What You'll Do:
This role will work collaboratively with experts building OCC’s next generation clearing and settlement system, and paving the future of digital transformation in the capital markets industry.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily.
Collaborating with others to deliver complex projects which may involve multiple systems
Develop solutions to complex technical challenges while coding, testing, troubleshooting, debugging, and documenting the systems you develop
Optimize application performance through analysis, code refactoring, and system tuning
Recommend technologies and tools that improve the efficiency and quality of OCC’s systems and development processes
Who is the Internal/External Customer: Stakeholders and the users of the U.S. equity options and futures markets
Impact to the Internal/External Customer: To better serve its customers, planning to comprehensively redevelop and modernize the company's risk management, clearing, and data systems
Business Challege: Modernize OCC's technology to better serve market participants
Supervisory Responsibilities
None
Qualifications:
The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary functions.
[Required] 7+ year of experience in building high speed, data-centric solutions
[Required] Java 7+ years experience
[Required] Experience with high speed distributed computing frameworks like FLINK, Apache Spark, Kafka Streams, etc
[Required] Experience with distributed message brokers Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Amazon Kinesis, etc. Kafka
[Required] Experience with cloud technologies and migrations. Experience preferred with AWS foundational services like VPCs, Security groups, EC2, RDS, S3 ACLs, KMS, AWS CLI and IAM etc
[Required] Experience developing and delivering technical solutions using public cloud service providers like Amazon, Google
[Required] Experience writing unit and integration tests with testing frameworks like Junit, Citrus
[Required] Experience working with various types of databases like Relational, NoSQL, Object-based, Graph
[Required] Experience following Git workflows
[Required] Working knowledge of DevOps tools. Eg Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Helm and CI/CD pipeline etc
[Required] Familiarity with monitoring related tools and frameworks like Splunk, ElasticSearch, Prometheus, AppDynamics
Technical Skills & Background
[Required] Java-based software development experience
[Required] Fluent in object-oriented design, industry best practices, software patterns, and architecture principles
[Required] Strong testing experience which includes developing test plans, automated test cases, and working with test frameworks
[Required] Deep understanding of performance issues and multi-threaded development
[Required] Experience working with two or more of the following: web/mobile application development, Unix/Linux environments, event-driven systems, transaction processing systems, distributed and parallel systems, large software system development, security software development, public-cloud platforms
[Required] Hands-on experience with Java version 8 onwards, Spring, SpringBoot, Microservices, REST API
Certifications
[Preferred] OCP Java SE 8 Programmer Certification
[Preferred] AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Level
Education & Training
[Required] BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field required
[Preferred] MS in Computer Science
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 Commission (CFTC), and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. OCC has more than 100 clearing members and provides central counterparty (CCP) clearing and settlement services to 19 exchanges and trading platforms. More information about OCC is available at www.theocc.com.
Benefits
A highly collaborative and supportive environment developed to encourage work-life balance and employee wellness. Some of these components include:
- A hybrid work environment, up to 2 days per week of remote work
- Tuition Reimbursement to support your continued education
- Student Loan Repayment Assistance
- Technology Stipend allowing you to use the device of your choice to connect to our network while working remotely
- Generous PTO and Parental leave
- 401k Employer Match
- Competitive health benefits including medical, dental and vision
Visit https://www.theocc.com/careers/thriving-together for more information.
Compensation
- The salary range listed for any given position is exclusive of fringe benefits and potential bonuses. If hired at OCC, your final base salary compensation will be determined by factors such as skills, experience and/or education.
- In addition, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as part of any final offer.
- We typically do not hire at the maximum of the range in order to allow for future and continued salary growth. We also offer a substantial benefits package as noted on www.theocc.com/careers
- All employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus. Discretionary bonuses are based on various factors, including, but not limited to, company and individual performance and are not guaranteed.
Salary Range
$135,000.00 - $222,200.00Incentive Range
8% to 15%This position is eligible for an annual discretionary incentive compensation award, for which the target range is listed above (see Incentive Range). The amount of such award, if any, will be based on various factors, including without limitation, both individual and company performance.
Step 1
When you find a position you're interested in, click the 'Apply' button. Please complete the application and attach your resume.
Step 2
You will receive an email notification to confirm that we've received your application.
Step 3
If you are called in for an interview, a representative from OCC will contact you to set up a date, time, and location.
For more information about OCC, please click here.
OCC is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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What We Do
As the foundation for secure markets, OCC is a customer-driven organization that delivers world-class Risk Management, Clearing, and Settlement Services for a sophisticated mix of financial products that includes standard options, stock loans, and futures contracts.
Why Work With Us
We're bound together by values and behaviors that shape the way we work and live, from team projects to after-hours events and to making a difference in our communities. OCC colleagues thrive in an atmosphere of intellectual curiosity, creative problem-solving and effective interaction.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
A hybrid work environment, up to 2 days per week of remote work
