Senior Software Engineering Lead — Scalable Systems

The Options Clearing Corporation; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 136,000 - 223,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Tuition Reimbursement

Student Loan Repayment Assistance

Technology Stipend

Generous PTO & Parental leave

401k Employer Match

Comprehensive health benefits

Job summary

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is seeking a seasoned software engineer to lead design and development of next-generation clearing applications within an Agile environment. You will analyze requirements, validate modeling assumptions, and participate in high-quality code reviews while driving scalable, secure, and cost-optimized solutions.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years building large-scale, event-driven systems with Java 8+, and experience across databases, DevOps tools, and modern

Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer Science or similar technical field.
• Experience with Java 8+ and OO design.
• Experience with distributed systems and cloud technologies.
• Familiarity with SDLC and Agile practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirement analysis and reviews.
• Design and develop next-gen clearing applications.
• Write unit and integration tests.
• Mentor developers and collaborate across cross-functional teams.

Skills

Java

Object oriented design

Multi-threading

DevOps

Testing frameworks

Git workflows

Cloud technologies

Distributed computing

Education

BS in Computer Science

Masters preferred

Tools

Kafka

RabbitMQ

ActiveMQ

Amazon Kinesis

Apache Spark

Kafka Streams

Apache Flink

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

Kubernetes

Helm

CI/CD tooling

Splunk

ElasticSearch

Prometheus

AppDynamics

Job description

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is seeking a seasoned software engineer to lead design and development of next-generation clearing applications within an Agile environment. You will analyze requirements, validate modeling assumptions, and participate in high-quality code reviews while driving scalable, secure, and cost-optimized solutions.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years building large-scale, event-driven systems with Java 8+, and experience across databases, DevOps tools, and modern