ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING: STREAMING DEVELOPMENT

Company: OCC
Location: Chicago
Posted on: October 26, 2024

Job Description:

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All OCC employees are required to disclose their COVID-19 vaccination status to OCC's Human Resources department, and provide acceptable proof of vaccination status, as applicable. In addition, OCC requires employees who enter one of its offices to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or submit to regular testing as a condition of employment, subject to reasonable accommodation.Who We Are
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 counterparty (CCP) clearing and settlement services to 19 exchanges and trading platforms. More information about OCC is available at www.theocc.com.What We Offer
A highly collaborative and supportive environment developed to encourage work-life balance and employee wellness. Some of these components include:

• A hybrid work environment to reflect up to 2 days 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.
• Competitive health benefits including medical, dental and vision.What You'll Do
  The Associate Principal, Streaming Application Development works with business analysts, team leads and other developers. A major contributor in Architecture design and development of scalable resilient hybrid Cloud-based solutions supporting critical financial risk management activities; mentor and collaborate with developers, architects and product owners to drive the strategy of transforming the enterprise into a data-driven organization; lead through innovative strategic thinking in building data solutions. The Senior Application Developer will be a team player and work well with business, technical and non-technical professionals in a project environment.Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily.

• Actively participates and lead requirement analysis and reviews to identify missing or incomplete requirements.
• Actively participates in design of highly performing, scalable, secure, reliable and cost optimized solutions.
• Primarily responsible for application design and development of streaming application for business requirements in agreed architecture framework and Agile environment.
• Thoroughly analyzes requirements, develops, tests, and documents software quality to ensure proper implementation.
• Follows agreed upon SDLC procedures to ensure that all information system products and services meet quality standards and end-user functional requirements.
• Performs thorough code-reviews based on high engineering standards.
• Writes unit and integration tests based on chosen DevOps frameworks.
• Performs application and project risk analysis and recommends quality improvements.
• Assists Production Support by providing advice on system functionality and fixes as required.
• Communicates in a clear and concise manner all time delays or defects in the software immediately to appropriate team members and management.
• Assists with departmental and new employee training.
• Experience integrating modelling libraries required; Risk analytics technology implementations experience a plus.
• A major influencer & strategic thinker, this person should also mentor developers and collaborate across multiple cross functional teams to achieve the desired outcome.Supervisory Responsibilities:
  N/AQualifications:
  The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary functions.
  • 8+ years of experience in the building of high speed, data-centric solutions.
  • Experience developing and delivering technical solutions using public cloud service providers like Amazon, Google.
  • Experience writing unit and integration tests with testing frameworks like Junit, Citrus.
  • Experience working with various types of databases like Relational, NoSQL, Object-based, Graph.
  • Experience following Git workflows would be helpful.
  • Working knowledge of DevOps tools, e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Helm, and CI/CD pipeline.
  • Familiarity with monitoring related tools and frameworks like Splunk, ElasticSearch, Prometheus, AppDynamics.
  • 'Get stuff done' and flexible mindset for the greater good of the organization.
  • Intellectually curious and eager to learn.Technical Skills:
    • Java 8+ experience in development as part of a significant or critical project-based solution is required.
    • Experience with high-speed distributed computing frameworks like FLINK, Apache Spark, Kafka Streams, etc.
    • Experience with distributed message brokers Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Amazon Kinesis, etc.; Kafka preferred.
    • Experience with cloud technologies and migrations, preferably with AWS foundational services like VPCs, Security groups, EC2, RDS, S3 ACLs, KMS, AWS CLI, and IAM.Education and/or Experience:
      • BS degree in Computer Science or similar technical field required; Masters preferred.Certificates or Licenses:
        • OCP Java SE 8 Programmer Certification is a plus.
        • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Level is a plus.Application Process:
        • When you find a position you're interested in, click the 'Apply' button. Please complete the application and attach your resume.
        • You will receive an email notification to confirm that we've received your application.
        • If you are called in for an interview, a representative from OCC will contact you to set up a date, time, and location.For more information about OCC, please click here.OCC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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