Director, Software Engineering - Risk Platform

Director, Software Engineering - Risk Platform

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Manage a team of highly skilled software engineers in design and development of highly scalable and resilient cloud-based Risk applications. Mentor and collaborate with developers, architects, and product owners to successfully deliver business and operational functionality for internal and external users. This candidate must be able to 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 a fast paced agile environment.

• Lead and mentor a geographically distributed development team, and coordinate with vendors.
• Manage the delivery across multiple product teams within Risk IT by establishing commitments and ensuring full‑scope, on‑time, within‑budget deliveries.
• Collaborate with others to deliver complex projects that may involve integration with multiple systems; continuously think about next steps while improving yourself and others.
• Develop solutions to complex technical challenges while hands‑on coding, testing, troubleshooting, debugging, and documenting the systems you and your team develop.
• Drive the efforts to optimize application performance and resilience through analysis, code refactoring, and system tuning.
• Recommend architectural changes and new technologies and tools that improve efficiency and quality of OCC's systems and development processes.

• Build and manage a team of skilled software developers.

• 10+ years of experience in building high‑performance event‑driven solutions using large‑scale distributed frameworks.
• Experience managing a team of professionals to drive their work, providing mentoring for growth and delivering constructive feedback.
• Deep business domain knowledge in Financial Risk is preferred.
• Experience with high‑speed distributed computing frameworks like Flink, Spark, Kafka Streams, etc.
• Experience developing software using Object‑Oriented Design, advanced design patterns, and multi‑threading is required.
• Experience with distributed message brokers like Kafka, Rabbit
  
  MQ, Active
  
  MQ, Amazon Kinesis, etc.
• Experience with cloud technologies and migrations, especially AWS foundational services (VPCs, Security groups, S3, ACLs, KMS, and IAM). Comfort with cloud‑agnostic technology like Kubernetes, Docker, Rancher, Openshift, Redis, and Kafka.
• Extensive experience with testing frameworks like JUnit.
• Experience working with various types of databases:
  Relational, No
  
  SQL, Object‑based, Graph.
• Experience following Git workflows is required.
• Familiarity with Dev Ops tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Helm, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Working knowledge of monitoring tools and frameworks such as Splunk, OTEL, Logic Monitor.
• A flexible mindset and willingness to get stuff done; intellectually curious and eager to learn.

• 10+ years of experience in building high‑speed distributed solutions.
• Java 8+ years of experience (including internal workings).
• Experience developing software using Object‑Oriented Design, advanced patterns, and multi‑threading.
• Experience with distributed message brokers, like Kafka, Amazon Kinesis, etc.

• BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

• OCP Java SE 8 (minimum) Programmer Certification is a plus.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Level is a plus.

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. 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.

• 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.
• 401(k) Employer Match.
• Competitive health benefits, including medical, dental, and vision.

• Salary range exclusive of fringe benefits and potential bonuses.
• In addition, we believe in pay equity.
• We typically do not hire at the maximum of the range to allow for future and continued salary growth.
• All employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus.

$ - $

23% to 30%

OCC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.