Senior Backend Engineer (Java, Spring Boot, Cloud Migration)

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 Lead Software Engineer, you will play a critical role in designing, building, and modernizing software applications that support DTCC’s Institutional Trade Processing (ITP) business. This is a highly technical, hands‑on position focused on delivering scalable, high‑performance, and cloud‑ready solutions that power identity, entitlement, and organization reference data across multiple ITP products and the DTCC Portal.

You will contribute across the full software development lifecycle—from design and development through deployment and optimization—while providing strong technical leadership and guidance to development teams. A key focus of this role will be supporting DTCC’s cloud and database modernization initiatives, including migrating business logic from database stored procedures into Java‑based services and improving API performance and scalability.

This role partners closely with team leads, product owners, and engineering leadership to deliver high‑quality solutions aligned to business priorities and long‑term technology strategy.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain high‑quality, scalable, and high‑performance software applications.
• Translate business and functional requirements into well‑designed, maintainable technical solutions.
• Lead hands‑on development using Java/J2EE, Spring, and Spring Boot within a microservices‑based architecture.
• Design and build frameworks that promote modularity, isolation, extensibility, and reuse.
• Modernize applications by converting complex business logic from database stored procedures into Java‑based services.
• Build, optimize, and support REST and SOAP APIs with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Participate in frequent deployments and support continuous delivery in a fast‑paced environment.
• Conduct and participate in thorough code reviews to promote strong engineering standards and best practices.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to resolve production issues, manage expectations, and deliver urgent fixes when required.
• Partner with leadership to assess scope, provide effort estimates, and support delivery planning.
• Contribute to technology standards, best practices, and technical decision‑making across the team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• 6-8+ years of experience in backend and database‑driven application development.

Talent Needed for Success

• Expert‑level, hands‑on experience with Java/J2EE and modern backend development practices.
• Strong experience with Spring / Spring Boot, RESTful services, and microservices architectures.
• Working knowledge of Angular or React for front‑end integration.
• Strong experience with relational databases such as Oracle and PostgreSQL.
• Experience with Apache Kafka or Confluent Kafka, including APIs and tooling (Kafka Connect, KStreams, KSQL).
• Proven ability to write high‑quality, testable code using unit tests and Test‑Driven Development (TDD).
• Experience working in Agile environments with strong collaboration skills.
• A hands‑on engineer who thrives in a fast‑paced, delivery‑focused environment.
• A collaborative team player who communicates clearly and partners effectively with engineers, product owners, and team leads.
• Demonstrates honesty, transparency, accountability, and a commitment to continuous learning.
• Willingness to coach and mentor other engineers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AWS cloud services such as S3, SQS, Lambda, and Redshift.
• Hands‑on experience with DevOps practices, including CI/CD, test automation, and build automation.
• Familiarity with tools such as Jenkins, CloudBees, Git, and related DevOps platforms.
• Experience supporting large‑scale enterprise systems and cloud migration initiatives.
• Java or AWS certifications (preferred, not required

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.

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.

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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.