Senior Full Stack Software Engineer - Java/AWS

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC); Tampa (FL); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health and life insurance

Pension / Retirement benefits

Paid Time Off

Hybrid work model

Job summary

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) in the United States seeks a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer to modernize mission-critical platforms. You will build cloud-native applications using Java, Spring Boot, Angular/React, and AWS, delivering high-throughput, secure services for global markets.

Work with Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines to drive reliability and performance in a hybrid on-site/remote setup.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of enterprise-scale software development experience.
• Proven experience leading complex technical initiatives and delivering scalable technology solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and support of full-stack applications using Java, Spring Boot, Angular, React, and AWS.
• Drive architecture reviews, engineering standards, and software development best practices.
• Mentor teams and promote engineering excellence across multiple groups.
• Design scalable microservices, REST APIs, and distributed systems.
• Develop cloud-native apps leveraging AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Ensure observability, security, and production readiness across platforms.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Angular

React

TypeScript

REST APIs

Kafka

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

DevOps

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Jira

Jenkins

Git

Job description

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

At DTCC, your work will directly contribute to the stability, resiliency, and efficiency of the global financial markets. As the industry's premier post-trade market infrastructure, DTCC processes and safeguards trillions of dollars in securities transactions annually.

As a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer, you will play a key role in modernizing mission-critical platforms that enable the secure, reliable, and high-volume movement of business transactions across DTCC's enterprise ecosystem. Leveraging technologies including Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Kafka, Angular, React, Docker, and Kubernetes, you will design and build cloud-native applications, scalable microservices, modern user experiences, and real-time event-driven solutions.

This is an opportunity to solve complex engineering challenges at enterprise scale, influence technical design decisions, and contribute to a multi-year cloud and application modernization journey. If you're passionate about building highly scalable, resilient, and secure platforms that power global financial services, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact while accelerating your technical growth.

Your Primary Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Engineering Excellence

• Lead the design, development, and support of full-stack applications utilizing Java, Spring Boot, Angular, React, and AWS.
• Drive application architecture, technical design reviews, engineering standards, and software development best practices.
• Champion engineering excellence through mentorship, knowledge sharing, and technical guidance across teams.
• Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies and engineering practices that improve platform capabilities and developer productivity.

Cloud-Native Application Development

• Design and implement scalable microservices, REST APIs, and distributed systems.
• Build cloud-native applications leveraging AWS services and containerized technologies.
• Develop reusable frameworks, enterprise integration solutions, and shared platform capabilities.
• Deliver modern, intuitive user experiences that improve usability and operational efficiency.

Event-Driven & Platform Engineering

• Design and develop event-driven architectures utilizing Kafka and related messaging technologies.
• Implement highly available, fault-tolerant, and resilient application services.
• Support enterprise transaction processing platforms requiring high throughput, reliability, and operational excellence.
• Develop solutions that ensure transaction integrity, reconciliation, auditability, and operational control.

DevOps, Reliability & Operational Excellence

• Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks.
• Implement monitoring, observability, alerting, resiliency, and recovery capabilities.
• Optimize performance, scalability, security, and availability across distributed environments.
• Support applications throughout the software development lifecycle, including production support and continuous improvement initiatives.

Collaboration & Delivery

• Partner closely with Product Owners, Architects, Platform Engineers, and business stakeholders to deliver strategic technology solutions.
• Collaborate effectively within Agile teams across global locations.
• Translate business requirements into scalable and maintainable technical solutions.
• Contribute to strategic modernization initiatives and enterprise technology roadmaps.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of experience designing, developing, and supporting enterprise-scale software applications.
• Proven experience leading complex technical initiatives and delivering scalable technology solutions.

Talent Needed for Success

Full Stack Engineering

• Deep expertise in Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security, and Hibernate.
• Strong experience building modern front-end applications using Angular and/or React.
• Proficiency with TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Hands-on experience developing RESTful APIs, microservices, distributed systems, and event-driven architectures.
• Experience building highly scalable, high-performance enterprise applications.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented design principles, design patterns, and software architecture best practices.
• Experience with Apache Kafka or Confluent Kafka.

Cloud & DevOps

• Experience developing cloud-native applications on AWS, including EC2, ECS/EKS, S3, RDS, Lambda, and related services.
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, and containerized application deployments.
• Experience with Git, Bitbucket, Maven, Jenkins, Nexus, Jira, and CI/CD automation.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, DevOps practices, and continuous delivery principles.
• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code and automation practices is preferred.

Data & Platform Engineering

• Strong SQL, database development, and performance tuning experience utilizing Oracle or DB2.
• Experience working with enterprise integration, messaging, and transaction-processing systems.
• Knowledge of reconciliation processes, operational controls, audit frameworks, and data integrity solutions.
• Understanding of observability, monitoring, resiliency engineering, capacity planning, and operational readiness practices.
• Strong knowledge of secure coding principles, application security, and software engineering best practices.

Leadership & Professional Skills

• Ability to influence technical direction and drive architectural decisions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven ability to mentor engineers and foster collaborative, high-performing teams.
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced environments managing multiple priorities and complex technical challenges.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Spring Cloud and cloud-native design patterns.
• Experience with IBM MQ, Solace, or other enterprise messaging technologies.
• Experience with Python or automation development.
• Experience with observability platforms such as Splunk, Dynatrace, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, or similar tools.
• Experience supporting large-scale, high-volume, mission-critical transaction processing platforms.
• Experience working across mainframe, distributed, and cloud-native ecosystems.
• Experience utilizing AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Amazon Q, Kiro, or similar technologies.
• Financial Services, Capital Markets, FinTech, Payments, or other highly regulated industry experience.
• Financial Services, Capital Markets, FinTech, or experience working in highly regulated industries

The salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all US locations. 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.