Request Technology Hiring For Principal Tech Lead – Software Development at Chicago, IL Full Time

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A prestigious company is on the search for a Principal Tech Lead – Software Development. This tech lead will help this company build out the next generation block chain based security lending system. This person needs to have experience with Python, Scala, Unix/Linux environments, application development, and cloud platforms. They also need to have a background in capital markets or financial industry.

Responsibilities:

• You’ll be working alongside experts that are building COMPANY’s next generation blockchain-based securities lending system, and paving the future of digital transformation in the capital markets industry by:
• Collaborating with others to deliver complex projects which may involve multiple systems.
• Continuously thinking about the next steps while improving yourself and others around you.
• Developing solutions to complex technical challenges while coding, testing, troubleshooting, debugging, and documenting the systems you develop.
• Optimizing application performance through analysis, code refactoring, and system tuning.
• Recommending technologies and tools that improve the efficiency and quality of COMPANY’s systems and development processes.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• 8+ years of relevant work experience.
• Fluent in functional programming (ideally Scala), object-oriented design, industry best practices, software patterns, and architecture principles.
• Experience with continuous integration tools and techniques, automating processes, and writing scripts using Python and other languages.
• Deep understanding of performance issues and multi-threaded development.
• Web/mobile application development experience.
• Experience working with the following: Unix/Linux environments, event-driven systems, transaction processing systems, distributed and parallel systems, large software system development, security software development, public-cloud platforms.
• Work experience in the capital markets industry.
• Experience with blockchain technologies preferred.
• Scala-based software development experience.
• Web/mobile application development experience.
• Experience working with four or more of the following: Unix/Linux environments, event-driven systems, transaction processing systems, distributed and parallel systems, large software system development, security software development, public-cloud platforms.
• Deep understanding of performance issues and multi-threaded development.
• Experience with continuous integration tools and techniques, automating processes, and writing scripts using Python and other languages.