Manager, Platform Engineering

To be considered for this position, applications and resumes are accepted only through our careers site by directly applying to the posted job. We do not accept unsolicited resumes or sales solicitations from staffing agencies. Any OCC employee wishing to submit a referral must do so through their Workday account. Any resume submitted outside of an active job posting will not be considered for employment.

What You'll Do:

The Manager, Platform Engineering - Developer Experience leads a product-focused pod within Platform Engineering, building tooling and workflows on top of the existing internal platform to enable developer experience across the organization. This role combines engineering leadership with product ownership. The ideal candidate has a strong Developer or DevOps background and hands-on experience with IDP portals such as Backstage.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily.

• Acts as Product Owner: defines the DevX roadmap, manages the backlog, and leads sprint planning and reviews

• Engages engineering teams as internal customers to gather requirements and drive adoption of developer tooling

• Sponsors code reviews and drives continuous improvement efforts

• Participates in creation and review of user stories, providing input on effort estimation and architecture/design

• Advocates for Agile best practices across the SDLC

• Conducts proofs of concept using emerging developer experience technologies

• Performs risk analyses and recommends quality improvements

• Oversees onboarding and ongoing team training

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Manage the Developer Experience pod within Platform Engineering

Qualifications:

The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary functions.

• [Required] Experience with Agile methodologies, including as a Product Owner

• [Required] Able to treat a platform as a product with roadmaps, backlogs, and user research

• [Required] Comfortable communicating with both technical and non-technical audiences

• [Required] Self-starter and team player – collaborative and focused on collective success

Technical Skills:

• [Required] Hands-on experience with Internal Developer Portals such as Backstage  plugin development, service catalog configuration, and software templates

• [Required] Experience building developer tooling and self-service workflows on top of existing platform infrastructure

• [Required] Strong GitOps experience managing infrastructure and application delivery through Git-based workflows

• [Required] Experience in DevOps tooling such as: Terraform, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, Artifactory and CI/CD pipeline design

• [Required] Experience with Kubernetes (K8s) and Helm

• [Required] Experience with AWS foundational services: VPCs, Security Groups, EC2, RDS, S3, KMS, IAM, and AWS CLI

• [Preferred] Development experience in Node.js, TypeScript, React or Python

• [Preferred] Familiarity with observability tooling such as Splunk

Education and/or Experience:

• [Required] BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field, or equivalent experience

• [Required] 7+ years in platform engineering, DevOps, or related infrastructure/tooling disciplines

• [Required] 3+ years in an engineering leadership or management role

Certificates or Licenses:

• [Preferred] AWS Certified Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineer

• [Preferred] Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or equivalent

• [Preferred] Project/program management certification

About Us

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization. Founded in 1973, OCC is dedicated to promoting stability and market integrity by delivering clearing and settlement services for options, futures and securities lending transactions. As a Systemically Important Financial Market Utility (SIFMU), OCC operates under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. OCC has more than 100 clearing members and provides central counterparty (CCP) clearing and settlement services to 19 exchanges and trading platforms. More information about OCC is available at www.theocc.com.

Benefits

A highly collaborative and supportive environment developed to encourage work-life balance and employee wellness. Some of these components include:

• A hybrid work environment, up to 2 days per week of remote work
• Tuition Reimbursement to support your continued education
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance
• Technology Stipend allowing you to use the device of your choice to connect to our network while working remotely
• Generous PTO and Parental leave
• 401k Employer Match
• Competitive health benefits including medical, dental and vision

Visit https://www.theocc.com/careers/thriving-together for more information.

Compensation

• The salary range listed for any given position is exclusive of fringe benefits and potential bonuses. If hired at OCC, your final base salary compensation will be determined by factors such as skills, experience and/or education.
• In addition, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as part of any final offer.
• We typically do not hire at the maximum of the range in order to allow for future and continued salary growth. We also offer a substantial benefits package as noted on www.theocc.com/careers
• All employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus. Discretionary bonuses are based on various factors, including, but not limited to, company and individual performance and are not guaranteed.

Salary Range

Incentive Range

This position is eligible for an annual discretionary incentive compensation award, for which the target range is listed above (see Incentive Range). The amount of such award, if any, will be based on various factors, including without limitation, both individual and company performance.

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OCC is an Equal Opportunity Employer