Sr. Software Developer (Blaze)

Hyundai Capital America•Irvine, CA

About The Position

Through our service brands Hyundai Motor Finance, Genesis Finance, and Kia Finance, Hyundai Capital America offers a wide range of financial products tailored to meet the needs of Hyundai, Genesis, and Kia customers and dealerships. We provide vehicle financing, leasing, subscription, and insurance solutions to over 3 million consumers and businesses. Embodying our commitment to grow, innovate, and diversify, we strive to reimagine the customer and dealer experience and launch innovative new products that broaden our market reach. We believe that success comes from within and are proud to support our team members through skill development and career advancement. Hyundai Capital America is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture for our workforce. We are a values-driven company dedicated to supporting both internal and external communities through volunteering, philanthropy, and the empowerment of our Employee Resource Groups. Together, we strive to be the leader in financing freedom of movement. The Manager, Software Developer (Blaze) will manage daybreak and blaze applications focused on supporting loan and lease originations including software projects, infrastructure projects, software packages and interfaces. This role will partner with business units to understand their business plans and requirements and work with them to identify how technology can enhance their business processes. Serve as a liaison between IT and business, PMO and vendor teams. As the subject matter expert on IT and business processes the Manager, Software Developer will provide guidance on best practices considering impact of changes from a global business perspective. Lead IT and vendor teams in delivery of corporate initiatives, other project and system change requests.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Technology, or related field desired
Minimum 8 years of FICO Blaze development experience and successfully leading large scale Enterprise projects.
Strong experience in designing and maintaining complex rulesets and design structures.
Experience in any loan origination applications.
Experience in Java or any other programming languages.
Experience with implementing scorecards and risk models.
Experience in production support/maintenance for a large enterprise application.
Excellent leadership skills
Strong problem solving and analytical skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively interact with business stakeholders, vendors, and technical teams.
Strong programming language and database experience.
Proven track record of successfully participating in all aspects of a software development project.
Good understanding of SQL.
Experience in Tibco or any other middleware tools.
Java / J2ee development experience.
Experience in performance tuning and optimization of rule engines.
Familiarity with cloud-based deployment and microservices architecture.
Experience with Web logic or similar application server.
Experience with Jenkins or similar CI tools.

Nice To Haves

Financial services and/or automotive industry experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead development of corporate initiatives, front office projects, enhancements and change requests. Work closely with PMO, business, and vendor partners and internal and HQ IT team members to ensure projects are estimated and delivered on schedule.
Develop business rules and decision management solutions using FICO Blaze Advisor.
Ensure that development stays on track and resolve issues/defects in a timely manner.
Coordinate with offshore developers and manage work assignments.
Ensuring successful Operations Support & Project delivery of Daybreak (loan origination system) and blaze (Rules engine) Integration, Administration & process engagements.
Lead development teams through design challenges helping to clear roadblocks for team members to achieve positive results. Facilitate communication of business requirements to internal and HQ IT teams
Design to-be system based on business requirements by teaming up with HCA development and business teams for design analysis sessions and reviewing the existing architecture of the system and providing solution which meets the requirements and aligns with HCA project management and HCA architecture review guidelines.
Provide guidance to business on IT processes and, as a subject matter expert in business functions, provide recommendations on best practices to improve systems.
Partner with business units to understand business pain points to translate to technical/functional requirements adhering to HCA best practices while uncovering impacts to upstream or downstream processes.
Proactively act as solution consultant bringing process improvements to business teams by fully understanding capabilities of the system and effectively communicating the value and efficiencies of a change.
Intake business requirements to provide impact assessment identifying estimates (cost/time) to develop.
Manage vendor relationship with HCA IT’s key strategic partners involved in day-to-day production, projects, or other enhancements.
Hold vendor accountable for service levels, project deliverables and milestone dates. Collect and review SOWs for completeness and accuracy. Work with PMO to ensure vendor and contractor funding in place to support IT resources involved in project or enhancement efforts.
Assist with identifying appropriate resources and external vendors, developing schedules, and managing external vendors and internal resources to ensure successful implementation of the assigned applications.
Lead and coordinate the development, designing, coding, testing, debugging, and implementation of blaze and daybreak applications using Blaze Rules Engine, Java, and Database queries, adhering to corporate requirements and standards.
Schedule design and code review sessions with development teams and business teams to enforce design, coding standards and best practices for projects and enhancements requests.
Manage and ensure SCRs are opened and properly updated throughout enhancement and/or project lifecycle. Ensure proper SCR audit trail and documentation present in preparation for CCB deployment approval. Represent IT at deployment approval meetings.
Monitor and test application performance for potential bottlenecks, identify possible solutions, and work with developers to implement those fixes.
Troubleshoot and provide guidance to production support teams on escalated system issues working with development teams and production support to propose and implement solutions.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision plans with no-cost and low-cost options
Annual employer HSA contribution
401(k) matching and immediate vesting
Vehicle purchase and lease discounts, plus monthly vehicle allowances by job level:
Associate / Sr. Associate: $350
Manager / Sr. Manager: $600
Director: $800
Executive Director: $900
VP or Above: $1,000
100%25 employer-paid life and disability insurance
No-cost health and wellbeing programs, including a gym benefit
Six weeks of paid parental leave
Paid Volunteer Time Off, plus a company donation to a charity of your choice