Senior Backend Engineer – Java & AWS

DTCC • Coppell, TX

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Software Engineer on the DTC Participant Fund Technology team, you will contribute to the modernization of Java ‑ based, cloud ‑ ready applications that are critical to DTCC’s financial risk management and daily settlement operations. This role supports DTCC’s multi ‑ year enterprise modernization program and focuses on the Participant Fund system, which enables Market Risk teams to monitor and manage DTC liquidity controls—directly contributing to the stability, resilience, and integrity of the clearing ecosystem. This is a hands ‑ on engineering role where you will work on complex backend systems, contribute to modern architecture and design decisions, and help transition legacy platforms to scalable, resilient, cloud ‑ ready solutions, partnering closely with other engineers, product partners, and platform teams.

Requirements

• Minimum 6-8 years of related experience.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred or equivalent professional experience
• Strong, hands ‑ on experience developing backend applications in Java
• Experience with Spring / Spring Boot for API and service development
• Working knowledge of cloud environments, with an emphasis on AWS concepts
• Experience working in Unix/Linux environments
• Experience with relational databases such as Postgres (Aurora) or similar enterprise platforms
• Exposure to containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with messaging platforms such as Kafka
• Understanding of CI/CD concepts and collaboration with DevOps teams
• Ability to learn complex systems and understand business and risk ‑ driven requirements
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative, team ‑ oriented mindset

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting applications in AWS
• Exposure to Snowflake or data ‑ centric platforms
• Familiarity with enterprise security concepts such as IAM, secrets management, or certificate usage
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments
• UI exposure using Angular (nice to have)
• Experience supporting regulated or mission ‑ critical systems
• Interest in application modernization, cloud migration, and continuous improvement

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, enhance, and support backend services using Java and Spring Boot
• Contribute to system design and architecture discussions, with a focus on scalable and resilient solutions
• Build and support cloud ‑ ready applications as part of ongoing modernization and migration initiatives
• Collaborate with platform, infrastructure, and DevOps teams to support deployments and operational readiness
• Participate in migration activities such as environment readiness, validation, and post ‑ migration support
• Provide production support, troubleshooting issues and participating in incident resolution as needed
• Contribute to end ‑ to ‑ end feature delivery, from design and development through deployment and stabilization
• Follow and promote engineering standards, coding best practices, and continuous improvement
• Collaborate closely with other engineers and contribute to knowledge sharing across the team

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees