Principal, Software Engineering: Java

4 weeks ago

Chicago, United States The Options Clearing Corporation Full time

What You'll Do:

Principal works with business analysts, team leads and other developers. A major contributor in Architecture design and development of scalable resilient hybrid Cloud-based solutions supporting critical financial risk management activities; mentor and collaborate with developers, architects and product owners to drive the strategy of transforming the enterprise into a data-driven organization; lead through innovative strategic thinking in building solutions. The Principal will be a team player and work well with business, technical and non-technical professionals in a project environment.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

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

Actively participates and leads requirement analysis and reviews to identify missing or incomplete requirements. Must always look for assumptions made in the models and must always validate those assumptions of the models.

  • Leads design, development and testing of highly performing, scalable, secure, reliable and cost optimized solutions.

  • Primarily responsibility is application design and development of next gen clearing applications for business requirements in agreed architecture framework and Agile environment.

  • Thoroughly analyzes requirements, develops, tests, and documents software quality to ensure proper implementation.

  • Follows agreed upon SDLC procedures to ensure that all information system products and services meet: both explicit and implicit quality standards, end-user functional requirements, architectural standards, performance requirements, audit requirements, security rules are upheld, and external facing reporting is properly represented.

  • Performs thorough code-reviews based on high engineering standards.

  • Writes unit and integration tests based on chosen DevOps frameworks.

  • Performs application and project risk analysis and recommends quality improvements.

  • Leads Production Support by providing advice on system functionality and fixes as required.

  • Communicates in a clear and concise manner all time delays or defects in the software immediately to appropriate team members and management.

  • Designs curriculum and organizes departmental and new employee training.

  • A major influencer & strategic thinker, this person should also mentor developers and collaborate across multiple cross functional team to achieve the desired outcome.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

  • NA

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.

  • 10+ years of experience in building large scale, compute and event-driven solutions.

  • Experience (including internal workings of Java) in Java 8+ is required.

  • Experience developing software using Object Oriented Designs, advance patterns (like AOP) and multi-threading is required.

  • Experience with distributed message brokers like Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Amazon Kinesis, etc. is desirable.

  • Experience with high speed distributed computing frameworks like Apache Spark, Kafka Streams, Apache Flink etc. is a plus.

  • Experience with cloud technologies and migrations. Experience preferred with AWS foundational services like VPCs, Security groups, EC2, RDS, S3 ACLs, KMS, AWS CLI and IAM etc.

  • Must be able to write good quality code with 90% or above unit and integration tests coverage. Experience with testing frameworks like Junit, Citrus is desirable.

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

  • Experience following Git workflows is required.

  • Working knowledge of DevOps tools. Eg Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Helm and CI/CD pipeline etc.is desirable.

  • Familiarity with monitoring related tools and frameworks like Splunk, ElasticSearch, Prometheus, AppDynamics is a plus.

  • 'Get stuff done' and flexible mindset for greater good of the organization.

  • Intellectually curious and eager to learn.

Technical Skills:

  • Experience (including internal workings of Java) in Java 8+ is required.

  • Experience developing software using Object Oriented Designs, advance patterns (like AOP) and multi-threading is required.

  • Experience with distributed message brokers like Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Amazon Kinesis, etc. is desirable.

  • Experience with high speed distributed computing frameworks like Apache Spark, Kafka Streams, Apache Flink etc. is a plus.

Education and/or Experience:

  • BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field required

  • Masters preferred

Certificates or Licenses:

  • OCP Java SE 8 Programmer Certification is a plus

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Level is a plus

Who We Are

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is the world's 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.

What We Offer

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

Competitive health benefits including medical, dental and vision

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OCC is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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