Lead Java Full Stack Developer

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 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 subject matter 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.

Your Primary Responsibilities: 

• Create applications and construct unit test cases that ensure compliance with functional and non-functional requirements. 
• Work with the Business System Analyst to ensure designs satisfy functional requirements. 
• Partner with Infrastructure to identify and deploy efficient hosting environments. 
• Tune application performance to eliminate and reduce issues. 
• Research and evaluate technical solutions consistent with DTCC technology standards. 
• Align risk and control processes into day-to-day responsibilities to monitor and mitigate risk; escalates appropriately. 
• Apply different software development methodologies dependent on project needs. 
• Contribute expertise to the design of components or individual programs and participate in the construction and functional testing. 
• Support development teams, testing, fixing, and production support. 
• Work with peers to mature ways of working, continuous integration, and continuous delivery. 
• Aligns risk and control processes into day-to-day responsibilities to monitor and mitigate risk; escalates appropriately. 
• Translate business requirements into software designs and implementations. 
• Participate in detailed code reviews with a goal of illustrating quality engineering practices and to produce the highest quality code possible. 
• Build high quality and scalable / performant applications. 
• Understand requirements and translate them into specific Application and other EI tasks. 
• Designs frameworks that promote concepts of isolation, extensibility, and reusability. 
• Supports team in leading client expectations and resolving issues on time. 
• Participate in agile ceremonies and engage with the team. 
• Your Primary Responsibilities: 
• Develop applications in compliance with functional and non-functional requirements 
• Construct unit test cases that ensure compliance with functional and non-functional requirements 
• Follow design and code standards, contributing to continuous improvement discussions 
• Create and maintain system documentation 
• Align risk and control processes into day-to-day responsibilities to monitor and mitigate risk; escalates appropriately 
• Contribute to the design of components or individual programs 
• Provide production support for applications as needed 
• Work with subject matter experts reviewing technical designs and specifications 
• Apply different software development methodologies dependent on project needs 
• Work with peers to mature ways of working, continuous integration, and continuous delivery 
• Aligns risk and control processes into day-to-day responsibilities to monitor and mitigate risk; escalates appropriately 

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 6 years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience

Talents Needed for Success:

• 6+ years’ experience in active development experience/ expertise in Java/J2EE based applications. 
• Must have good Angular skills. 2+ years proven experience 
• Demonstrated ability with Hibernate, Spring, Spring MVC, REST API, PL/SQL 
• Experience using NodeJS and NPM 
• Experience in Web based UI development, Servlet / JSP, Angular frameworks. 
• Experience with CSS, HTML, JavaScript and similar UI frameworks (JQuery, React) 
• Exposure to XML/XSD, JSON and similar data presentation components 
• Familiarity with Microservices based architecture and distributed systems. 
• Ability to develop and work with REST APIs using Spring Boot framework. 
• Demonstrable experience in software development using CI/CD tools especially GIT, Bitbucket, Maven, Jenkins, Jira 
• Strong database and PL/SQL skills (Oracle preferred) 
• Experience with containers platform like OpenShift. And AWS experience is a plus. 
• Solid focus on software testing with Junit, Mockito, Jasmine, and Karma. 
• Familiarity with Agile development methodology 
• Hands-on experience in application development. 
• Experience with Micro Services & Layered (SOA/MVC) Architecture on Prem and Oncloud (AWS) 
• Extensive experience with Java (Core & EE, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Cloud, JMS, Tomcat) 
• Expertise in deploying scalable solutions in Kubernetes/docker containers that are highly resilient and perform well in an environment that talks to legacy systems and future centric micro architecture. UI/UX (Angular or equivalent) 
• SCM / DevOps / CI/CD tools & process (GIT/Bitbucket, Maven, Ant, Jenkins, Sonar) 
• Web Technologies (JavaScript, HTML 5, CSS, JSON, REST, SOAP) 
• Testing tools & frameworks (Jasmin/Karma, JUnit, Selenium, Cucumber, Mockito) 
• Experience with Integration patterns and messaging technologies (MQ, Solace, Kafka, RabbitMQ) 
• Extensive experience in ORACLE PLSQL, SQL and performance fine tuning. 

Preferred Skills

• Experience supporting high-volume transactional applications in financial services environments.
• Strong passion for continuous improvement in its many forms Ability to be flexible and change direction as needed. 
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to think creatively.
• Ability to organize work and lead other.

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.