Director Java Software Engineering

Overview

Hybrid
$180,000 - $225,000
Full Time

Skills

Apache Spark
Apache Flink
Apache Kafka
Java

Job Details

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Director, Software Engineering Java

SALARY: $225k plus 25-30% bonus

LOCATION: Chicago only

Hybrid 3 days onsite

Looking for a candidate with8 years leading software development teams. You will have flink, spark, kafka streams. 10 years building high performance large scale data solutions. Hands on development in Python and Java big data. processing

The candidate will be responsible for leading a team of skilled software engineers designing and delivering scalable and resilient hybrid and Cloud-based applications and data solutions supporting critical financial market clearing and risk activities; helping to drive the strategy of transforming the enterprise into a data-driven organization; lead through innovative strategic thinking in building data solutions.

    • Manage, lead, and mentor software development team
    • Serve as technical product owner flushing out detailed business, architectural, and design requirements
    • Develop solutions to complex technical challenges while coding, testing, troubleshooting and documenting the systems you and your team develop
    • Recommend architectural changes and new technologies and tools that improve the efficiency and quality of systems and development processes
    • Lead the efforts to optimize application performance and resilience though analysis, code refactoring, and systems tuning
    • Collaborate with others to deliver complex projects involving the integration with multiple systems
    • Work closely with internal and external business and technology partners.
    • Build and manage a team of skilled software engineers

Qualifications:

    • 8+ years of experience leading software development teams
    • Experience with Java
    • Experience with distributed message brokers like Flink, Spark, Kafka Streams, etc.
    • Experience with Agile development processes for enterprise software solutions
    • Experience with software testing methodologies and automated testing frameworks
    • Strong leadership skills
    • Ability to manage project teams with different timelines and focus
    • Knowledge of industry trends, best practices, and change management
    • Strong communication skills with ability to communicate and interact with engineers and business stakeholders
    • Team player, self-driven, motivated, and able to work under pressure

Technical Skills:

    • 8-10 years of experience in building high performance, large scale data solutions
    • Experience managing a team of professionals to drive their work, providing mentoring for growth, and delivering constructive feedback or course correction where necessary
    • 8+ years of solutions design and architecture experience
    • Hands-on development experience with multiple programming languages such as Python and Java
    • Experience with Big Data processing technologies and frameworks such as Presto, Hadoop, MapReduce, and Spark
    • Hands-on experiences designing and implementing RESTful APIs
    • Knowledge and understanding of DevOps tools and technologies such as Terraform, Git, Jenkins, Docker, Harness, NexArtifactory, and CI/CD pipelines
    • Knowledge of SQL, data warehousing design concepts, various data management systems (structured and semi structured) and integrating with various database technologies (Relational, NoSQL)
    • Experience working with Cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform)
    • Experience with stream processing technologies and frameworks such as Kafka, Spark Streaming, Flink
    • Familiarity with monitoring related tools and frameworks like Splunk, Elasticsearch, SignalFX, and AppDynamics
    • Good understanding of data integrations patterns, technologies, and tools

Education and/or Experience:

    • BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Master's degree preferred
    • 8+ years of software development experience
    • Experience in managing teams
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