Associate Director, Software Engineering – Data & Platform Modernization at DTCC Candidate Experience Site

Coppell, Texas, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

09 Jun, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

11 Mar, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Snowflake, Python, Data Modeling, Oracle, Cloud-Native, AWS, OpenShift, Container Platforms, Data Architecture, Resiliency, Observability, Regulatory Compliance, Audit, Design Reviews, Distributed Systems, CI/CD

Industry

Financial Services

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 This is a senior technical leadership role responsible for driving the modernization of DTCC’s Credit Risk applications, including the transformation of a legacy, Oracle‑centric platform into a modern, cloud‑native solution built on Snowflake. In this role, you will lead a cross‑functional team of developers and testers while also contributing directly through hands‑on design and development. You will play a critical role in re‑architecting data models, externalizing business logic into Python‑based services, and delivering a configurable, resilient Credit Risk platform designed to meet evolving regulatory, audit, and business requirements. The resulting platform will support critical counterparty onboarding, monitoring, and regulatory reporting capabilities across the organization. This role requires a strong balance of technical depth, execution mindset, and leadership presence in a risk‑ and audit‑sensitive environment. Your Primary Responsibilities: Credit Risk Application Modernization * Lead the end‑to‑end modernization of Credit Risk applications, transitioning legacy functionality from Oracle to Snowflake. * Drive the extraction of business logic from database‑centric implementations into Python‑based application services. * Design and implement well‑modeled, flexible Snowflake tables that support configuration‑driven behavior and future change. * Reduce tight coupling with upstream and downstream systems to improve maintainability, scalability, and adaptability. * Identify and remediate auditing, control, and resiliency gaps in the legacy architecture. * Ensure the modernized application meets contemporary standards for resiliency, observability, and operational readiness. Technical Leadership & Hands‑On Contribution * Serve as the technical authority for Snowflake, Python, and data‑driven application design within the Credit Risk domain. * Contribute directly through hands‑on development, design reviews, and complex problem‑solving. * Define and evolve the target‑state architecture for the Credit Risk platform with future regulatory and business change in mind. * Provide architectural guidance across AWS cloud environments and OpenShift‑based container platforms. * Partner closely with data, application, infrastructure, and risk stakeholders to deliver secure and scalable solutions. Team & Delivery Leadership * Lead a cross‑functional team of 4–5 developers and testers, setting direction and driving execution. * Hold team members accountable for delivery, quality, and commitments, ensuring outcomes align with expectations. * Foster a culture of engineering rigor, ownership, and continuous improvement. * Balance collaboration with decisiveness, ensuring progress in a complex and highly regulated environment. Leadership Expectations * Demonstrates a strong leadership presence, with the ability to set direction, make informed decisions, and drive outcomes. * Exhibits sound judgment and comfort operating in risk‑ and audit‑sensitive environments. * Communicates clearly and confidently with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders. * Influences effectively without direct authority, operating successfully in a matrixed organization. * Brings an ownership mindset with a strong bias toward execution and results. Qualifications * Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience. * 8+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, or platform modernization roles. * Proven experience acting as a technical lead, principal engineer, or senior hands‑on leader guiding teams through complex delivery. Talent Needed for Success * Strong hands‑on experience with Snowflake, including Snowpark, data modeling, performance optimization, and large‑scale data transformations. * Proficiency in Python for implementing business logic and data processing services. * Solid understanding of relational databases, with Oracle experience preferred in modernization or migration contexts. * Deep expertise in data modeling and database modernization, particularly in Snowflake‑based architectures. * Strong understanding of cloud‑native application design and distributed systems. * Experience designing systems that meet security, regulatory, audit, and control expectations. * Ability to translate business and regulatory requirements into clear technical solutions. * Strong collaboration skills across engineering, risk, and business teams. * Comfort working in modernization efforts where legacy constraints and future goals must be balanced. Nice to Have * Experience with AWS cloud environments. * Experience deploying applications on OpenShift or similar container platforms. * Java or Angular experience. * Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices. * Relevant certifications (Snowflake, AWS, OpenShift). 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. With over 50 years of experience, DTCC is the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry. From 20 locations around the world, DTCC, through its subsidiaries, automates, centralizes, and standardizes the processing of financial transactions, mitigating risk, increasing transparency, enhancing performance and driving efficiency for thousands of broker/dealers, custodian banks and asset managers. Industry owned and governed, the firm innovates purposefully, simplifying the complexities of clearing, settlement, asset servicing, transaction processing, trade reporting and data services across asset classes, bringing enhanced resilience and soundness to existing financial markets while advancing the digital asset ecosystem. In 2024, DTCC’s subsidiaries processed securities transactions valued at U.S. $3.7 quadrillion and its depository subsidiary provided custody and asset servicing for securities issues from over 150 countries and territories valued at U.S. $99 trillion. DTCC’s Global Trade Repository service, through locally registered, licensed, or approved trade repositories, processes more than 25 billion messages annually. 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The goal of this new department is to partner internally with IT, our business and regulatory divisions and externally with clients, regulators, and fintech vendors, to help build new platforms and business models to advance DTCC’s mission to support the financial markets.

Responsibilities

This senior technical leadership role is responsible for driving the end-to-end modernization of Credit Risk applications, transitioning legacy Oracle functionality to a modern, cloud-native Snowflake platform. Responsibilities include leading a cross-functional team, hands-on design and development, re-architecting data models, and externalizing business logic into Python-based services.