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The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) · 1 month ago

Director, Software Engineering - Risk Platform

Dallas, TX

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$169K/yr - $281K/yr

10+ years exp

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization. They are seeking a Director of Software Engineering to manage a team of software engineers in the design and development of scalable Risk applications, while collaborating with various stakeholders to deliver complex projects and optimizing application performance.

FinanceFinancial ServicesProperty Management

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead and mentor a geographically distributed development team, as well as collaborate and coordinate with vendors

Manage the delivery across multiple product teams within Risk IT by establishing commitments and following through with deliveries that are full-scope, on-time, and within budget

Collaborate with others to deliver complex projects which may involve the integration with multiple systems. Continuously thinking about the next steps while improving yourself and others around you

Developing solutions to complex technical challenges while hands-on coding, testing, troubleshooting, debugging, and documenting the systems you and your team develop

Drive the efforts to optimize application performance and resilience through analysis, code refactoring, and system tuning

Recommending architectural changes and new technologies and tools that improve the efficiency and quality of OCC’s systems and development processes

Build and manage a team of skilled software developers

Qualification

High performance solutionsDistributed computing frameworksCloud technologiesObject Oriented DesignFinancial Risk knowledgeDistributed message brokersTesting frameworksGit workflowsDevOps toolsAgile environmentIntellectual curiosityTeam managementMentoringProblem solvingCommunication

Required

10+ years of experience in building high performance event-driven solutions using large scale distributed frameworks

Experience managing a team of professionals to drive their book of work, providing mentoring for growth, and delivering constructive feedback or course correction where necessary

Experience developing software using Object Oriented Designs, advanced design patterns and multi-threading is required

Experience with distributed message brokers like Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Amazon Kinesis, etc

Experience with cloud technologies and migrations. Experience preferred with AWS foundational services like VPCs, Security groups, S3, ACLs, KMS, and IAM etc. Comfort with cloud agnostic technology like Kubernetes, Docker, Rancher, Openshift, Redis, and Kafka

Extensive experience with testing frameworks like Junit

Experience working with various types of databases like Relational, NoSQL, Object-based, Graph

Experience following Git workflows is required

Familiarity with DevOps tools. like Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Helm and CI/CD pipeline etc

Working knowledge of monitoring related tools and frameworks like Splunk, OTEL, LogicMonitor

'Get stuff done' and flexible mindset for greater good of the organization. Intellectually curious and eager to learn

10+ years of experience in building high speed distributed solutions

Java 8+ years of experience (including internal workings)

8+ years of experience developing software using Object Oriented Design, advance patterns, and multi-threading

Experience with distributed message brokers, like Kafka, Amazon Kinesis, etc

BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience

Preferred

Deep business domain knowledge in Financial Risk is preferred

OCP Java SE 8 (minimum) Programmer Certification is a plus

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Level is a plus

Benefits

A hybrid work environment, up to 2 days per week of remote work

Tuition Reimbursement to support your continued education

Student Loan Repayment Assistance

Technology Stipend allowing you to use the device of your choice to connect to our network while working remotely

Generous PTO and Parental leave

401k Employer Match

Competitive health benefits including medical, dental and vision

Company

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC)

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The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization.

Founded in 1973

Chicago, Illinois, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://www.theocc.com/

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