Hybrid Engineering Manager, Java: Lead Kafka & AI Platform

The Options Clearing Corporation

Chicago (IL)

Hybrid

USD 185,000 - 223,000

Full time

5 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment
Tuition Reimbursement
Student Loan Repayment Assistance
Technology Stipend
Generous PTO and Parental leave
401k Employer Match
Medical, dental and vision benefits

Job summary

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is seeking a senior engineering leader to manage a diverse team delivering foundational components for the Ovation Risk Platform. You will drive sound architectural decisions, oversee cross-functional projects, and refine complex requirements for scalable systems.

Responsibilities include people management, performance reviews, compensation decisions, and leading large-scale streaming architectures.

Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in computer science, IT, business administration, or related
  • 3+ years of experience as a senior software engineer, manager application engineer, or related

Responsibilities

  • Lead a diversely skilled team of engineers building foundational components for the Ovation Risk Platform.
  • Provide senior-level engineering people management, including performance reviews and compensation decisions.
  • Design and operate large-scale, fault-tolerant event streaming architectures using Kafka and Flink for real-time data ingestion and processing.
  • Act as technical product owner to refine business, architectural and design requirements.
  • Integrate AI/ML capabilities into enterprise-grade systems with PostgreSQL design and schema management.

Skills

Kafka & Flink
AI/ML integration
PostgreSQL design
People management

Education

Master’s degree in computer science / IT / business administration or related

Tools

Apache Kafka
Apache Flink
PostgreSQL

Job description

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is seeking a senior engineering leader to manage a diverse team delivering foundational components for the Ovation Risk Platform. You will drive sound architectural decisions, oversee cross-functional projects, and refine complex requirements for scalable systems.

Responsibilities include people management, performance reviews, compensation decisions, and leading large-scale streaming architectures.

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