Associate Director, Full Stack Development
TIAA
Associate Director, Full Stack Development
TIAA
Sells retirement annuities to nonprofit workers
Expert - Full Stack Development - IN
Full Stack Development are involved in full stack development and implement end-to-end components of custom applications.
We are seeking an experienced and hands-on Associate Director to join our data engineering team as a technical lead who continues to write code and build solutions, not just manage. This role requires deep, practical expertise in AWS, Python with a strong emphasis on supporting the quant modeling team, understanding fixed income data. The ideal candidate combines senior-level technical depth with the ability to recommend architecture decisions and mentor engineering teams.
Key Responsibilities and Duties
Educational Requirements
Work Experience
Physical Requirements
## Must-Have Skills (Core Requirements)
**Python Development**
Strong hands-on programming experience in Python, including building production-grade data processing applications, writing efficient and maintainable code, and working with common libraries used in data engineering workflows.
**AWS Cloud Services**
Practical, hands-on experience with:
- AWS EC2, Lambda compute engines and event-driven processing.
- Serverless architecture.
- Amazon S3 for data storage, lifecycle management, and integration with downstream pipelines
- General familiarity with the AWS ecosystem to support cross-service integrations.
**Workflow Orchestration**
Experience designing, building, and maintaining DAGs (using tools such as Apache Airflow or equivalent orchestration frameworks) to manage complex, multi-step data pipelines with dependencies, scheduling, and failure handling.
**Data engineering**
- Familiarity with data modeling concepts, SQL performance tuning.
- Experience with databases (SQL Server experience is a plus).
## Domain Knowledge (Preferred)
Prior exposure to or working knowledge of the asset management or broader financial services industry is a strong plus.
Familiarity with Fixed Income investment data concepts, quant strategies, quant modelling, portfolio management systems would be beneficial.
## Secondary Skills (Good to Have)
- Version control proficiency with Git and CI/CD integration.
- Experience with UI frameworks (such as, React) and API frameworks (such as, Kong API).
- Familiarity with application security.
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
- Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and deployment pipelines.
- Understanding of data governance, security, and compliance practices in cloud environments.
## Key Responsibilities
- Understand fixed income quant statistical models and implement solutions as per business needs.
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable data engineering solutions using Python, and AWS services.
- Develop serverless applications leveraging AWS Lambda integrated with S3 and other AWS services.
- Design and manage DAG-based orchestration for end-to-end data pipeline execution.
- Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance while remaining actively engaged in hands-on development.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including data analysts, business stakeholders, and platform engineering.
- Establish and enforce coding standards, best practices, and code review processes.
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, fostering technical growth within the team.
- Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, ensuring high availability and performance of data pipelines.
- Contribute to technical roadmap planning and platform modernization initiatives.
## Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience)
- 12+ years of overall technology experience, with significant time spent in hands-on engineering roles.
- Proven track record of delivering production-grade solutions in Python/ AWS environments.
- Knowledge of the Fixed Income investment domain.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently in ambiguous or evolving requirements
- Excellent communication skills, with experience presenting technical solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Related SkillsAgile Methodology, Continuous Integration and Deployment, Data Analysis, Debugging, DevOps, Enterprise Application Integration, Operating Systems Management, Problem Solving, Programming, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle, Web Application Development_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Company Overview
TIAA Global Capabilities was established in 2016 with a mission to tap into a vast pool of talent, reduce risk by insourcing key platforms and processes, as well as contribute to innovation with a focus on enhancing our technology stack. TIAA Global Capabilities is focused on building a scalable and sustainable organization , with a focus on technology , operations and expanding into the shared services business space.
Working closely with our U.S. colleagues and other partners, our goal is to reduce risk, improve the efficiency of our technology and processes and develop innovative ideas to increase throughput and productivity.
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At TIAA, we're on a mission to build on our 100+ year legacy of delivering for our clients while evolving to meet tomorrow's challenges. We equip our associates with future-focused skills and AI tools that enable us to advance our mission. Together, we are fighting to ensure a more secure financial future for all and for generations to come. We are guided by our values: Champion Our People, Be Client Obsessed, Lead with Integrity, Own It, and Win As One. They influence every decision we make and how we work together to serve our clients every day. We thrive in a collaborative in-office environment where teams work across organizational boundaries with shared purpose, accelerating innovation and delivering meaningful results. Our workplace brings together TIAA and Nuveen's entrepreneurial spirit, where we work hard and work together to create lasting impact. Here, every associate can grow through meaningful learning experiences and development pathways—because when our people succeed, our impact on clients' lives grows stronger.
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TIAA runs workplace retirement plans and sells annuities to people who work for colleges, hospitals, research institutions, cultural groups and government agencies. Its flagship TIAA Traditional annuity guarantees a minimum return and has paid additional interest above that floor every year since 1948, turning savings into income for life. Employers sponsor the plans and workers contribute from each paycheck, while TIAA earns investment spread and fees on the money it manages, partly through Nuveen, its asset management arm. Andrew Carnegie founded TIAA in 1918 to fund pensions for college professors, and the organization is headquartered in New York City.
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