Principal Software Engineer – Enterprise Integration & Modernization

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 The MCD organization delivers the foundational platforms that power client onboarding, connectivity, entitlements, and access management across DTCC's critical services. Supporting thousands of client interactions daily, MCD enables secure, resilient, and scalable connectivity through APIs, Kafka, MQ, SFTP, and modern integration technologies.

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will serve as a hands-on technical leader driving the modernization of enterprise platforms and client integration capabilities. You will help transform legacy architectures into cloud-native, event-driven solutions while shaping engineering standards, influencing technical strategy, and delivering highly resilient systems that support DTCC's long-term technology vision.

This is an opportunity to make a significant impact by advancing platform scalability, operational excellence, developer productivity, and client experience across mission-critical services.

Your

Primary Responsibilities:

Lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable, cloud-native applications using Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture. Drive enterprise modernization initiatives by decomposing legacy applications, reducing database-centric business logic, and transitioning to distributed cloud-based solutions. Design and implement large-scale event-driven architectures leveraging Apache Kafka and enterprise messaging technologies. Build and support high-performance REST and SOAP APIs that enable secure and reliable client connectivity.

Design, develop, and deploy solutions utilizing AWS services including EC2, S3, SQS, IAM, and related cloud-native capabilities. Define architecture, engineering standards, and modernization roadmaps across multiple initiatives and teams. Lead technical design reviews, architectural governance, and solution evaluations to ensure scalability, resiliency, and maintainability. Improve system performance, reliability, security, observability, and operational excellence across distributed platforms. Champion engineering best practices including Test-Driven Development (TDD), automated testing, code quality, and CI/CD automation.

Optimize data access, processing efficiency, and integration patterns across PostgreSQL, Snowflake, and distributed systems. Partner closely with Product, Architecture, Platform Engineering, and Dev Ops teams to deliver business-critical capabilities. Troubleshoot complex production issues and implement sustainable solutions that reduce operational risk. Identify and address technical debt while driving continuous improvement across the technology ecosystem. Mentor engineers and elevate software craftsmanship, engineering excellence, and technical leadership throughout the organization.

Qualifications
10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience with demonstrated success leading enterprise-scale application development, architecture, and modernization initiatives. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Proven experience…