Associate, Software Engineering: Java

What You'll Do:

As an Associate, you will join OCC’s Automation Testing Framework engineering team as an entry level contributor work and support the development and maintenance of critical risk technology systems.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

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

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

• Write clean, maintainable Java code and with debugging and testing the new code.

• Develop and enhance automation testing framework features, support testing teams to use the framework features.

• Engage in code reviews and continuous improvement.

• Support secure software delivery using SonarQube, Snyk, Sysdig, Veracode, and Black Duck.

• Participate in CI/CD automation using Jenkins and containerization with Docker, Harness, and Rancher.

• Support testing teams to resolve issues related to automation testing framework.

• Contribute to design discussions and proof of concept efforts.

• Be able to solve problems creatively, communicate effectively, and proactively engage in technical decisions to achieve objectives.

• Be a team player and work well with business, technical and non-technical professionals in an agile environment.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• none

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.

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

• 1+ years of professional software engineering experience with exposure to production systems, ideally including distributed systems, or backend microservice development.

• Experience with distributed computing frameworks such as Kafka Streaming, message queues is a plus.

• Experience with APIs development, SQL databases, Data Storage, like S3.

• Understanding of CI/CD, DevOps tools, Git, and testing frameworks.

• Understanding of OOP, microservices, REST APIs, and Java 8+ features.

• Understand Agile delivery models, including participation in sprint planning, code reviews, backlog refinement, and cross-team communication.

• Demonstrate intellectual curiosity and a strong desire to learn fast; ability to ramp up quickly, absorb new technologies.

Technical Skills:

• Solid Java programming fundamentals including object-oriented design, basic concurrency concepts, and some experience with Spring Boot.

• Working knowledge of Kafka concepts including producers, consumers, and topics; familiarity with message serialization formats such as Protobuf or Avro, and interest in learning schema governance patterns.

• Hands-on experience or familiarity with AWS services, especially S3.

• Ability to write analytical SQL queries for relational database systems such as PostgreSQL.

• Comfortable with Git version control workflows including branching strategies, pull requests, and code review; exposure to CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins or similar pipeline orchestration platforms.

• Practical curiosity about AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, with readiness to use them for code generation, refactoring, unit tests, and documentation in a disciplined engineering environment.

Education and/or Experience:

• [Required] BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field required

Certificates or Licenses:

• Not required

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.

Step 1
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Step 2
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Step 3
If you are called in for an interview, a representative from OCC will contact you to set up a date, time, and location. 

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OCC is an Equal Opportunity Employer