Dimensional
Financial services
PrincipalPlatformEngineer,ApplicationServices
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“Principal Platform Engineer, Application Services at Dimensional. Skills: Platform engineering, Application services, Monitoring and alerting, Automation. Lead platform and services development. Design application services”
Industry & Context.
Solve problems systematically and transparently
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience, 10+ years of experience developing software solutions, 5+ years of experience developing modern software-driven infrastructure and/or platform services, Experience designing, implementing, and/or supporting workflow automation systems, messaging/queuing systems, and/or ETL frameworks, Comfortable troubleshooting vendor software systems, Deep familiarity with Linux and related technologies, Familiarity with Windows and related technologies, Experience developing software in Python (or equivalent), Experience developing software in Terraform (or equivalent), Experience developing software in Ansible (or equivalent), Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Nice to Have
Experience with Airflow, Experience with Kafka, Experience with RabbitMQ, Experience with Kubernetes, Experience with AWS, Experience with Azure, Working knowledge of security best practices for SDLC, Experience working in or with an SRE or DevOps team, Experience with agile/scrum methodologies, Interest and ability to learn other coding languages as needed, AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Certification or equivalent, Financial services industry experience
What You'll Do.
Lead platform and services development
Design application services
Engineer application services
Develop software solutions
Build automation for deployment
Own monitoring and alerting strategy
Evolve monitoring capabilities
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Engage with application development teams; Collaborate with subject matter experts; Work with technical product owners
Communication Scope
Communicate complex concepts to various audiences; Explain benefits of technologies; Recommend course of action
Process & Methodology
Agile/scrum methodologies
Full Job Description
### ### **Job Description:** **_About Dimensional:_** Dimensional was built around a set of ideas bigger than the firm itself. With a confidence in markets, deep connections to the academic community, and a focus on implementation, we go where the science leads, and continue to pursue new insights, both large and small, that can benefit our clients. The Technology Department at Dimensional leverages the rapidly evolving state of the art to engineer scalable, innovative, and research driven solutions to improve our client’s financial lives. The Platform Engineers at Dimensional are focused on leading, designing and developing the platform and services that underpin all of Dimensional’s applications and business processes across a variety of technical domains. Application services are key components of the platform, as they provide foundation services that include workflow automation, event-driven integration, ETL, and security tooling in support of software development. We are looking for a hands-on engineer to join our team and own the platform’s monitoring and alerting strategy. This strategy includes supporting the platform’s current monitoring capabilities in addition to evolving them for future use. **_You may be a fit for this role if you:_** * Are open-minded, curious, and resourceful * Are passionate about/stay current with modern technologies * Solve problems systematically and transparently * Share ideas, solicit/integrate feedback, design and solve collaboratively * Take a software engineering approach and demonstrate automation and security mindsets ** _What you might work on:_** * Design and engineer one or more application services, including workflow automation, messaging/queuing systems, application security, and ETL * Engage with application development teams and internal customers to assist with their utilization of application services * Develop software solutions using scripting, back-end, and/or front-end technologies * Build automation to suppor
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