United States, New York, Backend Developer jobs

Work as part of the Business Applications Team (Microsoft Dynamics & Power Platform) delivering project based work and managed services to our clients. You will work as part of a project team and will be responsible for various activities, including but not limited to design, build/configuration, testing, analysis, delivery and support of Dynamics & Power Platform solutions. This position is fast-paced and ever-changing, which means you’ll need to be a flexible self-starter and be able to manage changing priorities and learning new and rapidly changing technology solutions.

As part of your training we’ll help you to develop your technical and soft business skills to support your career, so you can learn emerging technology and be empowered to jump right in. You’re likely to balance your time among different Dynamics & Power Platform solutions and other immersive technologies such as the Azure cloud, robotics, machine learning and blockchain. As part of that, you’ll need to be a logical thinker and have an active passion for learning and being challenged.

Essential Functions of the Job:

• Assist in the design, development, and testing of Microsoft Dynamics 365 & Power Platform solutions and their deployment.

• Develop and enhance Plug-ins to extend the functionality of Dynamics 365 applications.

• Participate in code reviews and adhere to best practices in software development

• Work on configurations such as creating entities, forms, workflows, business rules, dashboards and reports.

• Create, Update and maintain Model Driven Apps, Canvas App, Power Automate flows and Power Pages.

• Conduct unit tests and analyze results to confirm that developed code meets requirements

• Develop specifications and design documents Based upon client requirements and translate them into technical specifications.

• Based on the created specifications and design documents create use cases and business process flows

• Document completed configuration following agile build

• Lead teams according to the assigned development feature

• Provide feedback to team members on the requirement specifications and design documents

• Review configurations and builds for completeness and accuracy to design

• Capture and review mapping documents related to data integration and migration efforts

• Perform data related activities such as export, import, transformation, deduplication and cleansing

• Support integration and data migration development and testing efforts

• Support user acceptance testing thru the identification and resolution of identified defects

• Support deployment of solutions to client’s pre-production environments

• Develop training and communications materials to drive user adoption

• Assist in identifying, investigating, and resolving users’ problems with deployed solutions

• Fielding support request through various methods such as calls, chat, email, and/or other communication from users with inquiries regarding use of deployed solutions

• Guiding users through diagnostic and troubleshooting processes, which may include use of diagnostic tools and software and/or following verbal instructions

• Collaborates with programmers to explain errors and/or recommend modifications in programs

• Mentoring Associate Analysts and Analysts on the above responsibilities

• Support the Managers and Senior Managers in upward stakeholder management and day-to-day management of the Dynamics Competency within the Service Delivery Center

Knowledge and Skills Requirements:

• Stay abreast of current business, technology and industry trends relevant to the client's business process management needs

• Experience in software configuration, development, workflow and process design, analysis and quality assurance

• Understanding of release management processes and experience with DevOps pipelines.

• Knowledge of C#, .NET and JavaScript for customizing Dynamics 365 Forms and extending functionality.

• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365, Power Platform or CRM solutions and cloud-based technologies (Azure).

• Familiarity with CSS to create and enhance custom user interfaces and improve the user experience.

• Analytical thinking and aptitude to learn and adapt latest technologies and best industry standards and practices

• Experience with implementing technology solutions using Agile and Waterfall methodologies

• Experience with analyzing and solving problems of a complex nature and working with business, management and technology concepts

• Knowledge of project management, teaming, organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills a plus

• Experience working in a shared services function and environment a plus

Supervision Responsibilities:

• Senior Analysts are designated to be a Counselor for three to five Staff/Analyst level employees within three years of entering the Senior Analyst rank. The Counselor role is responsible for managing an employee’s career development, skills development and performance management.

Other Requirements:

• Willingness and ability to travel up to 20% of the time

• Valid US Passport

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems or other technical field of study

• Minimum of 3 years of experience as a member of a technology team participating in one or many of the technology life cycle phases; could include requirements definition, architecture design, conversion and testing

Certification Requirements:

• Candidates are preferred with one or more of the following:

• Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals, Exam PL-900

• Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant, PL-200

• Microsoft Power Platform Developer Associate, PL-400

• Power Automate RPA Developer Associate, Exam PL-500

This job description is intended as a guide to reflect the principal functions of the job. However, it is not an all-inclusive listing of the required job functions and functions may vary depending on the particular geographic location of the job and/or the manager. Further, the job description is subject to change at the discretion of management.

Your key responsibilities

You will be part of diverse teams of professionals across different geographies to deliver a wide range of data and analytics services. You will be solving complex issues and driving growth across financial services.

