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The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) · 1 day ago

Manager, Software Engineering: UI/UX

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$140K/yr - $231K/yr

10+ years exp

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, dedicated to promoting stability and market integrity. In this role, you will define and drive the vision for a JavaScript-based product engineering team, manage best practices, and collaborate with various teams to deliver high-quality user experiences across applications.

FinanceFinancial ServicesProperty Management

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Drive fullstack JavaScript engineering, best practices, design patterns, and standards

Manage team of fullstack JavaScript Engineers and UI Architects driving standards and best practices for the Dev/Architecture community at OCC

Produce/maintain architectural diagrams and security schematics of systems managed by UX team

Engage security, architect, and systems & infrastructure teams in all architectural decisions

Manage work to deliver on UX team application portfolio, designing solutions that meet OCC standards and industry best practices. Help prioritize work for team

Work with UX Program manager to staff product teams and determine who works where

Work with UX Program manager to help them determine Dev milestones and deliverables

Collaborate with POs on scoping and defining dev work

Work closely with our UX and research team to deliver next generation experiences across our applications

Champion reusability, best practice component design & execution, and accessibility (a11y) within the business

Evaluate third-party npm packages and champion the security assessment and procurement processes

Continual learning of emerging technologies and industry trends

Coach members of the team to align with individual career goals with organizational objectives and grow the technical and soft skills of team members

Foster a sense of psychological safety and well-being, thus enabling the team to perform at their best

Qualification

JavaScript frameworksMicrofrontend architectureWeb securityUI architecturePerformance optimizationTesting toolsObservability toolsAgileCI/CDDevOpsAWSOAuth / Authentication / AuthorizationWCAG compliance

Required

Strong understanding of web security [OAuth / Authentication / Authorization]

Strong understanding of the high-level concepts behind modern JavaScript frameworks and the ability to both architect and execute project work as needed (using frameworks such as ReactJS, NestJS)

Experience with microfrontend architecture such as Single SPA or module federation

Experience with designing release and deployment strategies

Proficiency with performance optimization techniques

Proficiency with testing tools

Ability to effectively and confidently communicate (both verbally and written) technical issues in a clear, collaborative and open-minded manner with both technical and non-technical peers

Experience in using observability tools such as Splunk to monitor, troubleshoot and identify performance issues

Understanding of WCAG accessibility compliance

10+ years of experience developing and architecting web applications