Engineering Lead - Burlington, United States - State Street Corporation

Description

Summary:
Accountable for the overall development and maintenance of the Over-the-Counter (Derivatives) Component of Charles River's Investment Management Solution. This includes providing engineering vision, expertise and guidance on software construction while ensuring uncompromising quality and usability.

The OTC Engineering Manager is also responsible for driving cross product efficiency and effectiveness in ultimate service to our customers.

This is done through building collaborative cross organization relationships and leading a minimum of 5 engineering scrum teams.


Responsibilities:
Manage team leads and/or development team staff, including assignment of work items, employee performance, engagement and professional development
Lead technical and business initiatives across your product line through influence and knowledge

Forge effective partnerships with Product Management leadership to understand customer and strategic market needs and to plan, design and develop software solutions to meet those needs.

Drive the Agile process and create a culture of continuous improvement of processes and methodologies within and beyond the direct scope of responsibility.

Partner with other directors to establish and implement best practices and effective measures. Drive organizational accountability.
Contribute expert guidance on software development process including writing, reviewing and approving software development specifications, projects, methods and schedules
Lead the architecture and technical direction for the area of responsibility
Keep abreast of existing and emerging technologies impactful to CRDs business.
Provide expert guidance and critical analysis of proposed changes during design reviews and product demos with an sharp eye towards simplicity of design and function
Advise Directors, Team Leads and individual contributors on solving complex technical problems using modern software construction tools and techniques.
Provide oversight on key initiatives and work packages to ensure fulfillment of product and scheduling objectives
Coordinate with peers within the R & D organization to ensure seamless integration of functional workflows
Review testing strategy and test plans for team's product to ensure high product quality
Identify improvements in team quality processes including defining new strategies, processes, and required tooling to improve quality
Develop and maintain strong partnerships with the client services organization to help drive an effective customer experience
Support the sales organization and assist in the execution of POCs for prospective customers
Act as the escalation point and primary contact point for troubleshooting customer production problems and drive to quick resolution

Analyze trends in the organization with an eye towards improving quality, team efficiency and output, and other key operational metrics I think there is something more here than being a point of contact, At this level I would looks to ensure they are looking at trends and trying to solve to repeat issues, etc.

Act in a team lead capacity as needed


Qualifications:

Education:
B.S. degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics or other technical course of study required. MS degree strongly preferred


Experience:
Hands-on experience developing OTC technology with an understanding of OTC/Derivatives instruments (pricing, construction and analytics) is required.

A minimum of 15 years of progressively responsible professional experience in a software engineering role required with a minimum of 15 years of experience in a supervisory role managing engineers, product specialists, co-ops and interns is strongly desired.

A minimum of 10 years of experience in financial services developing solutions for Portfolio Management, Trading, Compliance, Post-Trade, IBOR or Wealth Management is strongly desired
Demonstrated ability to provide technical vision to achieve both tactical and strategic goals
Demonstrated experience with object-oriented programming, compiler or interpreter technologies, embedded systems, operating systems, relational databases (RDBMS), scripting and new/advanced programming languages
Demonstrated experience with cloud native development within a major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, GCP) is strongly desired
Demonstrated experience leading teams to build large-scale, high-performance commercial database applications
Demonstrated system level architectural skills required
Ability to clearly and succinctly summarize results for upper management
Demonstrated experience recruiting, hiring, and building a talented engineering team
Demonstrated experience in organizing and running efficient meetings
Demonstrated ability to manage solution complexity to ensure simple designs and workflows
A minimum of 10 years working with an Agile development methodology is strongly desired
Ability to coordinate and lead cross-team activities to deliver successful solutions
Significant experience designing and developing large scale commercial applications is strongly desired
Proven organizational skills, high attention to detail, and superior time management
Strong contributor to project plans and backlog management
Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills


Travel:
Will be required on a limited basis.


About State Street:

What we do:
State Street is one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers and asset intelligence companies in the world. From technology to product innovation we're making our mark on the financial services industry. For more than two centuries, we've been helping our clients safeguard and steward the investments of millions of people. We provide investment servicing, data & analytics, investments research & trading and investment management to institutional clients.


Work, Live and Grow:
We make all efforts to create a great work environment. Our benefits packages are competitive and comprehensive. Details vary in locations, but you may expect generous medical care, insurance and savings plans among other perks. You'll have access to flexible Work Program to help match your needs. And our wealth of development programs and educational support will help you reach your full potential.

Inclusion, Diversity, and Social Responsibility:

We truly believe our employees' diverse backgrounds, experience and perspective are a powerful contributor to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive and reach their maximum potential while adding value to both our organization and our clients.

We warmly welcome the candidates of diverse origin, background, ability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and personality.

Another fundamental value at State Street is active engagement with our communities around the world, both as a partner and a leader.

You will have tools to help balance your professional and personal life, paid volunteer days, matching gift program and access to employee networks that help you stay connected to what matters to you.

State Street is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Discover more at

Charles River Development


Salary Range:
$140,000 - $222,500 Annual

The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.
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