Charles River

financial technology

TeamLeadSoftwareEngineer,VP

$120–203k Rolling Meadows, Illinois, United States FULL TIME
The Brief

“Team Lead Software Engineer, VP at Charles River. Skills: technical leadership, architecture, OEMS modules modernization, Agile development process, Microservices, Java, C#, SQL, JavaScript, Cloud native application development. lead one or more scrum teams to build and maintain the core OEMS product areas. Provide technical leadership and expertise”

What You'll Achieve.

ensure fulfillment of product and scheduling objectives; ensure high product quality; help clients make confident decisions and scale with agility

Industry & Context.

financial technology
Problems you'll solve

Advise staff members on complex technical problems including specifying proper software designs and use of existing facilities to solve common problems; Ability to manage solution complexity to ensure simple designs and workflows

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

15 years of progressively responsible professional experience in a software engineering role required, 3 years of technical leadership/ architect level experience, 8 years of experience in designing and developing software solutions in a highly transactional, concurrent, event driven system, 5 years working with an Agile development methodology, Excellent written and verbal communication skills, Ability to manage solution complexity to ensure simple designs and workflows, Ability to coordinate and lead cross-team activities

Nice to Have

MS degree strongly preferred, 5 years of experience in financial services developing solutions for Portfolio Management, Trading, Compliance, Post-Trade, IBOR or Wealth Management is strongly desired, 5 years’ Cloud native application development experience in at least one of the cloud native platforms(preferably, Microsoft Azure), UI development experience in C#, React, JavaScript is preferred, ability to summarize results clearly and succinctly for upper management, contributor to project plans and backlog management

What You'll Do.

lead one or more scrum teams to build and maintain the core OEMS product areas

Provide technical leadership and expertise

Work in an Architect capacity to lay down the modernization plans for the OEMS modules and drive the teams towards implementation

Work with Product peers to design new features based on market needs

meet client commitments

and support the existing legacy application

including assignment of work items

and professional development

Fulfill the Scrum Master role by leading the team in their Agile development process and working to foster a continuous improvement culture

Identify improvements in team development and quality including defining new strategies

and required tooling to improve quality

and approve software development specifications

methods and schedules

Provide expert guidance and critical analysis of proposed changes during code reviews

Advise staff members on complex technical problems including specifying proper software designs and use of existing facilities to solve common problems

Monitor progress on a variety of initiatives and work packages to ensure fulfillment of product and scheduling objectives

Review testing strategy and test plans for team’s product to ensure high product quality

Mentor team members to cultivate technical and financial domain knowledge expertise

and assist with developing other essential skills to further their careers

and implement software programs

applications and projects

Work with the client services organization to provide support & maintenance to current customers

Coordinate with other Scrum teams within the R&D organization to ensure seamless integration of functional workflows

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

lead one or more scrum teams; Work with Product peers; Coordinate with other Scrum teams within the R&D organization; Ability to coordinate and lead cross-team activities

Communication Scope

Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to summarize results clearly and succinctly for upper management

Process & Methodology

assignment of work items, Monitor progress on a variety of initiatives and work packages, contributor to project plans and backlog management

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