Lead Software Engineer

FINRA•Rockville, MD

12d•$114,200 - $248,700•Hybrid

About The Position

Working independently, the Lead Software Engineer owns development of software products and works on improving the overall quality of the product throughout the software development life cycle and mentors other Software Engineers. Reports directly to a Director or Senior Director. Essential Job Functions: Seasoned contributor that works on complex projects requiring extensive knowledge of specialty area and industry practices Manages processes, projects or products to improve efficiency within org or product area Influences outcomes in cross-functional settings Demonstrates solid understanding of systems and processes within job area and recommends improvements Designs and develops industry-leading solutions that meet defined quality standards, reliability specifications, and help achieve key strategic objectives Ensures comparison of tasks and quality of work, supporting peers to ensure the team delivers consistently Excellent understanding in computer science fundamentals - Algorithm design, Problem solving, Complexity analysis and data structures. Engineering/Operations Excellence: Helps identify gaps between system components and designs and delivers solutions Implements methods for managing and maintaining the organization’s software development environments to ensure software engineers are equipped with the tools and resources necessary to create and validate builds Takes broad perspective to problems and exercises independent judgement in techniques and evaluation criteria to obtain results Develops actionable insights from analyzing software development trends, software engineering best practices, and innovative test environment management tools and communicates integration recommendations to management Identifies ways to overcome challenging situations that jeopardize the achievement of business goals Collaboration: Coaches and trains less experienced colleagues in techniques, processes, and responsibilities Integrates the culture of intelligence, integrity, and initiative into team goals and decisions Partners within and across teams to remove barriers and identify shared goals and priorities Openly shares progress and priorities with key stakeholders, communicating complex or technical information at the right level. Demonstration of FINRA’s values. Collaboration, both in-person and virtually, in furtherance of FINRA’s mission of investor protection and market integrity.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline with at least 7 years of related experience, or equivalent training and/or work experience.
Strong system design experience
Strong experience in object-oriented development
Strong experience with cloud technologies
Strong experience in data storage technologies
Strong experience in performance tuning and optimization
Strong experience in DevOps and CI/CD technologies
Strong experience test automation and unit testing
Strong experience software security
Excellent understanding in computer science fundamentals - Algorithm design, Problem solving, Complexity analysis and data structures.

Responsibilities

Owns development of software products
Improves the overall quality of the product throughout the software development life cycle
Mentors other Software Engineers
Works on complex projects requiring extensive knowledge of specialty area and industry practices
Manages processes, projects or products to improve efficiency within org or product area
Influences outcomes in cross-functional settings
Recommends improvements to systems and processes within job area
Designs and develops industry-leading solutions that meet defined quality standards, reliability specifications, and help achieve key strategic objectives
Ensures comparison of tasks and quality of work, supporting peers to ensure the team delivers consistently
Helps identify gaps between system components and designs and delivers solutions
Implements methods for managing and maintaining the organization’s software development environments to ensure software engineers are equipped with the tools and resources necessary to create and validate builds
Takes broad perspective to problems and exercises independent judgement in techniques and evaluation criteria to obtain results
Develops actionable insights from analyzing software development trends, software engineering best practices, and innovative test environment management tools and communicates integration recommendations to management
Identifies ways to overcome challenging situations that jeopardize the achievement of business goals
Coaches and trains less experienced colleagues in techniques, processes, and responsibilities
Integrates the culture of intelligence, integrity, and initiative into team goals and decisions
Partners within and across teams to remove barriers and identify shared goals and priorities
Openly shares progress and priorities with key stakeholders, communicating complex or technical information at the right level.

Benefits

Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance
Basic life, accidental death and dismemberment, supplemental life, spouse/domestic partner and dependent life, and spouse/domestic partner and dependent accidental death and dismemberment, short- and long-term disability, long-term care, business travel accident, disability and legal insurance
Immediate participation and vesting in a 401(k) plan with company match
Eligibility for participation in an additional FINRA-funded retirement contribution
Tuition reimbursement
Commuter benefits
Adoption assistance
Backup family care
Surrogacy benefits
Employee assistance programs
Wellness programs
15 days of paid time off
5 personal days
9 sick days
Two volunteer service days
Military leave
Jury duty leave
Bereavement leave
Voting and election official leave
Care of a family member leave
Childbirth and parental leave
Nine paid holidays