Associate Director Software Engineering

About the role

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.

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
• 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
• Create 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
• Aligns risk and control processes into day to day responsibilities to supervise and mitigate risk; calls out concerns appropriately
• Mentor/Coach Junior developers in code development and production support
• Build application knowledge along with system knowledge to contribute effectively in development
• Reverse Engineer to troubleshoot or develop new enhancements

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 to 16 years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent experience
• Talents Needed For Success:
  • Software Development: Full stack developer having the hands-on experience in developing applications using Java, JavaScript, Spring/Spring Boot, REST APIs, and SQL.
  • Database Expertise: Strong proficiency in PL/SQL with experience in Snowflake and PostgreSQL.
  • CI/CD & DevOps Tools: Demonstrated experience with Git, Bitbucket, Maven, Jenkins, and Jira.
  • Development Environments: Skilled in using IntelliJ IDEA and Eclipse IDEs.
  • Middleware: Proven capability working with Tomcat application servers.
  • Cloud Technologies: Working knowledge of AWS services including S3, SQS, EC2, KMS, and RDS.
  • Testing Frameworks: Strong focus on software testing using JUnit and Mockito.
  • Front-End & Scripting: Experience with Angular or other UI frameworks; familiarity with Python and Shell scripting is a plus.
• SDLC Experience: Involved in various phases of the System Development Life Cycle including planning, analysis, design, development, and testing.
• Agile Methodology: Well-versed in Agile development practices.

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.
• Flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).