Director, Software Engineering - Risk Platform

The OCC•Dallas, TX

48d•Hybrid

About The Position

What You'll Do: Manage a team of highly skilled software engineers in design and development highly scalable and resilient cloud-based Risk applications. Mentor and collaborate with developers, architects, and product owners to successfully deliver business and operational functionality for internal and external users. This candidate must be able to solve problems creatively, communicate effectively, and proactively engage in technical decision making to achieve these objectives. A team player and work well with business, technical and non-technical professionals in a fast paced agile environment Primary Duties and Responsibilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily. You’ll be working alongside experts that are building OCC’s Risk systems in the cloud, and paving the future of digital transformation in the capital markets industry by: Lead and mentor a geographically distributed development team, as well as collaborate and coordinate with vendors Manage the delivery across multiple product teams within Risk IT by establishing commitments and following through with deliveries that are full-scope, on-time, and within budget Collaborate with others to deliver complex projects which may involve the integration with multiple systems. Continuously thinking about the next steps while improving yourself and others around you Developing solutions to complex technical challenges while hands-on coding, testing, troubleshooting, debugging, and documenting the systems you and your team develop Drive the efforts to optimize application performance and resilience through analysis, code refactoring, and system tuning Recommending architectural changes and new technologies and tools that improve the efficiency and quality of OCC’s systems and development processes Supervisory Responsibilities: Build and manage a team of skilled software developers 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.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in building high performance event-driven solutions using large scale distributed frameworks.
Experience managing a team of professionals to drive their book of work, providing mentoring for growth, and delivering constructive feedback or course correction where necessary
Experience with high speed distributed computing frameworks like Flink, Spark, Kafka Streams, etc.
Experience developing software using Object Oriented Designs, advanced design patterns and multi-threading is required.
Experience with distributed message brokers like Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Amazon Kinesis, etc.
Experience with cloud technologies and migrations. Experience preferred with AWS foundational services like VPCs, Security groups, S3, ACLs, KMS, and IAM etc.
Comfort with cloud agnostic technology like Kubernetes, Docker, Rancher, Openshift, Redis, and Kafka
Extensive experience with testing frameworks like Junit.
Experience working with various types of databases like Relational, NoSQL, Object-based, Graph.
Experience following Git workflows is required.
Familiarity with DevOps tools. like Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Helm and CI/CD pipeline etc.
Working knowledge of monitoring related tools and frameworks like Splunk, OTEL, LogicMonitor
‘Get stuff done’ and flexible mindset for greater good of the organization.
Intellectually curious and eager to learn.
10+ years of experience in building high speed distributed solutions
Java 8+ years of experience (including internal workings)
8+ years of experience developing software using Object Oriented Design, advance patterns, and multi-threading
Experience with distributed message brokers, like Kafka, Amazon Kinesis, etc.
BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience

Nice To Haves

Deep business domain knowledge in Financial Risk is preferred
Experience with cloud technologies and migrations. Experience preferred with AWS foundational services like VPCs, Security groups, S3, ACLs, KMS, and IAM etc.
OCP Java SE 8 (minimum) Programmer Certification is a plus
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Level is a plus

Responsibilities

Lead and mentor a geographically distributed development team, as well as collaborate and coordinate with vendors
Manage the delivery across multiple product teams within Risk IT by establishing commitments and following through with deliveries that are full-scope, on-time, and within budget
Collaborate with others to deliver complex projects which may involve the integration with multiple systems. Continuously thinking about the next steps while improving yourself and others around you
Developing solutions to complex technical challenges while hands-on coding, testing, troubleshooting, debugging, and documenting the systems you and your team develop
Drive the efforts to optimize application performance and resilience through analysis, code refactoring, and system tuning
Recommending architectural changes and new technologies and tools that improve the efficiency and quality of OCC’s systems and development processes
Build and manage a team of skilled software developers

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

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