Principal Software Engineer

DTCC • Coppell, TX

21h • Hybrid

About The Position

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 domain 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree preferred with Masters or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years’ experience with backend technologies such Oracle and any relational databases

Nice To Haves

• Hands on experience or familiarity with snowflake is an added advantage.
• Experience in developing and using AWS cloud stack (S3, SQS, Redshift, Lamda etc.) is a plus.
• Experience with Apache Kafka (or Confluent Kafka), Kafka APIs and tooling (e.g., Kafka Connect, KStreams, KSQL) is a plus.
• Problem solving and critical thinking skills needed while designing business solutions.
• Mentor and motivate the team to learn new technologies and to pick up new opportunities to develop skill set for individual growth and to contribute to team's efficiency.
• Proactive attitude and takes ownership of tasks and follow them through to completion.

Responsibilities

• 10+ years of Active Development Experience/ Expertise in Java/J2EE Based Applications proven ability with Hibernate, Spring, Spring MVC,Soap/Rest API
• Strong database and PL/SQL skills (Oracle, Postgres, Snowflake preferred)
• Experience with Autosys, Orchestration ETL or Reporting tools is desired.
• Drive design discussions and own the squad in implementation of automated solutions based on business-driven requirements.
• Perform design and code reviews to ensure business requirement implementation is achieved without compromising on performance and best practices.
• Ability to demonstrate DevOps techniques and practices like Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, Test Automation, Build Automation and Test-Driven Development to enable the rapid delivery of working code utilizing tools like Jenkins, Cloud bees, Git, etc.
• Challenge and encourages team members to pick up coding best practices (Modularity, scalability, adaptability)
• Capability to develop thorough understanding of application over time and be skillful to provide work around and have a vision towards long term solution for automation of manual processes.
• Ground level day to day co-ordination with squad is needed to ensure risks or dependencies are assessed within application framework right from analysis all the way through build, test, and deployment to ensure smooth delivery.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal