THE DEPOSITORY TRUST & CLEARING CORPORATION SEEKS:
Title: Lead Software Engineer
Job Duties: 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.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Act as a technical expert on one or more applications utilized 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; escalates 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, troubleshooting, and production support
- 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 monitor and mitigate risk; escalates appropriately
Job Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering (any), Technology Management or related field and 6 years of experience in the job or related position OR a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering (any), Technology Management or related field and 4 years of experience in the job or related position. Prior education, training or experience to include:
- Java/J2EE Technologies and design patterns: Java 7/8, J2EE (Servlets, JSP and JSTL, EJB, JMS, JDBC)
- Java Frameworks: Spring 5, Spring boot
- Hands-on experience with RESTful web services.
- User Interface languages: HTML, JavaScript, CSS, JSON, AJAX
- Database: DB2, Oracle
- Java Development Tools and Application Servers: Eclipse IDE, IBM WebSphere 8.5 and above, Tomcat 8.0
- Testing Frameworks / Technology: JUnit, Performance testing
- Data Formats: JSON, XML
- Application build scripts: Git, Gradle and Maven
LOCATION: Jersey City, NJ. Telecommuting may be permitted a few days a week. When not telecommuting, must report to DTCC’s office in Jersey City, NJ.
SALARY: $189,592.00-$190,000.00 per year.
APPLY: Please e-mail resume with cover letter to DTCC at [email protected], reference Job Code 10160377/ Lead Software Engineer/ Jersey City, NJ
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field and 6 years of experience
- Master's degree in Computer Science or related field and 4 years of experience
- Expertise in Java, J2EE, Spring, Spring Boot, RESTful services
- Hands-on experience with databases like DB2 and Oracle
- Familiarity with web technologies such as HTML, JavaScript, and CSS
What We Do
With over 45 years of experience, DTCC is the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry. From 21 locations around the world, DTCC, through its subsidiaries, automates, centralizes and standardizes the processing of financial transactions, mitigating risk, increasing transparency and driving efficiency for thousands of broker/dealers, custodian banks and asset managers. Industry owned and governed, the firm simplifies the complexities of clearing, settlement, asset servicing, data management, data reporting and information services across asset classes, bringing increased security and soundness to financial markets. In 2021, DTCC’s subsidiaries processed securities transactions valued at nearly U.S. $2.4 quadrillion. Its depository provides custody and asset servicing for securities issues from 177 countries and territories valued at U.S. $87.1 trillion. DTCC’s Global Trade Repository service, through locally registered, licensed, or approved trade repositories, processes 16 billion messages annually. To learn more, please visit us at www.dtcc.com.
