Technical Lead

SEI; Oaks (PA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401(k) match

Hybrid work environment

Education assistance

Paid holidays

Job summary

SEI is seeking a Technical Lead for SWP Data Governance to lead design, development and support of data governance workflows within the SEI Wealth Platform. You will guide architecture, collaborate with data teams, and deliver robust, secure data solutions in an agile environment.

The role requires strong multi-tier cloud experience, hands-on coding, and leadership to drive quality and delivery across the team.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience delivering systems from inception through implementation.
• Experience developing PLSQL, Java, Spring Boot, and shell scripting.
• Experience implementing Kubernetes framework.
• Experience with large data flows using Oracle external tables and data pumps.
• Experience with cloud-based multi-tier applications using Snowflake, DBT, Airflow, and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement data governance solutions for archive, purge, masking, data sub-setting, retention, lineage, metadata, and auditability.
• Lead technical design reviews and provide architectural direction for scalable, secure, and maintainable data governance solutions.
• Partner with data architects, platform teams, security, operations, and business stakeholders to validate solution design.
• Build validation, reconciliation, exception handling, and monitoring controls for data accuracy and traceability.
• Produce high-quality code to meet deadlines and ensure functionality matches requirements.

Skills

PLSQL

Java

Spring Boot

Shell scripting

Kubernetes

Snowflake

DBT

Airflow

Oracle

MongoDB

Git

Docker

Kafka

Spring MVC

Angular

DevOps

Education

BA/BS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Maven

Control-M

Apache Airflow

Job description

The SEI Wealth Platform has a challenging career opportunity for a Technical Lead for SWP Data Governance workflow Design, Development and Support. This position requires a foundation of software development knowledge, and the ability to work in an Agile team environment and expand existing development skills through technical project work. You should be adaptable, possess a wide range of technical skills, and demonstrate the ability to understand financial services business requirements. You should be able to deliver individual code as well as technically lead a team of developers; and can switch context quickly and efficiently with project managers, database engineers, technical operations and other platform personnel.

What You Will Do

• Develop and design technical solutions based on reading and understanding business and functional requirements for the SWP Data Governance Frameworks – Data Archive & Purge, Masking, Data sub-setting.
• Define and implement data governance patterns for archive, purge, masking, data sub-setting, retention, lineage, metadata, and auditability.
• Lead technical design reviews and provide architectural direction for scalable, secure, and maintainable data governance solutions.
• Partner with data architects, platform teams, security, operations, and business stakeholders to validate solution design and delivery approach.
• Build validation, reconciliation, exception handling, and monitoring controls to ensure data accuracy, completeness, and traceability.
• Support operational readiness through runbooks, support procedures, production monitoring, and knowledge transfer materials.
• Produce high-quality code to meet all project deadlines and ensure the functionality matches the requirements
• Analyze and resolve issues found during the testing or pre-production phases of the software delivery lifecycle; coordinating changes with project team leaders and cross-work team members
• Provide technical leadership to project team members and respond to inquiries regarding errors or questions about programs
• Suggest and implement process improvements for estimating, development and testing processes. Responsible for ensuring team designs and deliver code in alignment with published SEI & industry standards.
• Provide technical problem resolution and application support, as required

What We Need From You

• BA/BS Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical/Electronic Engineering or another related field or equivalent
• A minimum of 7 years of prior work experience with an application development organization; must demonstrate experience delivering systems and projects from inception through implementation
• Work experience in developing PLSQL, Java, Spring boot and shell scripting.
• Work experience in implementation of Kubernetes framework
• Work experience in large data flows using oracle external tables, knowledge in oracle data pumps
• A minimum of 2 years of experience working on multi-tiered applications that are designed, developed and delivered as cloud-based solutions:
• Experience with cloud data platforms and services, especially Snowflake, DBT, Airflow, Kubernetes, and cloud-native deployment patterns.
• Designing and developing Cloud Native applications
• Creating data pipelines using Snowflake/DBT/Airflow
• Deploying and configuring well performing Cloud Native applications
• Experience with:
• Relational databases such as Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server
• Unstructured data and persistence models such as MongoDB, Snowflake
• DevOps toolsets for versioning, containers, such as Git, Docker, Kubernetes, Maven
• Job Orchestration tools Control M, Apache Airflow
• Event/data streaming platform, such as Kafka,
• Spring MVC and Angular development Event-driven architecture, domain-driven design, and API-first development
• Monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, Prometheus, or Grafana
• Data masking, tokenization, encryption, access controls, personally identifiable information handling, and secure data lifecycle management

Additional Knowledge And/or Experience Desired

• Development experience in the financial services industry including banking, wealth management, investment management, asset data and investment processing
• Possesses Azure, AWS, or OCI certifications
• Test Driven Development
• Application migrations to the cloud
• CI/CD and DevOps concepts, tools like Ansible, Terraform and library management tools like Artifactory
• Strong understanding of audit, compliance, data retention, metadata management, and regulatory control requirements.
• Identity Technologies (OAuth, Azure AD, AWS IAM, OKTA, Ping)
• Angular, Typescript, or React

What We Would Like From You

• Exceptional communication abilities
• Advanced system and technical analysis expertise
• Ability to mentor developers, review code and designs, and encourage engineering best practices across the team
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical designs, user stories, acceptance criteria, and implementation plans
• Strong self-motivation and capability to manage multiple priorities effectively
• Demonstrated capacity to build robust internal networks across the platform
• Superior collaboration, negotiation, and conflict management skills
• Creative thinking and aptitude for identifying optimal solutions
• Proficiency in developing concrete results and deliverables from abstract concepts
• Outstanding problem-solving capabilities
• Diagnostic proficiency in analyzing technical, business, and financial challenges and solutions
• Ability to draw insights from prior examples and eagerness to comprehend application architecture
• Results-oriented approach with adaptability to rapid change
• Commitment to exemplify SEI's core values: courage, integrity, collaboration, inclusion, connection, and fun

SEI’s Competitive Advantage

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including comprehensive care for your physical and mental well-being, a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, a hybrid working environment for most roles, support for working parents and flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.

Benefits include healthcare (medical, dental, vision, prescription, wellness, EAP, FSA), life and disability insurance (premiums paid for base coverage), 401(k) match, education assistance, commuter benefits, up to 11 paid holidays/year, 21 days PTO/year pro-rated for new hires which increases over time, paid parental leave, back-up childcare arrangements, paid volunteer days, a discounted stock purchase plan, investment options, access to thriving employee networks and more.

We are a technology and asset management company delivering on our promise of building brave futures (SM)—for our clients, our communities, and ourselves. Come build your brave future at SEI.

The position title reflected in this job description is aligned with SEI's current internal job architecture. As part of SEI's role and career framework, internal job titles may not directly correspond to external market titles and may differ from titles previously assigned during an employee's tenure or at the time of hire.

SEI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and so much more…

After over 50 years in business, SEI remains a leading global provider of investment processing, investment management, and investment operations solutions. Reflecting our experience within financial services and financial technology our offices encompass an open floor plan and numerous art installations designed to encourage innovation and creativity in our workforce. We recognize that our people are our most valuable asset and that a healthy, happy, and motivated workforce is key to our continued growth. At SEI, we’re (literally) invested in your success. We offer our employees paid parental leave, back-up childcare arrangements, paid volunteer days, education assistance and access to thriving employee networks.

SEI is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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