CareerPlan

Manager, Software Engineering: Java

Chicago - 125 S Franklin, USFull-time$185k–$223k2026-11-03 → 2026-11-10

Core

Manage a team of engineers building foundational components for the Ovation Risk Platform, providing technical leadership on architecture, design, and development while integrating AI/ML capabilities.

Role type

Senior IC manager (software engineering)

Builds

Foundational components for the Ovation Risk Platform, real-time data ingestion and processing systems, and enterprise-grade systems with AI/ML integration.

Domain

Financial services (options exchange operations, trade lifecycle, clearing workflows)

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

People management, performance reviews, compensation decisions, cross-functional team leadership, event streaming architecture design, AI/ML integration, PostgreSQL database design, query optimization, schema management, options exchange operations knowledge, trade lifecycle knowledge, clearing workflows knowledge

Preferred skills

None stated

Technologies

Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, PostgreSQL

Responsibilities

Manage a team of engineers, conduct performance reviews, administer compensation decisions, lead cross-functional teams, design and operate large-scale event streaming architectures, integrate AI/ML into enterprise systems, optimize PostgreSQL databases, review architecture proposals, create transition plans for target state architectures

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC