Principal Software Engineer

DTCC•Tampa, FL

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the design and implementation of technical solutions with a strong focus on reliability, data integrity, maintainability, reusability, extensibility, usability, and scalability. This role involves defining and enforcing scalability and performance benchmarks, designing and developing secure, scalable, and cloud-native applications, and proactively analyzing and tuning application performance. The Principal Software Engineer will manage the team's day-to-day technical activities, oversee business-critical applications, and conduct architecture, design, and code reviews. Responsibilities also include diagnosing and resolving data and environment-related issues, defining and managing technical processes with an emphasis on non-functional requirements, and collaborating with business analysts and stakeholders. Additionally, the role involves designing and implementing efficient data pipelines using Snowflake and Python, working with container platforms like OpenShift and Amazon EKS, demonstrating strong problem-solving skills, applying Agile methodologies, and integrating risk management processes.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering (any), Technology Management or related field and 8 years of experience in the job or related position OR a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering (any), Technology Management or related field and 6 years of experience in the job or related position.
Prior education, training or experience to include: Java/J2EE Technologies and design patterns: Java 7/8, J2EE (Servlets, JSP and JSTL, EJB, JMS, JDBC)
Java Frameworks: Spring 5, Spring boot
Frontend Technology: Angular, Prime NG, Bootstrap CSS
Object Relational Mapping (ORM) frameworks: myBatis and Hibernate
User Interface languages: HTML, JavaScript, CSS, JSON, AJAX
Hands-on experience with RESTful web services.
Database: DB2, Oracle
Java Development Tools and Application Servers: Eclipse IDE, IBM WebSphere 8.5 and above, Tomcat 8.0
Testing Frameworks / Technology: JUnit, Performance testing
Data Formats: JSON, XML
Application build scripts: Git, Gradle and Maven

Nice To Haves

Experience with Snowflake and Python for data pipelines.
Experience with container platforms such as OpenShift and Amazon EKS.
Experience with Agile practices.

Responsibilities

Lead the design and implementation of technical solutions with a strong focus on reliability, data integrity, maintainability, reusability, extensibility, usability, and scalability.
Define and enforce scalability and performance benchmarks for assigned applications, ensuring compliance with performance, privacy, and security standards.
Design, develop, and maintain secure, scalable, and cloud-native applications.
Proactively analyze and tune application performance to identify, eliminate, and prevent performance bottlenecks.
Manage day-to-day technical activities of the team and oversee business-critical applications, including ownership of technical designs across distributed teams and locations.
Conduct architecture, design, and code reviews to ensure adherence to coding standards, best practices, unit testing, security, scalability, and maintainability guidelines.
Diagnose and resolve data and environment-related issues, performing impact analysis, root cause analysis, and implementing corrective, adaptive, and perfective maintenance.
Define and manage technical processes with a strong emphasis on non-functional requirements.
Collaborate closely with business analysts and stakeholders to ensure solutions meet both functional and non-functional requirements.
Design and implement efficient, scalable data pipelines using Snowflake and Python, optimizing solutions for performance and cost efficiency.
Work with container platforms such as OpenShift and Amazon EKS to design, deploy, and manage containerized applications.
Demonstrate strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts and solutions.
Apply appropriate software development methodologies, including Agile practices, based on project needs.
Integrate risk management and control processes into daily responsibilities, actively monitoring risks, mitigating issues, and escalating concerns as appropriate.