Sr Software Engineer

SS & C Technologies Inc
Kansas city, MO
20 May 2024

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The speed of technology. The influx of data. Shifting regulations. Increased customer expectations.

That's where you'll find SS&C, helping clients find opportunity in ever-changing and complex customer, business, and regulatory requirements. Mastering complexity is a constantly changing and evolving challenge - one that only a few people can embrace and thrive upon.

If you see your opportunity in complexity , then we are the right fit for you.

Job Description:

Role Overview

The RPA Engineer within the Global Investment Distribution Services (GIDS) division of SS&C plays a central role in converting a business problem into an automation-based solution that delivers value to the organization in the form of efficiency and quality improvement. They are skilled in the use of multiple technologies and have mastered the use of Robotic Process Automation as a way to solve processes that are often determined to not be "a fit for traditional automation."

As a member of the GIDS Automation team, the RPA Engineer will collaborate with business stakeholders, solution analysts, and engineers from other disciplines to design solutions, create requirements, and develop enterprise grade RPA based solutions.

The individual will be versed in applying various design patterns and models to meet the need of the problem in front of them. They are comfortable working individually and within a team or scrum setting. They are adept at knowing when to apply RPA, and when (and how) to integrate another technology into the solution.

The engineer must display proven experience delivering solutions that incorporate the use of:
  • Tight integration with a Business Process Modeling (BPM) ecosystem
  • Surface Automation
  • Intelligent Document Processing (OCR, ICR, and ML)
  • Human-In-the-Loop (HIL)
  • API's, ODBC/JDBC queries, JSON/XML/CSV and other flat file inputs
  • ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) model based solutions
  • The creation and use of long running, persistent automations
  • Rules engines, logic based flows, and RegEx commands to evaluate workflows
In addition to their primary role of building new solutions, the engineer also provides support and maintenance for automations under the Product team's umbrella. They will also play a key role in the build out, testing, and long-term roadmap of the RPA and broader automation platform, infrastructure, and capability stack.

Responsibilities
  • Partner with business stakeholders, solution analysts, and relevant technology resources to understand business requirements and transform them into effective, resilient automations.
  • Create and leverage detailed business requirements, technical documentation, and SDLC components (e.g. PDD, SDD, etc.) in order to efficiently build documented solutions
  • Individually or as a member of a development centered scrum team design, code, test, and implement RPA based automations
  • Identify the most efficient manner in which to deliver a solution to the business stakeholder while still meeting their requirements.
  • Participate in design sessions, estimations, Scrum ceremonies (PI/Sprint planning, sprint review, estimation, standups, etc.)
  • Support existing processes and implement change requirements as part of a structured change control process
  • At times serve as the Lead Developer in a scrum team of multiple developers working towards the same delivery goal.
  • Provide mentorship to junior developers on BluePrism/UiPath platforms and best practices and standards.
  • Provide accurate estimates and communicate project develop progress
  • Identify new methods and capabilities through active prototyping, R&D, and continuous learning.
  • Maintenance and enhancement of existing RPA processes
  • Complete Full Unit testing as well as troubleshooting UAT / volume testing
  • Lead and coordinate code reviews to ensure necessary standards have been adhered to and feedback is acted upon

What are we looking for?

We are searching for a team player who can operate within a fast paced, agile environment that has the ability to manage multiple stakeholders and initiatives in order to build and deliver innovative solutions. They will be able to easily familiarize themselves with the business problems they encounter and leverage their expertise in the RPA space to create solutions that solve the business problem(s) at hand.

This individual must be able to naturally communicate with both the business and technology organizations. They will also be able to code based solely on well written business requirements provided to them by Solution Analysts within the Product Team.

We highly value individuals who are passionate about learning and continuously bringing new ideas to the table in a collaborative way, while also challenging previously conceived approaches. The ideal candidate will be a natural problem solver; applying logical and analytical reasoning in their development practice.

Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent + min 3 years of work experience in developing RPA based solutions.
    • Preferential consideration given to candidates who also have experience with BPMn, OCR, SQL, APIs, HTML, JAVA, .Net, Java, C#, and other technical disciplines.
  • 3+ years of relevant work experience directly applying automation to business solutions.
    • Preference given to experience applying solutions within the US Financial Services Industry
  • Proven and demonstrable experience writing simple to complex code in RPA platforms such as Blue Prism, UI Path, Automation Anywhere, WorkFusion, etc.
    • Preferential consideration for candidates holding active UI Path BluePrism 'Developer', 'RPA Developer', or higher certifications.
  • Effective communication skills, both written and oral, with a wide range of audiences.
  • Ability to anticipate, identify and manages risks
  • Experience working in agile development frameworks (SAFe, Scrum, etc.) using agile project management software such as JIRA.
  • Strategic mindset, with a pragmatic lens and a bias towards action

Location:Kansas City Missouri

SS&C is an equal opportunity employer and values a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information about Equal Opportunity in the Workplace please click here and here . SS&C is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants with disabilities. If you are a qualified individual with a disability and need an accommodation or accessibility assistance to complete the online application, please contact us at for assistance.