Associate Principal, Software Engineering: Java

What You'll Do
Associate Principal, Software Engineering, with Java development skills will be responsible for the development and delivery of test automation applications for cloud-native event driven clearing, risk management and data platform applications. The candidate must be able to solve problems creatively, communicate effectively, and proactively engage in technical decision making to achieve these objectives.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily.

• Actively participates and leads requirement collection, analysis and reviews to identify missing or incomplete requirements.
• Must always look for assumptions made in the models and must always validate those assumptions of the models.
• Actively participates in design of highly performing, scalable, secure, reliable, and cost optimized solutions.
• Primarily responsibility is test automation application design and development for next gen clearing applications 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 met, both explicit and implicit quality standards, architectural standards, performance requirements, security rules are upheld.
• Performs thorough code-reviews based on high engineering standards

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None

Qualifications:
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.

• 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+ year of experience in building large scale, compute, and event-driven solutions.
• Experience (including internal workings of Java) in Java 8+ is required.
• Experience developing software using Object Oriented Designs, advance patterns (like AOP) and multi-threading is required.
• Experience with cloud technologies and migrations. Experience preferred with AWS foundational services like VPCs, EC2, S3 and IAM etc.
• Experience with high-speed distributed computing frameworks involving MapReduce techniques like Apache Spark, Kafka Streams, Apache Flink etc. is a plus.
• 'Get stuff done' and flexible mindset for greater good of the organization.
• Intellectually curious and eager to learn.

Technical Skills:

• Experience of working with Spring Java applications for Kubernetes & AWS environment
• Experience with RESTful APIs
• Experience in defining the requirements and developing test automation tools
• Experience of working with messaging & integration systems such Apache ActiveMQ, Apache Camel & Apache Kafka
• Experience working with various types of databases like Relational, NoSQL, Object-based
• Experience following Git workflows and build automation process
• Working knowledge of DevOps tools such as Jenkins, Kubernetes, Helm and CI/CD pipeline etc.
• Familiarity with monitoring related tools and frameworks like Splunk, Elastic Search, Prometheus etc.

Education and/or Experience:

• BS degree in Computer Science, 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

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, 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
• Competitive health benefits including medical, dental and vision

Step 1
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Step 2
You will receive an email notification to confirm that we've received your application.
Step 3
If you are called in for an interview, a representative from OCC will contact you to set up a date, time, and location.
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OCC is an Equal Opportunity Employer