Skills and attributes for success

• Fostering an innovative and inclusive team-oriented work environment
• Leading and coaching diverse teams of professionals with different backgrounds
• Providing subject matter expertise in defining technical and business approaches
• Building strong relationships with the clients and cultivating business opportunities
• Initiating and building thought leadership through white papers, point of views, and proof of concepts
• Working in an entrepreneurial environment to pave your own career path
• Propose and drive new technologies to enhance or replace existing business processes

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Undergraduate or master’s degree in a quantitative field (e.g. engineering, computer science, business, economics, finance, statistics, and/or analytics)
• Around 6 or more years of related work experience in banking, capital markets, insurance or asset management space
• Superior communication (verbal and written) with the ability to effectively advocate technical solutions and results to technology and business audiences at all levels and disciplines within EY and client organizations
• Experience working independently, efficiently and effectively under extreme time constraints and delivering results by critical deadlines
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience with client-facing activities such as requirements gathering, facilitating meetings, presentation creation, and ability to prepare client ready deliverables
• Prior experience in project management and client serving roles
• Excellent leadership and teaming skills
• Strong organizational and time-management skills
• Ability to integrate new knowledge and adapt to change with a natural curiosity and desire to learn
• A willingness and ability to travel to meet client needs; travel is estimated at 60%
• Valid passport

AI Specific

• Ability to understand business challenges and translate them into value-add analytics and insights solutions.
• Practical experience in leading and managing multi-disciplinary teams through a product life cycle – requirements, design, development, and testing.
• Experience designing, building, and maintaining production-grade ML and DL models, machine learning workflows, and pipelines. Demonstrated exploration of new techniques outside of day-to-day job duties.
• Proficiency in Generative AI techniques, including GANs (Generative Adversarial Networks), VAEs (Variational Autoencoders), and transformers. Experience with working open-source and commercial LLMs
• Helping clients make data-driven decisions by working with structured and unstructured data sets, building out predictive models, and advising our clients on leading practices.
• Building and applying data analysis algorithms (data mining, statistics, machine learning, natural language processing, RNNs, CNNs, etc.) as appropriate.
• Designing, architecting, and developing solutions leveraging big data technology (Hadoop, Cassandra, Spark, Neo4j) to ingest, process, and analyze large, disparate data sets to exceed business requirements.
• Leveraging in-house data platforms as needed and recommending and building new data platforms/solutions as required to exceed business requirements.
• A thorough understanding of the Python programming language and associated machine learning libraries/packages (sklearn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, statsmodels, etc.).
• Experience in multiple tools/language/frameworks within the Big Data & cloud ecosystem (Hadoop, MongoDB, Neo4j, Spark, Hive, HBase, Cassandra, etc.).
• Demonstrated experience of managing and mentoring teams of data scientists, ML engineers, and data engineers on the execution of specific business use cases for AI/ML.
• Strong machine learning and data structure design, development, application of advanced analytical and statistical methods, and architecture experience.
• Ability to quantify improvement in business areas resulting from optimization techniques through the use of business analytics and/or statistical modeling.
• Collaborate with our data scientists to map data fields to hypotheses and curate, wrangle, and prepare data for use in their advanced analytical models.

Additional Requirements:

• Extensive experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) for deploying and managing ML and AI solutions.
• Strong deep learning experience, particularly in applications of Neural Network architectures to Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Machine Intelligence, and/or Reinforcement Learning.
• Expertise in designing and deploying cloud-native architectures and solutions that leverage serverless computing, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and microservices.
• Experience in integrating AI/ML solutions within cloud environments to ensure scalability, reliability, and security.
• Familiarity with cloud-based machine learning services like AWS SageMaker, AWS Bedrock, Google AI Platform, Azure Machine Learning & Azure AI Studio
• Knowledge of MLOps practices for continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) of machine learning models in a cloud environment.
• Understanding of data security and privacy best practices in cloud environments, including compliance
• Practical experience in developing and deploying Generative AI applications for various use cases such as text generation, image synthesis, and creative AI.
• Strong ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) or Science (MS) preferred
• Prior consulting experience

As a Product Manager, you know what it takes to design, develop and drive the adoption of great digital products and services.

Your key responsibilities

Working with strategists, designers, developers and other key stakeholders, you will be responsible for concepting, designing, and developing digital products and services that address a market opportunity.

You will create personas, conduct product research to inform concepts and new features, design products, and develop the corresponding user stories and requirements. You will manage the product backlog, work day-to-day with the engineering teams to clarify requirements and recommend alternative approaches to meeting business requirements when necessary.

You will conduct ongoing experimentation and evaluate user feedback, usage of the product and key metrics, with an eye toward continuously improving the product and user experience.You also will drive ongoing market and user research to shape the longer-term product strategy and product roadmap.

Skills and attributes for success

To qualify for the role you must have

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline
• 5+ years of solid product management experience
• Obsessive attention to detail and organizational skills
• Ability to learn quickly, and execute independently with minimal guidance
• Excellent oral, written, and visual communication and presentation skills

• Passion for creating products and experiences that resonate with users and demonstrate strong adoption

• Proven track record of success launching and iterating customer-facing digital products
• Ability to synthesize input and insights from multiple sources and prioritize accordingly
• Experience working in Agile, with generative AI, on mobile product development, and on customer-facing digital products
• Some technical knowledge from formal education or practical experience

Ideally, you will have

• Demonstrated continuous learning and exploration of emergent technologies and methods
• A relentless mindset for problem solving and originating new solutions

What we look for

• Strong experience in managing developer teams – whether they are in-house or outsourced
• The ability to stay agile, resolve business challenges efficiently, and ensure high-quality results without getting bogged down in the process
• Proactive individuals who can engage and energize their teams, peers and stakeholders