Senior Rules Engineer

Job Title: Senior Rules Engineer (DRL / Drools)

Location: Charlotte, NC (Hybrid – 3 days/week onsite)
Job Type: Full Time
Experience Level: Senior (8+ years)

Job Description:

We're hiring a Senior Rules Engineer to support a banking client in Charlotte, NC. In this role, you'll design and maintain the business rules systems that power automated decisioning — such as credit decisioning, fraud detection, and compliance checks — and work directly with client stakeholders to translate policy into rule logic.

What You'll Do:

• Design business rule models that translate banking policy and regulatory requirements into executable logic
• Author and maintain rules using DRL (Drools Rule Language) in a BRMS such as Drools/KIE
• Architect rule hierarchies, managing priority and resolving rule conflicts
• Manage rule versioning across development, test, and production environments
• Implement decision trace and audit logging to support regulatory and compliance reviews
• Serve as a key technical point of contact for client stakeholders — gathering requirements, presenting solutions, and troubleshooting issues
• Partner with business analysts, compliance/risk teams, and developers

What You'll Need:

• 8+ years of experience in business rules engineering
• Hands-on expertise with DRL and a rules engine (Drools/KIE, Blaze Advisor, IBM ODM, or Corticon)
• Experience designing rule hierarchies and managing rule versioning/lifecycle
• Experience with decision trace/explainability, ideally within a regulated industry (banking, insurance, healthcare)
• Strong communication skills for client-facing work
• Proficiency in Java/Spring
• Ability to work onsite in Charlotte, NC 3 days per week

Additional Information:

• Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future employer sponsorship. We are unable to sponsor visas for this position.

Pay: $95,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Charlotte, NC 28202