What Youll Do:

The candidate will be responsible for leading a team of skilled software engineers designing and delivering scalable and resilient hybrid and Cloud-based applications and data solutions supporting critical financial market clearing and risk activities; helping to drive the strategy of transforming the enterprise into a data-driven organization; lead through innovative strategic thinking in building data solutions.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily.

You will be part of the Data team, a diverse group of dedicated engineers who are very passionate about data. As the Data team member, you will be working alongside experts that are building OCC’s next generation Data Platform in the cloud, paving the future of digital transformation in the capital markets and responsible for crafting and building cloud-based applications and data systems that will serve as the backbone for enterprise data management and analytics capabilities.

Manage, lead, and mentor software development team
Serve as technical product owner flushing out detailed business, architectural, and design requirements
Develop solutions to complex technical challenges while coding, testing, troubleshooting and documenting the systems you and your team develop
Recommend architectural changes and new technologies and tools that improve the efficiency and quality of OCC’s systems and development processes
Lead the efforts to optimize application performance and resilience though analysis, code refactoring, and systems tuning
Collaborate with others to deliver complex projects involving the integration with multiple systems
Work closely with internal and external business and technology partners.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Build and manage a team of skilled software engineers

Qualifications:

The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary functions.

8+ years of experience leading software development teams
Experience with Java
Experience with distributed message brokers like Flink, Spark, Kafka Streams, etc.
Experience with Agile development processes for enterprise software solutions
Experience with software testing methodologies and automated testing frameworks
Strong leadership skills
Ability to manage project teams with different timelines and focus
Knowledge of industry trends, best practices, and change management
Strong communication skills with ability to communicate and interact with engineers and business stakeholders
Team player, self-driven, motivated, and able to work under pressure

Technical Skills:

8-10 years of experience in building high performance, large scale data solutions
Experience managing a team of professionals to drive their work, providing mentoring for growth, and delivering constructive feedback or course correction where necessary
8+ years of solutions design and architecture experience
Hands-on development experience with multiple programming languages such as Python and Java
Experience with Big Data processing technologies and frameworks such as Presto, Hadoop, MapReduce, and Spark
Hands-on experiences designing and implementing RESTful APIs
Knowledge and understanding of DevOps tools and technologies such as Terraform, Git, Jenkins, Docker, Harness, Nexus/Artifactory, and CI/CD pipelines
Knowledge of SQL, data warehousing design concepts, various data management systems (structured and semi structured) and integrating with various database technologies (Relational, NoSQL)
Experience working with Cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Experience with stream processing technologies and frameworks such as Kafka, Spark Streaming, Flink
Familiarity with monitoring related tools and frameworks like Splunk, Elasticsearch, SignalFX, and AppDynamics
Good understanding of data integrations patterns, technologies, and tools

Education and/or Experience:

BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Masters degree preferred
8+ years of software development experience
Experience in managing teams

Certificates or Licenses:

OCP Java Programmer Certification (preferred)
AWS Certified Solutions Architect (preferred)

ences should include developing / architecting core libraries or framework used by the platform to support fundamental services like storage, alert notifications, security, etc.
[Required] Experience with cloud technologies and migrations using public cloud vendor preferably using cloud foundational services like AWS’s VPCs, Security groups, EC2, RDS, S3 ACLs, KMS, AWS CLI and IAM etc.
Experience with distributed message brokers using Kafka
[Required] Experience with high speed distributed computing frameworks such as AWS EMR, Hadoop, HDFS, S3, MapReduce, Apache Spark, Apache Hive, Kafka Streams, Apache Flink etc.
[Required] Experience working with various types of databases like Relational, NoSQL, Object-based, Graph
[Required] Working knowledge of DevOps tools. Eg Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Helm and CI/CD pipeline etc.
[Required] Familiarity with monitoring related tools and frameworks like Splunk, ElasticSearch, Prometheus, AppDynamics

Certifications

[Preferred] OCP Java SE 8 Programmer Certification
[Preferred] AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Level

About Us

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is the worlds largest equity derivatives clearing organization. Founded in 1973, OCC is dedicated to promoting stability and market integrity by delivering clearing and settlement services for options, futures and securities lending transactions. As a Systemically Important Financial Market Utility (SIFMU), OCC operates under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. OCC has more than 100 clearing members and provides central counterparty (CCP) clearing and settlement services to 19 exchanges and trading platforms. More information about OCC is available at www.theocc.com.

Benefits

A highly collaborative and supportive environment developed to encourage work-life balance and employee wellness. Some of these components include:

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

Visit https://www.theocc.com/careers/thriving-together for more information.

Compensation

The salary range listed for any given position is exclusive of fringe benefits and potential bonuses. If hired at OCC, your final base salary compensation will be determined by factors such as skills, experience and/or education.
In addition, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as part of any final offer.
We typically do not hire at the maximum of the range in order to allow for future and continued salary growth. We also offer a substantial benefits package as noted on www.theocc.com/careers
All employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus. Discretionary bonuses are based on various factors, including, but not limited to, company and individual performance and are not guaranteed.

Salary Range

$169,100.00 - $280,800.00

Incentive Range

23% to 30%

This position is eligible for an annual discretionary incentive compensation award, for which the target range is listed above (see Incentive Range). The amount of such award, if any, will be based on various factors, including without limitation, both individual and company performance.

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OCC is an Equal Opportunity Employer