Lead Associate Principal, Software Engineering: Java

OCC • Chicago, IL

1d • $136,000 - $222,800 • Hybrid

About The Position

This role supports and works collaboratively with business analysts, team leads, and the development team to build scalable, resilient hybrid and cloud-based data solutions for critical financial market clearing and risk activities. The position collaborates with developers, architects, and product owners to support OCC’s transformation into a data-driven organization, working effectively with business, technical, and non-technical professionals in a project environment.

The role develops big-data applications that meet business requirements within an agreed architecture framework and Agile environment. It analyzes requirements; develops, tests, and documents software; follows SDLC procedures and quality, security, performance, audit, and architectural standards; assesses application and project risks; assists production support; communicates delays or defects; and resolves security vulnerabilities.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience building high-speed, data-centric solutions.
• At least 5 years of experience with Java.
• Experience with high-speed distributed computing frameworks such as Flink, Apache Spark, or Kafka Streams.
• Experience with distributed message brokers such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, or Amazon Kinesis.
• Experience with cloud technologies and migrations; AWS foundational services experience is preferred, including VPCs, security groups, EC2, RDS, S3 ACLs, KMS, AWS CLI, and IAM.
• Experience developing and delivering technical solutions using public cloud providers such as Amazon or Google.
• Experience writing unit and integration tests with frameworks such as JUnit or Citrus.
• Experience with relational, NoSQL, object-based, and graph databases.
• Experience following Git workflows.
• Working knowledge of DevOps tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Helm, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with monitoring tools and frameworks such as Splunk, Elasticsearch, Prometheus, or AppDynamics.
• Java software development experience with a deep understanding of Java fundamentals, including the memory model, data structures, concurrency, and multithreading.
• Fluency in object-oriented design, industry best practices, software patterns, and architecture principles.
• Strong testing experience, including developing test plans and automated test cases and working with test frameworks.
• Experience working with two or more of the following: Unix/Linux environments, event-driven systems, transaction processing systems, distributed and parallel systems, large software system development, security software development, or public-cloud platforms.
• Hands-on experience with Java 8 or later, Spring, Spring Boot, microservices, and REST APIs.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a similar technical field.

Nice To Haves

• Deep understanding of troubleshooting performance and multithreaded issues.
• Experience with performance optimization and profiling.
• Master’s degree in Computer Science.
• OCP Java SE 8 Programmer Certification.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Level.

Responsibilities

• Support development of big-data applications that meet business requirements within the agreed architecture framework and Agile environment.
• Analyze requirements, develop and test software, and document software quality to ensure proper implementation.
• Follow SDLC procedures and ensure products and services meet functional, quality, architecture, performance, audit, and security requirements, including appropriate external-facing reporting.
• Perform application and project risk analysis and recommend quality improvements.
• Assist Production Support by advising on system functionality and providing fixes as required.
• Communicate software delays or defects promptly and clearly to appropriate team members and management.
• Resolve security vulnerabilities.

Benefits

• Hybrid work environment with up to 2 days per week of remote work.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Student loan repayment assistance.
• Technology stipend for a device of the employee’s choice when connecting remotely.
• Generous paid time off and parental leave.
• 401(k) employer match.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Potential eligibility for a discretionary annual incentive compensation award with a target range of 8% to 15%; awards are not guaranteed.

What This Job Offers

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