About the role
What will you do at The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)?
Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC?
Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and
supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At
DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are
committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have
the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal
community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world
that we serve.
The Information Technology group delivers secure, reliable technology solutions
that enable DTCC to be the trusted infrastructure of the global capital markets.
The team delivers high-quality information through activities that include
development of essential, building infrastructure capabilities to meet client
needs and implementing data standards and governance.
Pay and
Benefits
* Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
* Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on
location
* Pension / Retirement benefits
* Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when
needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
* DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote
(onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or
employee).
The Impact You Will Have in This Role
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a critical role in DTCC's
enterprise modernization journey, helping transform legacy platforms into
scalable, cloud-native solutions that support critical financial services
operations.
You will design, build, and support high-performance applications using modern
Java technologies, microservices architectures, event-driven platforms, and AWS
cloud services. Working closely with architects, product managers, and
engineering teams, you will lead the modernization of business-critical systems,
drive cloud adoption, and contribute to the development of resilient, secure,
and highly scalable solutions.
This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who enjoys solving complex
technical challenges, building distributed systems, and improving software
quality through automation, continuous delivery, and engineering best practices.
Your Primary
Responsibilities
- * Design, develop, and support scalable applications using Java, Spring Boot,
- and microservices architectures.
- * Lead modernization initiatives, including migration of business logic from
- database-centric systems and stored procedures into cloud-native Java
- services.
- * Design and implement event-driven solutions using Kafka and enterprise
- messaging technologies.
- * Develop and support REST and SOAP APIs with a focus on scalability,
- reliability, and performance.
- * Build and deploy cloud-native solutions leveraging AWS services such as EC2,
- S3, SQS, and IAM.
- * Optimize application performance, resiliency, observability, and security
- across distributed systems.
- * Champion automation-first engineering practices, Test-Driven Development
- (TDD), and continuous quality improvements.
- * Integrate automated testing, code quality checks, and deployment controls
- into CI/CD pipelines.
- * Optimize database interactions and data processing across PostgreSQL and
- Snowflake environments.
- * Participate in architecture reviews, technical design discussions, and code
- reviews.
- * Troubleshoot production issues and implement sustainable solutions that
- improve system stability and performance.
- * Partner closely with Product, Architecture, DevOps, and Engineering teams to
- deliver high-quality software solutions.
- * Mentor junior engineers and promote engineering excellence, software
- craftsmanship, and best practices across the team.
Qualifications
- * Bachelor’s degree preferred or equivalent practical experience
- * 6–8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience developing enterprise
- applications.
- Talent Needed for Success
- * Strong hands-on experience with Java (Core Java & Java EE).
- * Deep expertise in Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Cloud, JMS, and Tomcat.
- * Experience designing and developing microservices and distributed systems.
- * Strong knowledge of AWS cloud services, including EC2, S3, SQS, and IAM.
- * Hands-on experience with Kafka or enterprise messaging technologies such as
- MQ, Solace, or RabbitMQ.
- * Experience building and supporting RESTful and SOAP-based services.
- * Strong understanding of event-driven architecture and asynchronous processing
- patterns.
- * Proficiency with Git, Maven, Jenkins, CI/CD pipelines, and modern DevOps
- practices.
- * Experience with unit and integration testing frameworks such as JUnit and
- Mockito.
- * Familiarity with code quality and security tools including SonarQube,
- Fortify, and Veracode.
- * Strong SQL skills and experience working with relational databases.
- * Experience working in Agile environments with strong collaboration and
- communication skills.
- * Proven ability to mentor engineers and contribute to technical leadership
- initiatives.
- Preferred Skills
- * Experience with Snowflake, data warehousing, and advanced SQL development.
- * Experience with PostgreSQL, Hibernate, and JPA.
- * Exposure to front-end technologies such as Angular, JavaScript, HTML5, and
- CSS.
- * Experience modernizing legacy applications and integrating cloud-native
- microservices with enterprise platforms.
- * Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- * Background in financial services, capital markets, or other highly regulated
- industries.
- * AWS or Java certifications.
- The salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across
- all US locations. Actual salary is determined based on the role, location,
- individual experience, skills, and other considerations. We are an equal
- opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate
- on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender
- expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or
- disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are
- provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or
- interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other
- benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request
- accommodation.
- With over 50 years of experience, DTCC is the premier post-trade market
- infrastructure for the global financial services industry. From 20 locations
- around the world, DTCC, through its subsidiaries, automates, centralizes, and
- standardizes the processing of financial transactions, mitigating risk,
- increasing transparency, enhancing performance and driving efficiency for
- thousands of broker/dealers, custodian banks and asset managers. Industry owned
- and governed, the firm innovates purposefully, simplifying the complexities of
- clearing, settlement, asset servicing, transaction processing, trade reporting
- and data services across asset classes, bringing enhanced resilience and
- soundness to existing financial markets while advancing the digital asset
- ecosystem. In 2024, DTCC’s subsidiaries processed securities transactions valued
- at U.S. $3.7 quadrillion and its depository subsidiary provided custody and
- asset servicing for securities issues from over 150 countries and territories
- valued at U.S. $99 trillion. DTCC’s Global Trade Repository service, through
- locally registered, licensed, or approved trade repositories, processes more
- than 25 billion messages annually. To learn more, please visit us
- at www.dtcc.com [http://www.dtcc.com/] or connect with us on LinkedIn
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- DTCC proudly supports Flexible Work Arrangements favoring openness and gives
- people freedom to do their jobs well, by encouraging diverse opinions and
- emphasizing teamwork. When you join our team, you’ll have an opportunity to
- make meaningful contributions at a company that is recognized as a thought
- leader in both the financial services and technology industries. A DTCC career
- is more than a good way to earn a living. It’s the chance to make a difference
- at a company that’s truly one of a kind.
- Learn more about Clearance and Settlement by clicking here
- [https://www.dtcc.com/clearance-settlement-guide/index.html#/dashboard].
- Serves as a dedicated technology resource for advancing DTCC’s business
- opportunities and providing industry thought leadership for leveraging new
- technology. The goal of this new department is to partner internally with IT,
- our business and regulatory divisions and externally with clients, regulators,
- and fintech vendors, to help build new platforms and business models to advance
- DTCC’s mission to support the financial markets.
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