THE DEPOSITORY TRUST & CLEARING CORPORATION SEEKS:
TITLE: Principal Software Engineer
JOB DUTIES:
- Lead the design and implementation of technical solutions with a strong focus on reliability, data integrity, maintainability, reusability, extensibility, usability, and scalability.
- Define and enforce scalability and performance benchmarks for assigned applications, ensuring compliance with performance, privacy, and security standards.
- Design, develop, and maintain secure, scalable, and cloud-native applications.
- Proactively analyze and tune application performance to identify, eliminate, and prevent performance bottlenecks.
- Manage day-to-day technical activities of the team and oversee business-critical applications, including ownership of technical designs across distributed teams and locations.
- Conduct architecture, design, and code reviews to ensure adherence to coding standards, best practices, unit testing, security, scalability, and maintainability guidelines.
- Diagnose and resolve data and environment-related issues, performing impact analysis, root cause analysis, and implementing corrective, adaptive, and perfective maintenance.
- Define and manage technical processes with a strong emphasis on non-functional requirements.
- Collaborate closely with business analysts and stakeholders to ensure solutions meet both functional and non-functional requirements.
- Design and implement efficient, scalable data pipelines using Snowflake and Python, optimizing solutions for performance and cost efficiency.
- Work with container platforms such as OpenShift and Amazon EKS to design, deploy, and manage containerized applications.
- Demonstrate strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts and solutions.
- Apply appropriate software development methodologies, including Agile practices, based on project needs.
- Integrate risk management and control processes into daily responsibilities, actively monitoring risks, mitigating issues, and escalating concerns as appropriate.
JOB REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering (any), Technology Management or related field and 8 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 6 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
- Frontend Technology: Angular, Prime NG, Bootstrap CSS
- Object Relational Mapping (ORM) frameworks: myBatis and Hibernate
- User Interface languages: HTML, JavaScript, CSS, JSON, AJAX
- Hands-on experience with RESTful web services.
- 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: Tampa, FL. Telecommuting may be permitted a few days a week. When not telecommuting, must report to DTCC’s office in Tampa, FL.
SALARY: $145,642.00 per year.
APPLY: Please e-mail resume with cover letter to DTCC at [email protected], reference Job Code 10163837/ Principal Software Engineer/ Tampa FL
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or related field and 8 years' experience OR Master's degree and 6 years' experience
- Java 7/8 and J2EE (Servlets, JSP, JSTL, EJB, JMS, JDBC)
- Spring 5 and Spring Boot
- Frontend: Angular, Prime NG, Bootstrap CSS
- ORM frameworks: myBatis and Hibernate
- User interface languages: HTML, JavaScript, CSS, JSON, AJAX
- Hands-on experience with RESTful web services
- Databases: DB2 and Oracle
- Development tools and servers: Eclipse IDE, IBM WebSphere 8.5+, Tomcat 8.0
- Testing: JUnit and performance testing experience
- Data formats: JSON and XML
- Build and source control: Git, Gradle, Maven
- Design, implement, and optimize Snowflake data pipelines using Python
- Experience with container platforms: OpenShift and Amazon EKS
- Proven experience designing scalable, reliable, maintainable enterprise applications and conducting architecture/code reviews
- Experience with performance tuning, root cause analysis, and non-functional requirement management
- Familiarity with Agile software development methodologies
- Ability to manage day-to-day technical team activities and oversee business-critical applications
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and has not been reviewed or approved by The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC).
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage are comprehensive and include mental health support, in-network preventive care, and company-supported HSA/FSA options. Company HSA contributions plus life, AD&D, and disability coverage further reinforce depth of protection.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company matching and references to pension-related benefits provide meaningful long-term savings support. Charitable contribution matching and financial-planning resources complement the core retirement offerings.
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Parental & Family Support — Generous parental leave, adoption assistance, childcare benefits, and dependent care FSAs indicate strong support for families. Back-up care and specialized family health programs are highlighted as part of the package.
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) Insights
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.









