Senior Development Lead

Vichara is a Financial Services focused products and services firm headquartered in NY and building systems for some of the largest i-banks and hedge funds in the world. Hands-on engineering role focused on building and scaling business-critical applications for Global Credit platform. This role partners closely with investment professionals and business stakeholders to design, develop, and deliver high-quality software solutions that improve credit workflows, analytics, and decision-making. Design, build, and maintain full-stack applications using Python on the backend and React / Next.js on the frontend Develop APIs and services that integrate with internal platforms, data sources, and third-party tools Develop retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines and LLM-based workflows using tools such as LangChain or LlamaIndex Minimum of 8 years of hands-on experience building production systems using Python, with strong experience working with enterprise data platforms and databases (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, PostgreSQL, MS SQL) Frontend development experience with React and/or Next.js Experience developing or integrating AI-enabled applications, including familiarity with LLMs and orchestration frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex) Prior experience or exposure to the investment management or financial services industry