Director, Software Engineering (Individual Contributor)

We are seeking a highly experienced software engineer to lead the design and development of

We are looking for a highly experienced Director, Software Engineer (IC) to join the Alternative Investments Platform Engineering Team in the Brokerage Recordkeeping Technology organization. You will bring a strong background of innovation, technical expertise and a passion for engineering best practices to the team. In this job you will be working on a key initiative for the Alternative Investments space providing strong technical leadership by working closely with Business, Product, Architecture and Engineering teams and guide the path to build a strong foundational layer for the initiative.

• Define product solutions by working directly with business, product and architecture teams.

• Provide technical architecture, design, build, and support complex software applications for the Alts platform optimized for low latency and high throughput.

• Enable data-driven and insightful decision making through effective use of analytics and AI

• Help navigate new technologies and cloud-based deployments to help deliver high value to our business.

• Establish and reinforce engineering standards, patterns, and guidelines for the Alts platforms

• Proactively lead process and technology improvement initiatives.

• Stay on top of the latest engineering trends and practices and bring them back to the team when appropriate.

• 15 plus years of platform development experience, building complex applications leveraging Java and Cloud based processes.

• 5 plus years of technical leadership, and mentoring software developers

• Extensive experience in Java/Spring boot/Spring Core/Web Services (REST)/Kubernetes orchestration.

• Ability to drive technical discussions, arbitrate and influence better software design promoting best in breed software engineering and quality.

• Strong experience with API design and best practices using Swagger and OpenAPI.

• Good experience in event driven integrations like Kafka.

• Experienced with using GenAI developer assist tools (eg GitHub Copilot).

• Strong experience building CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Maven, etc. and solid understanding of version control using GIT and maintenance of pipelines.

• Experience in Front End application development using Angular is a plus

• Good understanding of financial applications and specifically around Alternative Investments is a plus

• Robust critical thinking skills coupled with a desire for growth, to learn and to engage with peers in technical and design discussions.

• Excellent active listening, verbal and written communication skills and brings excitement that builds collaboration and community.