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Software Development Engineer in Test Associate Director
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.
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:
Test Engineer Associate Director role will enable the organization to accelerate Data Governance and Metadata Management initiatives while reducing operational, regulatory, and audit risks. Through automation, governance domain expertise, and deep knowledge of metadata, lineage, Snowflake, Collibra, and Atacama platforms, the role will improve platform quality, enhance compliance readiness, increase delivery velocity, and establish a scalable testing capability that supports enterprise-wide governance and AI-driven data initiatives
Qualifications:
- Minimum of 8 years of related experience
- Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience
Your Primary Responsibilities:
- Define and drive test strategy across functional, regression, integration, performance, resiliency, and automation testing to ensure enterprise quality standards are met.
- Lead test automation initiatives by developing reusable frameworks, improving automation coverage, and promoting continuous quality practices
- Own release quality and production readiness, ensuring appropriate test coverage, regression execution, testing signoffs, and readiness approvals before production deployments.
- Provide leadership and mentoring to SDETs and test engineers while establishing testing standards, KPIs, and best practices.
- Partner closely with Agile squads, including Product Owners, Technology Leads, Developers, and Scrum Masters to define testable requirements and support sprint execution
- Ensure governance and compliance by maintaining traceability between requirements, test cases, defects, and test results while adhering to DTCC SDLC, risk, security, and audit requirements.
- Manage defects, risks, and quality metrics, driving issues to resolution and escalating risks that could impact delivery or production stability.
- Oversee non-functional testing, including performance, capacity, stress, resiliency, environment, and infrastructure testing to validate platform reliability and operational readiness
NOTE: The Primary Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above.
Talents Needed for Success:
- 5+ years of experience in data governance and metadata management
- 5+ years of development experience in Testing Automations, metadata management tools like Collibra, Atacama,
- 4+ years with ALM tools, Java/Python/ UNIX environments/SQL and Snowflake experience etc., relevant for testing automations
- Strong understanding of data cataloging, metadata management, data lineage, and data controls.
- Experience with data integration frameworks and governance tooling.
- Familiarity with AI-driven metadata enrichment and automation is preferred.
- Ability to handle teams in executing the testing frameworks across multiple projects
- Ability to quickly understand and adapt to new tools, platforms, and project requirements.
- Strong documentation skills for both technical and business audiences.
- High attention to detail with strong organizational and multitasking capabilities.
- Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively with business, engineering, and leadership teams.
- Strong interpersonal, customer service, and verbal/written communication skills.
- Experience working in Agile environments (Scrum).
- Proven ability to manage timelines and deliverables effectively.
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
With over 50 years of experience, DTCC is the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry. From 20 locations around the world, DTCC, through its subsidiaries, automates, centralizes, and standardizes the processing of financial transactions, mitigating risk, increasing transparency, enhancing performance and driving efficiency for thousands of broker/dealers, custodian banks and asset managers. Industry owned and governed, the firm innovates purposefully, simplifying the complexities of clearing, settlement, asset servicing, transaction processing, trade reporting and data services across asset classes, bringing enhanced resilience and soundness to existing financial markets while advancing the digital asset ecosystem. In 2024, DTCC’s subsidiaries processed securities transactions valued at U.S. $3.7 quadrillion and its depository subsidiary provided custody and asset servicing for securities issues from over 150 countries and territories valued at U.S. $99 trillion. DTCC’s Global Trade Repository service, through locally registered, licensed, or approved trade repositories, processes more than 25 billion messages annually. To learn more, please visit us at www.dtcc.com or connect with us on LinkedIn, X, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram.
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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