Manager, Software Engineering: Java

OCC • Dallas, TX

1d • $136,000 - $222,800 • Hybrid

About The Position

This role will be responsible for managing a diversely skilled team of talented engineers working on building foundational components required by the Ovation Risk Platform, all while enriching and advancing the platform providing sound technical decisions around design, architecture and development. The candidate must be able to solve problems creatively, communicate effectively within and outside the team and proactively engage in technical decision making to achieve desired objectives. The Manager will be a team player and work well with business, technical and non-technical professionals in agile environment.

Requirements

• People management skills including leading, coaching and mentoring team members
• Good communication skills required with the ability to explain technical concepts to a broader audience including senior management.
• Ability to solve problems creatively, communicate effectively within and outside the team, and proactively engage in technical decision making to achieve desired objectives.
• Strong and effective negotiating skills
• Ability to formulate strategies and establish goals
• Ability to lead and manage diverse groups
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and team-focused environment
• 5+ year of experience in building high speed, data-centric solutions
• Java 5+ years experience
• Experience with cloud technologies. 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
• Experience writing unit and integration tests with testing frameworks like Junit, Citrus
• Experience with distributed message brokers Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Amazon Kinesis, etc. Kafka
• 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
• BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field required

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in people management including recruiting, orienting, training, coaching, monitoring and appraising job contributions is a plus

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with others to deliver complex projects which may involve multiple systems
• Analyze, document, refine, and maintain architectures that are developed within the team
• Create strategies and transition plans to deliver target state architectures
• Act as technical product owner in flushing out detailed business, architectural & design requirements
• Lead development of solution / solution architecture on Ovation Risk Platform
• Review architecture proposals with tech leads in the firm as well as senior business partners
• Manage team of professionals driving their book of work
• Conduct semi-annual performance reviews, ensure proper training, and hold regular staff meetings
• Assist with maintaining a motivated and enthusiastic team
• Nurture and empower leaders within the product teams

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: Manager