives)
• Conduct peer code reviews and support change management processes
• Collaborate with deployment teams and AML business stakeholders
• Design and develop data models, pipelines, and prototypes
• Evaluate and present technical solutions, including tradeoffs and architecture options
• Work across AML business functions including transaction monitoring and sanctions screening
• Support, enhance, and integrate AML platforms including FircoSoft Partner with risk, compliance, and operations teams to improve screening effectiveness and data quality

Required Skills

• Strong full-stack development experience: React, Angular, Java
• Programming expertise: Python, PySpark, Java
• Experience building scalable, high-performance applications in enterprise environment
• Databases: MongoDB, ElasticSearch, Oracle, Apache Iceberg
• Strong data engineering and data modeling experience
• Experience working with large, distributed data sets and real-time processing systems
• Deep expertise with FircoSoft / LexisNexis Risk (LNRS) platforms
• Strong knowledge of: Specifically V6 Fircosoft Experience AML transaction monitoring Sanctions screening and watchlist filtering Matching logic, alerting behavior, and investigation workflows
• Understanding of sanctions compliance (OFAC) and regulatory requirements
• Ownership of real-time payments screening platforms, including: SWIFT ISO 20022 ACH Fedwire RTP
• Experience with: Customer & counterparty watchlist screening PEP, sanctions, adverse media, vessel, and high-risk entity screening
• Hands-on work with: Firco model tuning and algorithm configuration Rule optimization and false-positive reduction strategies Data quality improvements across screening pipelines
• Integration expertise across: Payments platforms Onboarding / KYC systems Case management and workflow tools
• Strong experience with secure SDLC practices CI/CD pipeline implementation and automation Application security, vulnerability management, and compliance controls
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to present complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Experience creating technical design documentation and architecture diagrams
• Comfortable working in cross-functional, highly regulated environments

Required Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Preferred Skills

• Preferred: Master’s degree
• Nice to Have Certifications ACAMS or AML-related certifications Oracle OFSAA / Actimize certifications Cloud certifications (AWS / Azure Architect)

Why Should I Apply?

Hands-on, highly technical, data-intensive role supporting and enhancing AML platforms, payments screening systems, and enterprise data pipelines in an Agile, cross-functional engineering environment.

About CEI:

As a trusted technology partner, CEI delivers solutions that help our customers transform their business and achieve meaningful results. From strategy and custom application development through application management - our technology and digital experience services are tailored to meet each unique need of our customers. Our staffing solutions bring specialized skills to complement our customers' workforce and project requirements.

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