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The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)

Lead Software Engineer

jersey city, NJ

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About this opportunity

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) lists this Lead Software Engineer opportunity in jersey city, New Jersey. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.

Job description

Join to apply for the Lead Software Engineer role 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, 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 reflects 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

The IT FinSight Delivery team at DTCC focuses on delivering secure, scalable, and resilient technology solutions for financial risk management. This role specializes in planning, detailing technical requirements, designing, developing, and testing all software systems and applications for the firm. Works closely with architects, product managers, project management, and end‑users in the development and improvement of existing software systems and applications, proposing and recommending solutions that tackle complex business problems.

Primary Responsibilities

Act as a technical expert on one or more applications used by DTCC.

Work with the Business System Analyst to ensure designs satisfy functional requirements.

Partner with Infrastructure to identify and deploy optimal hosting environments.

Tune application performance to eliminate and reduce issues.

Research and evaluate technical solutions consistent with DTCC technology standards.

Align risk and control processes into day‑to‑day responsibilities to monitor and mitigate risk; advance appropriately.

Apply different software development methodologies dependent on project needs.

Contribute expertise to the design of components or individual programs, and participate in the construction and functional testing.

Support development teams, testing, fixing, and production support.

Build applications and construct unit test cases that ensure compliance with functional and non‑functional requirements.

Work with peers to mature ways of working, continuous integration, and continuous delivery.

Qualifications

Minimum of 6-8 years of related experience.

Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience.

Talent needed for success

6+ years of active development experience/expertise in Java/J2EE based applications, demonstrated ability with Java 17 or above.

Strong backend framework experience – Spring Boot.

Exposure to XML/XSD, JSON and similar data presentation components.

Familiarity with Microservices based architecture and distributed systems.

Ability to develop and work with REST APIs using Spring Boot framework.

Experience with CI/CD technologies like GIT, Jenkins, joCoCo and Maven.

Strong database and PL/SQL skills (Oracle, Snowflake preferred).

Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure and Kubernetes, Docker is desirable.

Familiarity with Agile development methodology.

Experience with code coverage, junit5, Mockito, PowerMock.

Solid understanding of software design patterns, data structures, and algorithms.

Excellent problem‑solving, communication, and leadership skills.

Additional Qualifications

Experience in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

Exposure to full stack development technologies.

Background in financial services, healthcare, or other regulated industries.

Certifications in cloud, Java, Kafka technologies or architecture.

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.

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Worksite address

jersey city, NJ, 07390, US

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