Company Overview
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: IBKR) is a global financial services company headquartered in Greenwich, CT, USA, with offices in over 15 countries. We have been at the forefront of financial innovation for over four decades, known for our cutting-edge technology and client commitment.
IBKR affiliates provide global electronic brokerage services around the clock on stocks, options, futures, currencies, bonds, and funds to clients in over 200 countries and territories. We serve individual investors and institutions, including financial advisors, hedge funds and introducing brokers. Our advanced technology, competitive pricing, and global market help our clients to make the most of their investments.
Barron's has recognized Interactive Brokers as the #1 online broker for six consecutive years. Join our dynamic, multi-national team and be a part of a company that simplifies and enhances financial opportunities using state-of-the-art technology.
This is Hybrid role (4 days in office /1 day remote)
About your Team:
In this role you will work with software developers, third-parties, and operations teams to deep dive into technical problems, understand project requirements, goals and limitations then design technical approaches and corresponding plans to integrate the necessary components into both new and existing technical environments.You will leverage your existing knowledge about infrastructure, systems and software along with institutional knowledge and documentation to optimize implementation of software, tools, infrastructure and other technology into project plans balancing resiliency, speed and cost factors.You will develop a deep well of experience, insight and understanding of the infrastructure, trading applications and various technical environments for use when responding to scaling challenges and technical limitations.
Getting up-close and hands-on, you will work alongside network, storage and application designers as well as third-party SME’s and sales engineers, leveraging automation to create the task outlines and project plans necessary to implement your designs.
By building an understanding of the existing technical landscape, current regulatory rules and overall fit-and-function, you will develop solutions with a specific goal of simplifying the requirements and designing pragmatic, effective solutions ensuring speed and reliability as it scales.You will develop concise and effective diagrams to document the designs and implementations for future reference by operations and other project teams.As you progress in knowledge and understanding you will work alongside developers and applications teams to assist where necessary to prototype, test and implement the solutions as practical.
What will be your responsibilities within IBKR:
- Design resilient solutions, carefully balancing time, cost and scope
- Enforce organizational standards, industry best practices using an innovative approach
- Act as an overall subject matter expert on design patterns, infrastructure, hardware and software
- Review the existing deployments, current solutions, etc. and prescribe/implement upgrades and capacity increases as required
What required skill’s you need:
- Basic scripting capability and comfort in a *nix command-line operating environment
- Strong love of technology and a profound knowledge of how technologies integrate and interact
- Keen understanding of technical documentation products and project management software (e.g. Atlassian, ServiceNow, etc.)
- Posses of pursuing a Bachelors degree in Computer Science (and/or similar degree in a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience)
- Experience with project planning, task decomposition and general project management skills
To be successful in this position, you will have the following:
- Self-motivated and able to handle tasks with minimal supervision.
- Superb analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent collaboration and communication (Verbal and written) skills.
- Outstanding organizational and time management skills.
Company Benefits & Perks
- Competitive salary, annual performance-based bonus and stock grant
- Retirement plan 401(k) with competitive company match
- Excellent health and wellness benefits, including medical, dental, and vision benefits. Company paid medical healthcare premium.
- Wellness screenings and assessments, health coaches and counseling services through an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Daily company lunch allowance provided and a fully stocked kitchen with healthy options for breakfast and snack
- Corporate events including team outings, dinners, volunteer activities and company sports teams
- Education reimbursement and learning opportunities