[C]-Developer - Application Development Level 5
About The Position
The SAM Technical & Functional Lead will lead end-to-end delivery for NICE Actimize Suspicious Activity Monitoring (SAM) implementations, enhancements, and ongoing support. The role combines functional leadership with hands-on technical execution across requirements, design, development, testing, and production support, in partnership with business stakeholders, AML/compliance teams, data engineers, and developers. The lead will manage and mentor a small team while overseeing Actimize SAM models, rules, scenarios, alert workflows, data pipelines, automation, and release practices. The role also includes stakeholder communications, delivery governance, documentation, and BAU support. The position is based in New York City and is hybrid, with three days per week in the office.
Requirements
- 10+ years of overall experience in AML or financial crime technology delivery.
- 5+ years of hands-on NICE Actimize SAM implementation or support experience, including AIS/UDM table structures.
- Strong understanding of Actimize SAM models, scenarios and rules, alert workflows, and model tuning and calibration concepts.
- Expert-level SQL skills and strong database fundamentals, including troubleshooting performance and data issues across large datasets.
- Hands-on Python proficiency for automation, data analysis, and tooling.
- Strong ETL and data engineering experience, including source-to-target mapping, transformations, controls, and reconciliation.
- Experience using AI tools to accelerate delivery, with appropriate data and privacy controls.
- Proven experience leading or mentoring a small team.
- Strong stakeholder engagement, requirements analysis, and communication skills.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Python libraries such as pandas.
- Exposure to cloud data platforms.
- Experience with Git and modern IDEs such as Visual Studio or VS Code.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end technical and functional delivery for AML Actimize SAM and ActOne implementations and enhancements.
- Work with business and AML stakeholders to translate regulatory and operational needs into functional specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Manage and mentor a small team of developers and analysts; provide technical direction, code reviews, and delivery planning.
- Implement and maintain Actimize SAM models, rule evaluations, scenarios, and alert workflows; oversee model tuning and calibration.
- Design, build, and optimize batch and/or near-real-time ETL and data pipelines feeding SAM, ensuring data quality, lineage, and reconciliation controls.
- Use Python to automate data analysis and operational tasks, including validation, profiling, alert analysis, reporting, and tooling.
- Write and optimize complex SQL for investigations, model calibration, data checks, and performance troubleshooting.
- Use AI tools responsibly to improve delivery speed and quality, including code assistants and tools for requirements summarization and test generation.
- Drive DevOps and release practices, including Git-based version control, CI/CD where applicable, and environment management.
- Own stakeholder communications, RAID management, documentation, and governance across delivery and BAU support.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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