Lead Associate Principal, Software Engineering: Java

Lead Associate Principal, Software Engineering:
Java – The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC)

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Java role at The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC). This position is a mid‑senior level, full‑time engineering role focused on developing and delivering business features, integrating upstream data sources, and presenting data through the user interface with a high performance and reliability.

This role will be responsible for the development and delivery of business features, integrating a variety of upstream data sources and presenting data through the user interface. The software must achieve a blend of data‑rich presentation, performance, user experience, and the capacity to support the busiest trading days in the world economy with rock‑solid reliability. The candidate must solve problems creatively, communicate effectively, and proactively engage in technical decision making to achieve these objectives.

A team player who works well with business, technical, and non‑technical professionals in an agile environment.

• Work alongside experts building OCC’s next‑generation blockchain‑based securities lending system and paving the future of digital transformation in the capital markets industry.
• Collaborate with others to deliver complex projects that may involve multiple systems.
• Continuously think about the next steps while improving yourself and others around you.
• Develop solutions to complex technical challenges while coding, testing, troubleshooting, debugging, and documenting the systems you develop.
• Optimize application performance through analysis, code refactoring, and system tuning.
• Recommend technologies and tools that improve the efficiency and quality of OCC’s systems and development processes.

Supervisory Responsibilities: None

• 2+ years of development experience with Scala
• 7+ years of experience in software development
• 5+ years of experience in Java or related technologies
• 3+ years of experience in react js or similar technologies
• 1+ years of experience with distributed application design & blockchain
• Experience with Akka or other actor‑based systems
• Experience with Dev Ops and CI/CD tools (Git, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Harness, Rancher)
• Ability to write clean, bug‑free code that is easy to understand and maintainable
• Experience with BDD methodologies & automated acceptance testing
• ‘Get stuff done’ and flexible mindset for greater good of the organization
• Intellectually curious and eager to learn

• Scala‑based software development experience
• Web/mobile application development experience
• Understanding of message brokers, queues and distributed data stores (Kafka, MQ, Redis, Splunk)
• Experience working Unix/Linux environments, large software system development, security software development, public‑cloud platforms
• Fluent in functional programming, object‑oriented design, industry best practices, software patterns, and architecture principles
• Proficient in the following types of testing: unit, integration, system, functional, non‑functional, regression, performance, security, and acceptance
• Deep understanding of performance issues and multi‑threaded development
• Experience with continuous integration tools and techniques, automating processes, and writing scripts using Python and other languages

• None Required

• BS degree in Computer Science or a similar technical field required
• Masters preferred

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is the world’s largest equity derivatives clearing organization. Founded in 1973, OCC is dedicated to promoting stability and market integrity by delivering clearing and settlement services for options, futures and securities lending transactions. As a Systemically Important Financial Market Utility (SIFMU), OCC operates under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

OCC has more than 100 clearing members and provides central counter party (CCP)…