Director, Software Engineering

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Job Description:

** Position Description**:

Designs and develops Web applications, using Angular, React, and Vue. Builds Node and Angular based applications. Builds Web applications and RESTful Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), using NodeJS and Express. Uses business knowledge to translate the vision for divisional initiatives into business solutions by developing complex or multiple software applications and conducts studies of alternatives. Draws on in-depth knowledge of the business or function to provide business unit-wide solutions by developing complex, multi-faceted software applications.

Researches and recommends new technologies in support of the strategic direction of the business unit and participates in the research and recommendation of appropriate models, methods, tools, and technologies to achieve business-unit-wide solutions.
** Primary Responsibilities****:
*** Translates and incorporates business vision and strategy to architectural strategy recommendations at the functional level.
* Participates in high-level, cross- functional architecture design teams.
* Identifies and consults with internal and external technical resources to produce cross-company strategic designs.
* Consults on development and delivery of major technology initiatives for the business unit.
* Consults on deployment of major project deliverables.
* Consults on the documentation of major technology applications.
* Oversees the technical implementation of cross-divisional or company architectural components.
* Initiates and drives project or strategy discussions with users or external groups to resolve issues.
* Sets vision, goals, and direction of team/organization.
* Plans and leads organization-wide initiatives.
* Provides leadership, technical supervision, and expertise to multiple teams in broad technical areas on complex organization-wide projects.
* Advises senior management on technical strategy.
* Researches and recommends new technologies.
* Works across groups to identify opportunities for organization-wide technology initiatives.
* Regularly provides guidance, training, and coaching to other team members for performance and career development.
* Identifies and plans for future resource needs.
* Determines technical approaches at a strategic level for the business unit.
** Education and Experience**:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, Information Management, Business Administration, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and six (6) years of experience as a Director, Software Engineering (or closely related occupation) building digital experiences for online retail brokerage applications in a financial services environment, using web-based technologies (JavaScript, NodeJS, and Angular).Or, alternatively, Master’s degree) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, Information Management, Business Administration, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent and four (4) years of experience as a Director, Software Engineering (or closely related occupation) building digital experiences for online retail brokerage applications in a financial services environment, using web-based technologies (JavaScript, NodeJS, and Angular).
** Skills and Knowledge**:

Candidate must also possess:
* Demonstrated Expertise (“DE”) designing and developing highly performant event driven financial applications (for financial quotations) and enabling Options and Penny Stock Trading for brokerage customers, using Typescript, CSS, Graph Experience API, and Micro-Services.
* DE designing and developing APIs used by frontend web applications (to generate workflow and automated documents for XTRAC work items) using Java and Spring Boot framework; and designing tables and query optimization in Dynamo

DB, JSON, and XML.
* DE performing application design and development according to design patterns and Test Driven and Behavior Driven Development (TDD and BDD), using Karma, Jest, Junit, Cypress, and Agile methodologies.
* DE developing and maintaining Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)…