For the given job description <<Who We Are
Apex Fintech Solutions (AFS) powers innovation and the future of digital wealth management by processing millions of transactions daily, to simplify, automate, and facilitate access to financial markets for all. Our robust suite of fintech solutions enables us to support clients such as Stash, Betterment, SoFi, and WeBull, and more than 20 million of our clients' customers.
Collectively, AFS creates an environment in which companies with the biggest ideas in fintech are empowered to change the world. We are based in Dallas, TX and also have offices in Austin, New York, Chicago, Portland, and Belfast.
If you are seeking a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment where you'll have the opportunity to make an immediate impact, and you have the guts to change everything, this is the place for you.
AFS has received a number of prestigious industry awards, including:
2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018 Best Wealth Management Company - presented by Fintech Breakthrough Awards2021 Most Innovative Companies - presented by Fast Company2021 Best API & Best Trading Technology - presented by Global Fintech Awards
About This Role
As a Principal Cloud Software Engineer at Apex Silver, you are responsible for design and development of software code. You will help lead other developers in the design and development of financial services applications that integrate with cloud-based services. You are a results oriented leader who can lead a team to exceed client expectations. You perform hands-on work required to meet service level requirements. You will lead by example.
Key Responsibilities
Coordinate with your cross functional product development team and members of the software development teamOversee and provide guidance to other development team membersDesign and develop highly performant large scale financial services applicationsImplement robust CICD processesAdhere to Silvers coding standardsKeep up-to-date with industry trends and technology developments
Skills & Requirements
Requires a bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) and at least 10 years of experienceExtensive knowledge of software development processesExtensive knowledge of bash shell scriptingExtensive knowledge of implementing serverless solutions using AWS lambda, SQS, EventBridgeExtensive knowledge of Cloud Databases: AWS RDSAurora, DynamoDBExtensive knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code deployment tools like CloudFormation templates, TerraformExtensive knowledge of AWS Cloud Technologies (EC2, RDS, Amazon MQ, S3, API Gateway, etc.)Extensive knowledge of bash shell scriptingExtensive knowledge of CICD processes and tools like like BitBucket and PipelinesKnowledge of Java and SQLSolid experience in coding object oriented softwareKnowledge of javascript and front-end web frameworksPossess strong knowledge of fintech, investment services clearingcustody, best practices, and proceduresExcellent communication, organizational, analytical and team building skillsLead and direct the work of others Demonstrates strong problem solving skills, process driven mindset, resourcefulness, and the ability to meet responsibilities with minimal direct oversight
#engineering #mid-senior #full-time
OUR REWARDS
We offer a robust package of employee perks and benefits, including healthcare benefits (medical, dental and vision, EAP), competitive PTO, 401k match, parental leave, and HSA contribution match. We also provide our employees with a paid subscription to the Calm app and offer generous external learning and tuition reimbursement benefits. At AFS, we offer a hybrid work schedule for most roles that allows employees to have the flexibility of working from home and one of our primary offices.
AFS is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, natural or protective hairstyle, genetics, disability, age, or any other basis forbidden under federal, state, or local law.
>> the resume: <<SummarySenior Lead Release Engineer specializing in Continuous Integration and Deployment. Experienced with several IBM and Open Source grown tools, build and packaging software and automation techniques. Extensive work experience with Open Source Software projects as well as Enterprise Level Software projects. Strong background in project planning and leading agile based team projects.
