Senior Full-Stack Engineer: Cloud-Native Microservices

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC); Jersey City (NJ); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health insurance

Pension plan

Paid time off

Hybrid work model

Job summary

DTCC is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, develop, and modernize scalable, cloud-native applications powering the Financial Risk Management platform. You’ll build high‑performance APIs, leverage AWS, OpenShift, and container tech, and drive automated testing and CI/CD practices.

You will collaborate with architects, product owners, and engineering leaders to deliver secure, reliable software across Oracle and Snowflake environments, participate in design reviews, and mentor teams in

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6–9 years of software engineering experience developing enterprise applications.
• Strong expertise in Java/J2EE, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and microservices architectures.
• Hands‑on experience developing cloud‑native applications using AWS.
• Experience with OpenShift Container Platform (OCP), Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud deployment architectures.
• Strong experience with Snowflake or large‑scale data warehouse platforms.
• Experience with Oracle, SQL development, data modeling, and query optimization.
• Experience with Apache Kafka, Confluent Kafka, or event‑driven architectures.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, messaging patterns, and asynchronous processing.
• Experience designing and implementing automated testing frameworks.
• Hands‑on experience with JUnit, Mockito, REST‑Assured, Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or similar testing frameworks.
• Experience integrating automated testing and quality controls into CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience building applications using ReactJS, micro frontends, and single‑page application architectures.
• Strong problem‑solving, communication, and technical leadership skills.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments.
• Passion for modern engineering practices, continuous improvement, and technology innovation.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support scalable applications using Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and microservices.
• Build cloud-native solutions leveraging AWS, OpenShift, containers, and modern deployment practices.
• Design and implement event‑driven solutions using Kafka and related messaging technologies.
• Develop high-performance APIs and distributed systems with a focus on scalability, resiliency, and security.
• Build and maintain automated testing frameworks for APIs, microservices, and cloud-based applications.
• Champion Test‑Driven Development (TDD), shift‑left testing, and automation‑first engineering practices.
• Integrate automated testing, quality controls, and release automation into CI/CD pipelines.
• Optimize application performance and database interactions across Oracle and Snowflake environments.
• Participate in architecture reviews, technical design discussions, and code reviews.
• Troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support engineering excellence, modernization, and platform resiliency.

Skills

Java/J2EE

Spring Framework

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Microservices

AWS

OpenShift

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

SQL/Oracle

Snowflake

JUnit/Mockito/REST-Assured

CI/CD

ReactJS / SPA

Agile

Testing frameworks

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

OpenShift Container Platform

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

Git

Maven

SonarQube

Job description

DTCC is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, develop, and modernize scalable, cloud-native applications powering the Financial Risk Management platform. You’ll build high‑performance APIs, leverage AWS, OpenShift, and container tech, and drive automated testing and CI/CD practices.

You will collaborate with architects, product owners, and engineering leaders to deliver secure, reliable software across Oracle and Snowflake environments, participate in design reviews, and mentor teams in