Director of Java Kafka Software Engineering

Prestigious Financial Institution is currently seeking a Director of Software Development with strong Java and Kafka experience. 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

• 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 / Certification:

• BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Master's degree preferred
• OCP Java Programmer Certification (preferred)
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect (preferred)