Executive Dir, Software Eng — Cloud Modernization

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC); Jersey City (NJ); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and life insurance

Pension / Retirement benefits

Paid Time Off and family care

Hybrid work model (3 onsite, 2 remote)

Job summary

DTCC is seeking an Executive Director of Software Engineering to lead strategy, delivery, modernization, and cloud adoption for its Fixed Income platforms. You will oversee globally distributed teams driving mission-critical production services, modernization efforts, and cloud migration across FICC technology.

You will partner with product, architecture, infrastructure, and cybersecurity leaders to establish architecture standards, improve resiliency, and achieve measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of technology leadership experience.
• Experience operating mission-critical platforms in highly regulated or high-availability environments.
• Demonstrated success leading large-scale modernization and cloud transformation initiatives.
• Deep knowledge of enterprise architecture, software engineering, systems integration, resilience, performance, and secure development practices.
• Experience managing complex portfolios, budgets, vendors, and global teams.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to influence senior business and technology stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the FICC cloud migration strategy, integrated roadmap, delivery plan, and measurable outcomes across the application portfolio.
• Partner with Product, Architecture, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Operations, and Business leaders to deliver strategic outcomes.
• Drive engineering standards, scalability, performance, resilience, and operational excellence.
• Oversee budgets, workforce planning, vendor management, technology risk, and executive reporting.
• Build leadership capability, succession depth, and accountability across global engineering teams.

Skills

Technology leadership

Executive presence

Cloud migration

Vendor management

Security best practices

Enterprise architecture

Stakeholder management

Strategic planning

Tools

AWS

Java

Containers

Oracle databases

CI/CD

Observability

Job description

DTCC is seeking an Executive Director of Software Engineering to lead strategy, delivery, modernization, and cloud adoption for its Fixed Income platforms. You will oversee globally distributed teams driving mission-critical production services, modernization efforts, and cloud migration across FICC technology.

You will partner with product, architecture, infrastructure, and cybersecurity leaders to establish architecture standards, improve resiliency, and achieve measurable outcomes.