Associate Principal, Software Engineering: Java

The OCC•Chicago, IL

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

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

Requirements

5+ years of experience in building large scale, compute and event-driven solutions.
Experience (including internal workings of Java) in Java 11+ is required.
Experience developing software using Object Oriented Designs, advance patterns (like AOP) and multi-threading is required.
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 80% 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.
Experience with performance optimization, profiling, and memory management.
BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field required.

Nice To Haves

Experience with distributed message brokers like Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Amazon Kinesis, etc. is desirable.
Familiarity with DevOps tools. Eg Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Helm and CI/CD pipeline etc.is a plus.
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.
OCP Java SE 8 Programmer Certification is a plus
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Level is a plus
Masters preferred.

Responsibilities

Actively participates and contributes to requirement analysis and reviews to identify missing or incomplete requirements.
Actively participates in design of highly performing, scalable, secure, reliable and cost optimized solutions.
Primary 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.
Participates in code-reviews based on high engineering standards
Writes unit and integration tests based on chosen test frameworks.
Assists 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.
Assist with departmental and new employee training.

Benefits

A highly collaborative and supportive environment developed to encourage work-life balance and employee wellness.
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

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