Application Services Manager

Dimensional Fund Advisors; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Educational initiatives

Culture celebrations

Job summary

Dimensional Fund Advisors is seeking a Platform Engineer in Austin, Texas, focused on leading and developing the platform for various applications. You will own the strategy for application integration and security and manage a team of engineers.

The role requires over 10 years of software development experience and strong team leadership. Dimensional offers comprehensive benefits to support you and your family while promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience developing software solutions.
• 5+ years of experience managing technical teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the strategy for application services.
• Build, manage, lead, and mentor a team.
• Collaborate with subject-matter experts to drive success.

Skills

Software development

Technical team management

Application integration

Agile/scrum methodologies

Cloud services

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field

Tools

AWS

Azure

RabbitMQ

Kafka

Kubernetes

Job description

Platform Engineers at Dimensional are focused on leading, designing, and developing the platform and services that underpin all of Dimensional’s applications and business processes across a variety of technical domains. We are looking for a hands‑on manager to join our team and own the platform’s strategy for application integration,orchestration, security, and cloud services.

Responsibilities

• Own the strategy for application services, including vision and roadmap, technology selection, and stakeholder engagement for application integration, messaging/queuing systems, workflow automation, application security, and cloud services.
• Build, manage, lead, and mentor a team of platform and site reliability engineers to deliver software solutions.
• Engage with application development teams to drive utilization of tools, processes, and services.
• Migrate on‑premise systems to SaaS/cloud based offerings, where appropriate.
• Collaborate with subject‑matter experts in a variety of areas to drive the success of our developers, business users, and clients.
• Collaborate with technology engineering leadership to drive enterprise maturity, solve enterprise technology problems, and make collective decisions.
• Participate in employee hiring, recruiting efforts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of experience developing software solutions.
• 5+ years of experience managing technical teams and performing technical product management.
• Working knowledge of application integration technologies, messaging/queuing systems, automation systems, and cloud services.
• Experience with agile/scrum methodologies and the tools that support them.
• Experience operationalizing complex service offerings.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to communicate complex concepts to various audiences.

Preferred Competencies

• Experience with any of the following: Airflow, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure.
• Working knowledge of security best practices for SDLC (e.g., the Secure Software Development Framework).
• Interest and ability to learn other coding languages as needed.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Certification or equivalent.

Benefits

Dimensional offers a variety of programs to help take care of you, your family, and your career, including comprehensive benefits, educational initiatives, and special celebrations of our history, culture, and growth.

Equal Opportunity Statement

It is the policy of the Company to provide equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. The Company recruits, hires, trains, promotes, compensates, and administers all personnel actions without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, religious practice, creed, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), caregiver status, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender identity, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, ancestry, medical condition, marital status, familial status, domestic partnership status, military or veteran status or service, unemployment status, citizenship status or alienage, sexual orientation, status as a victim of domestic violence, status as a victim of stalking, status as a victim of sex offenses, genetic information, political activities or recreational activities, arrest or conviction record, salary history, natural hairstyle or any other status protected by applicable law except as otherwise required or permitted by law or regulation applicable to the Company or its affiliates.