Senior Snowflake / data platform engineer

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

DTCC’s Global Trade Repository (GTR) is the industry‑owned global leader in trade reporting, enabling market participants to meet critical regulatory and operational requirements across derivatives and securities financing transactions.

As a Lead Software Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, building, and supporting data‑intensive applications that power GTR’s global reporting platform. This is a hands‑on technical leadership role with deep ownership—combining Snowflake database engineering (approx. 70%), Java application development (approx. 30%), and production support responsibilities to ensure stability, scalability, and regulatory compliance across jurisdictions.

This role is ideal for a senior Snowflake‑focused engineer who enjoys hands‑on ownership of data platforms and production systems, rather than a people‑management or front‑end‑focused role.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Serve as a fully independent, hands‑on technical contributor with primary ownership of Snowflake‑based data platforms and pipelines (≈70%) supporting DTCC’s Global Trade Repository
• Design, develop, and optimize Snowflake solutions, including complex SQL, stored procedures, functions, data modeling, performance tuning, warehouse scaling, and security controls
• Translate well‑defined business and functional requirements into sound technical designs, partnering closely with Business System Analysts and business stakeholders
• Build, enhance, and support Java‑based backend components and integrations (≈30%) that interface with Snowflake and upstream/downstream systems
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Cloud, and Platform teams to deploy and operate solutions across approved cloud and on‑prem environments
• Analyze and resolve performance, stability, and data quality issues across applications and Snowflake workloads, applying best practices and established engineering patterns
• Support production operations, including incident response, defect resolution, deployments, and participation in on‑call rotations
• Plan and support Disaster Recovery (DR) activities, including test execution, recovery validation, and audit evidence collection
• Identify and implement automation and CI/CD improvements to improve data processing efficiency, reliability, and operational readiness
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to junior engineers while contributing to code reviews, design reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives

Qualifications

• Minimum 6-8 years of related experience.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred or equivalent professional experience

Talent Needed for Success

• 6+ years of hands‑on software engineering experience, delivering reliable, production‑ready application and data solutions
• Strong Snowflake experience, including SQL development, data modeling, performance optimization, tasks, streams, views, and security controls
• Solid Core Java experience (multithreading, concurrency, backend services) and experience integrating applications with data platforms
• Proven experience supporting production environments, including troubleshooting, monitoring, and incident response
• Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, automated deployments, and release support
• Experience working in Agile / Scrum delivery teams
• Strong functional and business understanding, with the ability to translate business requirements into effective technical solutions
• Strong focus on reliability, risk, and controls, embedded in day‑to‑day engineering and operational work
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong ownership, and the ability to lead through influence in fast‑paced environments

Preferred Skills

• Strong Snowflake experience supporting enterprise‑scale, production workloads
• Experience with modern cloud platforms (e.g., AWS) and associated services; familiarity with resolving cloud‑related operational issues
• Python for automation, scripting, or data processing
• Experience with Disaster Recovery (DR) and business continuity, including planning, testing, and validation
• Experience improving observability, alerting, and monitoring to reduce noise and improve service stability
• Demonstrated passion for automation, continuous improvement, and operational excellence
• Comfort working with global, distributed teams and operating with urgency
• Willingness to mentor junior engineers and actively contribute to a collaborative team culture

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.

DTCC proudly supports Flexible Work Arrangements favoring openness and gives people freedom to do their jobs well, by encouraging diverse opinions and emphasizing teamwork.  When you join our team, you’ll have an opportunity to make meaningful contributions at a company that is recognized as a thought leader in both the financial services and technology industries. A DTCC career is more than a good way to earn a living. It’s the chance to make a difference at a company that’s truly one of a kind.

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Serves as a dedicated technology resource for advancing DTCC’s business opportunities and providing industry thought leadership for leveraging new technology. 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.