Senior Software Engineer

Location: Hybrid
Duration: 6-months contract
Pay: $68.00+ hourly 

JOB DESCRIPTION
Our Retail client with over $80B in annual revenue has over 2,000 stores, across 21 US states, with over 400,000 employees. This company is a leader in sustainable retailing with a passion for delivering excellence. By driving omni channel growth, efficiency in the shopping experience and continuing to develop with new technologies; this company is growing and developing continuing success. The leadership team strives for work-life balance for all its employees, with options for overtime if desired.

As a Financial Systems – Distributed Solutions Delivery – Software Engineer, you will play a key role in delivering AI-infused, distributed financial solutions within a large retail organization. This role focuses on supporting, integrating, and optimizing enterprise financial platforms that power high-volume processes such as Accounts Payable (AP), procurement, and related finance functions.

You will work across a complex ecosystem of enterprise tools and cloud platforms to ensure secure, reliable data flow, system resilience, and operational performance. Emphasis is placed on solution design, logical problem-solving, and intelligent automation enablement—without requiring hands-on application coding. Partnering closely with Finance, IT, and cross-functional teams, you will help deliver scalable solutions that incorporate AI-driven insights, automation, and analytics as business priorities evolve.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Financial Systems Integration and Support

• Design, review, and support integrations across distributed financial systems (e.g., Coupa for procurement/spend, SAP for ERP/finance, and related enterprise platforms), ensuring accurate, compliant, and resilient data exchange in a high-transaction retail environment.

AI-Infused Solution Delivery and Innovation

• Identify, evaluate, and support AI-enabled capabilities—such as intelligent automation, anomaly detection, predictive insights, and workflow optimization—to enhance financial operations, reduce manual effort, and improve decision-making across AP and procurement processes.

Cross-Functional Collaboration and Process Improvement

• Partner with Business Analysts, Business Relationship Managers (BRMs), Finance, Procurement, and Operations teams to assess process inefficiencies and translate business needs into fundable IT initiatives, including AI-driven enhancements, for Finance leadership review.

Cloud Architecture and Adaptability

• Contribute to solution design within hybrid and multi-cloud environments, with the ability to quickly learn and apply emerging cloud services, AI platforms, and integration patterns as business and technology landscapes evolve.

Risk Management and Disaster Recovery

• Support risk assessments, regulatory and compliance requirements (e.g., SOX, data privacy), and disaster recovery planning to ensure business continuity, system resilience, and secure operation of financial platforms.

System Monitoring and Observability

• Leverage monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Datadog, Reveille, or equivalent platforms) to track system health, performance trends, and issue resolution across distributed and AI-enabled solutions.

Performance Analytics and Reporting

• Enable collection of operational and KPI data into Azure Data Lake and support Power BI dashboards that provide business visibility into system health, process efficiency, AI effectiveness, and overall IT solution performance.

Continuous Improvement

• Proactively recommend enhancements to financial systems, integrations, and workflows—balancing stability with innovation—to align IT delivery with evolving retail finance objectives.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).
• 10+ years of experience in IT roles supporting financial systems, integrations, solution delivery, or architecture within large-scale environments (retail, grocery, or other high-transaction industries preferred).
• Proven experience integrating and supporting distributed enterprise financial systems, including Coupa and/or SAP, and associated upstream/downstream platforms.
• Hands-on exposure to cloud-based solutions (hybrid/multi-cloud), system monitoring/observability tools (e.g., Datadog, Reveille, or equivalents), and analytics platforms such as Azure Data Lake and Power BI.
• Experience supporting or enabling AI-driven capabilities (e.g., automation, analytics, predictive insights) within enterprise or finance system contexts is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated background in risk management, disaster recovery, and compliance for financial IT systems.

Technical / Business Skills

• Strong understanding of distributed financial systems and AP-centric processes in retail or similar environments.
• Ability to assess, design, and support secure, scalable integration patterns, including governance controls (encryption, access management, SOX compliance).
• Logical, analytical troubleshooting skills for complex distributed environments, without requiring hands-on coding.
• Capacity to quickly learn and adapt to new tools, platforms, and AI technologies as business needs change.