Software Engineer - Java Fullstack

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:

The Software Engineering role is responsible for designing, developing, deploying, and supporting scalable and resilient applications for DTCC enterprise platforms. This includes building microservices, event-driven solutions, and backend systems that support critical business capabilities.

The role requires strong expertise in modern development frameworks, distributed system design, and cloud-native technologies. You will work closely with Business Analysts, architects, and platform teams to understand requirements and deliver high-quality solutions that meet performance, reliability, and security standards.

You will also contribute to continuous improvement through automation, performance optimization, and adoption of best practices across the software development lifecycle.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, and support microservices for DTCC enterprise platforms.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts and architects to understand functional and non-functional requirements, including scalability, resiliency, and performance.
• Build and enhance event-driven services using Kafka-based messaging patterns.
• Develop high-performance, resilient applications aligned with enterprise standards and best practices.
• Participate in performance testing, tuning, and troubleshooting across application, database, and messaging layers.
• Support production deployments, monitoring, and incident resolution in collaboration with Platform and Infrastructure teams.
• Contribute to resiliency, failover, and disaster recovery capabilities.
• Develop APIs, backend services, and processing components (batch and streaming).
• Write unit and integration tests to ensure code quality and reliability.
• Improve CI/CD pipelines, automation, and observability practices.

Qualifications:

• 3–5 years of software engineering experience, preferably in backend or distributed systems.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field preferred, or equivalent practical experience.

Skills & Requirements: Core Development

• Strong experience with Enterprise Java and Spring Boot microservices.
• Good understanding of distributed system design, resiliency, and fault tolerance.
• Experience building REST APIs and backend services.

• Familiarity with Maven and secure coding practices.

Kafka, Streaming & Event-Driven Architecture

• Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka (producers, consumers, topics, partitions).
• Understanding of event-driven architecture and asynchronous processing.
• Exposure to resiliency patterns such as retry, DLQ, and idempotency is a plus.
• Familiarity with Redis for caching or state management.

Data & Persistence

• Strong experience with PostgreSQL or Aurora PostgreSQL.
• Knowledge of SQL optimization, indexing, and performance tuning.
• Understanding of data modeling and large-volume data handling.
• Experience with Liquibase or similar database migration tools.

Cloud, Containers & Platform

• Experience with containerized applications using Docker.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes or OpenShift platforms.
• Understanding of autoscaling concepts and deployment strategies.
• Exposure to cloud environments (AWS preferred).

DevOps & Observability

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (build, test, deploy).
• Exposure to logging, monitoring, and alerting tools.
• Understanding of release processes and production support operations.

Ways of Working

• Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams using Jira.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative, and regulated environment.
• Good communication and cross-team collaboration skills.
  

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.

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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