Lead Associate Principal, Software Engineering: Java

The OCC • Dallas, TX

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Associate Principal, Software Engineering (Java) will be a major contributor in the architecture design and development of scalable, resilient, hybrid cloud-based solutions supporting critical financial risk management activities. This role involves mentoring and collaborating with developers, architects, and product owners to drive the strategy of transforming the enterprise into a data-driven organization. The Associate Principal will lead through innovative strategic thinking in building solutions and will be a team player, working effectively with business, technical, and non-technical professionals in a project environment.

Requirements

• 8+ year 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.
• Must be able to write good quality code with 90% or above unit and integration tests coverage.
• Experience following Git workflows is required.
• BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field required.

Nice To Haves

• Risk analytics technology implementations experience a plus.
• Experience with distributed message brokers like Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Amazon Kinesis, etc. is desirable.
• 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.
• Experience with high speed distributed computing frameworks involving MapReduce techniques like Apache Spark, Kafka Streams, Apache Flink etc. is a plus.
• Experience with testing frameworks like Junit, Citrus is desirable.
• Experience working with various types of databases like Relational, NoSQL, Object-based, Graph.
• 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.
• Masters preferred.
• OCP Java SE 8 Programmer Certification is a plus.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Level is a plus.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Actively participates in design of highly performing, scalable, secure, reliable and cost optimized solutions.
• 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 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.
• 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.
• Experience integrating modelling libraries required.
• A major influencer & strategic thinker, this person should also mentor developers and collaborate across multiple cross functional team to achieve the desired outcome.

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal