Senior Software Engineer

This is a hybrid role (3 days in the office/2 days remote).

About your team:

We seek people who have been playing the role of hands-on systems architect. These individuals have a passion for data, software, and technology. This position is for a visionary who can help us develop business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.

What will be your responsibilities within IBKR: 

• Using best practices and emerging technologies, transform the architecture of existing systems at IBKR to improve their scalability, extensibility, and reliability.
• Improve data architecture framework, standards, and principles, including modeling, metadata, security, and reference data.
• Lead activities ranging from strategic planning to functional reviews, implementation, and design of an architectural vision for delivery and educate the team on this vision.
• Define data flows, i.e., which parts of the organization generate data, which require data to function, how data flows are managed, and how data changes in transition.
• Create, maintain, and communicate architectural vision, technical strategies, designs, and roadmaps.
• Collaborate with various teams to compile ideas, draft business cases, identify key results, and prioritize initiatives.
• Perform necessary research to ensure initiatives are technically viable.
• Guide, direct, and coach engineering teams/resources to support initiatives.
• Document best practices, enterprise development patterns, and technology implementation strategies and drive education and adoption through the organization.

Which skills are required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• 15+ years of total IT experience.
• 8+ years of experience as a Data Modeler/Architect.
• 3 + years of Java software development experience using J2EE and Spring framework.
• 10 + years of Oracle PL/SQL development experience.
• Knowledge of architectural design frameworks, integration frameworks, and patterns.
• Extensive experience in Oracle handling large, complicated data sets.
• Familiar with Oracle features such as partitioning and clustering.
• Familiar with performance optimizations and using Oracle traces and AWR reports to diagnose performance issues.
• Experience with data modeling techniques such as UML.
• Able to understand business problems conceptually and design scalable and flexible data models and workflows.

To be successful in this position, you will have the following:

• Self-motivated and able to handle tasks with minimal supervision.
• Superb analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent collaboration and communication (Verbal and written) skills.
• Outstanding organizational and time management skills.

Company Benefits & Perks

• Competitive salary, annual performance-based bonus, and stock grant
• Retirement plan 401(k) with a competitive company match
• Excellent health and wellness benefits, including medical, dental, and vision benefits and a company-paid medical healthcare premium.
• Wellness screenings and assessments, health coaches,s and counseling services through an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid time off and a generous parental leave policy
• Daily company lunch allowance provided, and a fully stocked kitchen with healthy options for breakfast and snack
• Corporate events, including team outings, dinners, volunteer activities, and company sports teams
• Education reimbursement and learning opportunities
• Modern offices with multi-monitor setups