Cloud Modernization & Engineering Director

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC); Jersey City (NJ); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and annual/in

Flexible hybrid work model (3 days on–

Job summary

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead strategy, modernization, and delivery of enterprise applications powering core business capabilities.

You will oversee multiple engineering teams, drive cloud adoption, modern DevSecOps, and AI-enabled innovation, collaborating with Product, Architecture, Infrastructure, and Security to accelerate DTCC's technology transformation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or related field.
• 10+ years of progressive software engineering experience with leadership of large-scale enterprise development organizations.
• Proven experience leading multiple engineering teams delivering large-scale software platforms and business-critical applications.
• Demonstrated success building, developing, and retaining high-performing engineering organizations.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute software engineering strategy, technology roadmaps, and delivery priorities aligned with business objectives.
• Lead, mentor, and develop engineering managers and high-performing software engineering teams.
• Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Drive portfolio execution by managing priorities, delivery risks, dependencies, and resource planning.
• Lead the design, development, modernization, and support of large-scale enterprise applications and distributed systems.
• Drive cloud transformation initiatives that improve scalability, resilience, performance, and maintainability while reducing technical debt.
• Guide architecture and design decisions involving cloud-native technologies, microservices, APIs, event-driven architectures, and containerized platforms.
• Champion software engineering excellence through architecture reviews, development standards, code quality practices, automated testing, and engineering metrics.
• Establish and promote modern DevSecOps, CI/CD, automation, and software delivery best practices.
• Partner closely with Product Owners, Business Leaders, Architects, and Technology teams to deliver solutions that address evolving business needs.
• Translate strategic objectives into scalable technology solutions that drive measurable outcomes.
• Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies, including AI-enabled capabilities, to improve engineering productivity and accelerate innovation.
• Influence technology investment decisions and long-term modernization strategies across the organization.
• Collaborate with executive stakeholders to shape technology strategy and engineering priorities.
• Communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Promote strong governance, risk management, and operational discipline across engineering organizations.

Skills

Leadership

Enterprise software

Cloud-native development

Microservices

APIs

SDLC

DevSecOps

CI/CD

AI-enabled capabilities

Engineering leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

Java

Job description

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead strategy, modernization, and delivery of enterprise applications powering core business capabilities.

You will oversee multiple engineering teams, drive cloud adoption, modern DevSecOps, and AI-enabled innovation, collaborating with Product, Architecture, Infrastructure, and Security to accelerate DTCC's technology transformation.