Lead Associate Principal, Software Engineering: Streaming Development

The Options Clearing Corporation • Dallas, TX

63d • Hybrid

About The Position

You will serve as 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 data solutions.

Requirements

• Experience with high speed distributed computing frameworks like FLINK, Apache Spark, Kafka Streams, etc
• Experience with distributed message brokers Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Amazon Kinesis
• 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 developing and delivering technical solutions using public cloud service providers like Amazon, Google, etc
• Experience writing unit and integration tests with testing frameworks like Junit, Citrus
• Experience working with various types of databases like Relational, NoSQL, Object-based, Graph
• Experience following Git workflows
• Working knowledge of DevOps tools. Eg Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Helm and CI/CD pipeline etc
• Familiarity with monitoring related tools and frameworks like Splunk, ElasticSearch, Prometheus, AppDynamics
• 7+ year of experience in building high speed, data-centric solutions
• Java 5+ years of experience
• BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field required

Nice To Haves

• Kafka
• OCP Java SE 8 Programmer Certification is a plus
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Level
• Masters in Computer Science

Responsibilities

• Actively participates and lead 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
• Primarily responsibility is application design and development of streaming application 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
• 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. Risk analytics technology implementations experience a plus
• 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 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees