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Principal Software Engineer

DTCC Candidate Experience Site
Jersey, NJ Full Time
POSTED ON 2/12/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/11/2025

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.

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 Development family is responsible for creating, designing, deploying, and supporting applications, programs, and software solutions. May include research, new development, prototyping, modification, reuse, re-engineering, maintenance, or any other activities related to software products used internally or externally on product platforms supported by the firm. The software development process requires in-depth subject matter expertise in existing and emerging development methodologies, tools, and programming languages. Software Developers work closely with business partners and / or external clients in defining requirements and implementing solutions. 

The Software Engineering role specializes in planning, documenting 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 enhancement of existing software systems and applications, proposing and recommending solutions that solve complex business problems.

Your Primary Responsibilities: 

  • Lead needed technical processes and designs considering reliability, data integrity, maintainability, reuse, extensibility, usability and scalability.
  • Collaborate with Infrastructure partners to identify and deploy optimal hosting environments.
  • Define scalability and performance criteria for assigned applications.
  • Ensure application meets the performance, privacy, and security requirements.
  • Tune application performance to eliminate and reduce issues.
  • Verify test plans to ensure compliance with performance and security requirements.
  • Support business and technical presentations in relation to technology platforms and business solutions.
  • Mitigate risk by following established procedures and monitoring controls.
  • Help develop solutions that balance cost and delivery while meeting business requirements.
  • implement technology-specific best practices that are consistent with corporate standards.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure the success of product strategy and project deliverables.
  • Manage the software development process.
  • Drive new technical and business process improvements.
  • Estimate total costs of modules/projects covering both hours and expense.
  • Research and evaluate specific technologies, and applications, and contributes to the solution design.
  • Construct application Architecture encompassing end-to-end designs.
  • Mitigates risk by following established procedures and monitoring controls, spotting key errors and demonstrating strong ethical behavior.

Talents Needed for Success:

  • 10 Years of Active Development Experience/ Expertise in Java/J2EE Based Applications proven ability with Hibernate, Spring, Spring MVC
  • Must Have Strong Frontend Experience - Angular 
  • Experience using NodeJS and NPM
  • Experience in Web based UI development and SPA Development
  • Experience with CSS, HTML, JavaScript, and similar UI frameworks (jQuery, React)
  • 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 (Postgres preferred)
  • Familiarity with Agile development methodology

Nice to have:

  • Serves as a trusted coach or mentor within the organization.
  • Communicates openly keeping everyone across the organization informed.

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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