HighlightsJenkins CI/CD Server ManagementRational Build Forge ServerMaven BuildsSonatype Nexus Server ManagementIBM AppscanDockerCI/CD Pipeline automationRational Team Concert managementGit/GHETivoli Storage ManagerTivoli FastBackLinux Build Environments
EducationSan Jose State University,Expected in––Bachelors of Science:Computer Engineering-GPA:Computer EngineeringWest Valley College,Expected in––AA:Mathematics-GPA:MathematicsWest Valley College,Expected in––AS:Applied Physics-GPA:Applied PhysicsWest Valley College,Expected in––Associates of Liberal Arts:-GPA:Received Dean's Honor List Award for each Strong communication skills developed working with external and internal customers.,Expected in––Overall
Qualifications
Technical Qualifications:-GPA:
ExperienceHorizon Software International, Llc-Advisory Software EngineerIthaca,NY,07/2015-CurrentI was promoted to lead the efforts to create a brand-new build process and significantly improve on previous build process. In this role, I mentored team of engineers on the best practices for agile software development and continuous integration. We were working on a brand-new project from scratch and wanted to make sure the development process was stream lined to produce shorter development to product testing times, helping us keep pace with the Open Source communities.The skills and lessons learned from working on the new offerings were applied to stream line existing offerings, with the goal to be enable our developers to rapidly make changes and deliver patches to customers.The role expanded to develop cloud based solutions as well as our primary on-prem solution. Our goal was to increase the avenues we could use to expose customers to our products.Sumaria Systems, Inc.-Build Software Engineer/Devops EngineerPoway,CA,09/2012-07/2015Experience with the following Software Solutions:
Build Management Systems: Jenkins, Build Forge
Source Code Management: Rational Team Concert (RTC), Git
Archive and Backup Solutions: Tivoli Storage Manager, Tivoli FastBack
Build Tools: Maven, IBM AppScan, Sonar Nexus, Common Component Build (CCB), Chef Part of a build and integration organization that serviced multiple development groups.Lead the Build and Automation group that serviced IBM's BigData BigInisghts solution.Directly responsible for helping 250+ developers from three different sites: US, China, and India.Primary role was to manage build process, create automation, and lead education on software delivery to the developers.Examples of tasks include: Creating and managing Jenkins Master, setup and install Jenkins Slaves (build machines), automate build and release process, help developers setup Maven pom.xml files, manage file servers, create installable images of the product and send them to QA teams, create new source code streams and branches and  manage parallel development activities, among other build related tasks.For the past year, our primary mission has shifted to automate our Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment strategies.International Business Machines IBM-Staff Software Support EngineerCity,STATE,08/2008-09/2012Worked on  enterprise level support team for IBM's Tivoli Storage Manager software suite and IBM's Tivoli FastBack Software solution.Was the lead Support Engineer for the Level 2 support team on the FastBack software solution.On Tivoli Storage Manager was a specialist on the Level 2 Tivoli Data Protection (TDP) team.The FastBack software solution performed block level backups on Windows servers.Software was designed to help small to mid level companies manage their backup and restore activities for mission critical systems, perform Bare Metal Restores, provide instant restore capabilities, among other functions.The IBM Tivoli Storage Manager TDP team specialized in working with API's to third party software such as Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle databases, Lotus Notes servers, among others.Example of tasks on the Level 2 support teams include: working directly with IBM customers to setup and configure software in their environment, helping customers with mission critical restore scenarios, debugging complex configuration errors, working with development group to help identify code bugs and provide patches to customers, creating online documentation to for customer use, among other related tasks.General Dynamics, Advanced Information Systems-Research and Development Intern summer internCity,STATE,06/2004-06/2005The first summer I researched software solutions that would help the developers manage their project's files and documentation.Setup and demoed a Microsoft SharePoint server to the research group.Second Summer I worked on a modified Trace Route program on Windows platform that would track additional details about each hop from on IP to another IP address.Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company-Information TechnologistCity,STATE,09/2001-04/2003As an Intern I worked in TSMC's IT help desk center.My responsibilities included answering calls, creating tickets into call center database, assisting with large scale updates, such as upgrades to hardware and software for employee's workstations, problem solving connectivity or network issues for employees, problem solving printer malfunctions, setup and configuration of new employee workstations, installing new software onto workstations, debugging client side email issues, among other related tasks.
SkillsAgile, API, automate, Automation, Backup, call center, Strong communication skills, hardware, client, databases, database, debugging, delivery, documentation, email, Engineer, xml, file servers, help desk, IBM, IP, Lotus Notes, managing, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SharePoint, Windows, Windows platform, enterprise, network, Oracle, printer, problem solving, QA, research, servers, Software Engineering, Software Engineer, Microsoft SQL Server, Tivoli, troubleshooting, upgrades>>. The result is, Good Fit

Fit assessment: Good Fit