Director, Software Engineering: Java

theocc; United States; Hybrid; USD 230,000 - 287,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Referral Program

Job summary

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is seeking a senior software leader to guide a diverse team building core components for the Renaissance Risk Platform. You will design low-latency data pipelines using Kafka and Flink, drive high-concurrency risk computation engines in Java/Spring Boot, and lead enterprise cloud migration efforts with AWS, Jenkins, Harness and Docker.

Strong collaboration with business partners and tech leads is essential to translate requirements into scalable, resilient

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or related field and 7+ years of software development experience.
• Experience designing high-concurrency, low-latency financial systems.
• Proven ability to lead diverse engineering teams and drive architecture decisions.
• Strong knowledge of cloud migrations, AWS, and CI/CD automation.

Responsibilities

• Direct and mentor a diverse team of engineers building core platform components.
• Design and deliver low-latency real-time data pipelines using Kafka and Flink.
• Lead architecture of enterprise risk processing with Java, Spring Boot, and Flink.
• Orchestrate cloud migrations with AWS and CI/CD tools to deliver zero-downtime deployments.
• Establish production observability using Splunk and AppDynamics.

Skills

Low-latency data pipelines

Real-time systems

Technical leadership

Cross-team communication

Architecture design

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or related field

Tools

Apache Kafka

Apache Flink

Java

Spring Boot

AWS

CI/CD (Jenkins/Harness)

Docker

Splunk

AppDynamics

Job description

Duties:

Responsible for directing a diversely skilled team of talented software engineers working on building foundational components required by OCC's Renaissance Risk Platform, all while enriching and advancing the platform providing sound technical decisions around design, architecture and development. Design and deliver low-latency, fault-tolerant real-time financial data pipeline systems requiring specialized expertise in Apache Kafka and Apache Flink, including advanced performance profiling, memory optimization, and throughput tuning for high-volume enterprise workloads. Solve problems creatively, communicate effectively within and outside the team and proactively engage in technical decision making to achieve desired objectives. Direct the architecture and implementation of enterprise financial risk processing systems requiring deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and Apache Flink, including design of high-concurrency, low-latency risk computation engines, real-time event-driven microservices, and complex quantitative risk model integrations to aggregate, process, and model financial risk data from heterogeneous source platforms at enterprise scale. (replaced simpler job duty). Act as technical product owner in flushing out detailed business, architectural & design requirements. Lead development of solution / solution architecture on Renaissance Risk Platform core team. Execute large-scale cloud migration strategies requiring specialized knowledge of AWS infrastructure and CI/CD automation using Jenkins, Harness, and Docker to modernize complex legacy financial systems while sustaining zero-downtime delivery across terabyte-scale data workloads. Drive various enterprise level architecture initiatives covering Risk Platform interactions at enterprise level and help flush out reference architecture with POC/Designs. Implement end-to-end production observability frameworks for distributed financial streaming applications requiring advanced expertise in Splunk and AppDynamics for real-time performance monitoring, anomaly detection, and incident resolution at enterprise scale. Solicit business for their technical requirements and translate those into flexible, scalable, resilient design proposals. Review architecture proposals with tech leads and senior business partners. Lead and direct team to deliver complex IT projects which may involve multiple systems. Analyze, document, refine, and maintain architectures that are developed within the team. Create strategies and transition plans to deliver target state architectures. Recommend technologies and tools that improve the efficiency and quality of OCC's systems and development processes. Up to 40% telecommuting permitted. This position qualifies for The Options Clearing Corporation's Employee Referral Program.

Education & Experience Required:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related and seven (7) years of experience as an application developer, software engineer, Java developer, or related

Special Skills Required:

1. Designing and delivering low-latency, fault-tolerant real-time financial data pipeline systems requiring specialized expertise in Apache Kafka and Apache Flink, including advanced performance profiling, memory optimization, and throughput tuning for high-volume enterprise workloads;
2. Directing the architecture and implementation of enterprise financial risk processing systems requiring deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and Apache Flink, including design of high-concurrency, low-latency risk computation engines, real-time event-driven microservices, and complex quantitative risk model integrations to aggregate, process, and model financial risk data from heterogeneous source platforms at enterprise scale;
3. Executing large-scale cloud migration strategies requiring specialized knowledge of AWS infrastructure and CI/CD automation using Jenkins, Harness, and Docker to modernize complex legacy financial systems while sustaining zero-downtime delivery across terabyte-scale data workloads;
4. Implementing end-to-end production observability frameworks for distributed financial streaming applications requiring advanced expertise in Splunk and AppDynamics for real-time performance monitoring, anomaly detection, and incident resolution at enterprise scale.

Salary

$229,800-$286,800

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About Us

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 Commissi