Director of Cloud & Middleware Engineering

Location: Jersey City, NJ, United States

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. 

 

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:           

Being a member of IT Strategy team, the Director of Systems Engineering will lead multiple agile software engineering teams passionate about building scalable, secure, and resilient cloud-based middleware capabilities or shared services. This role demands a visionary leader with deep expertise in cloud platforms and middleware technologies, a passion for engineering excellence, and the ability to align technical strategy with DTCC’s business goals.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

Leadership & Strategy

• Lead and mentor engineering managers and senior engineers across multiple product lines.
• Define and implement cloud-first and middleware-integrated technology roadmaps in collaboration with Architecture, Infrastructure, and Product teams.
• Promote a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Cloud & Middleware Engineering

• Drive the design and development of cloud-native applications using AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Lead all aspects of migration of legacy systems to cloud platforms, ensuring scalability, resilience, and security.
• Lead integration efforts using middleware technologies such as Kafka, MQ, FIX, SWIFT, API gateways, and service meshes.
• Ensure robust messaging, event-driven architecture, and data streaming capabilities across platforms.

Technical Excellence

• Champion engineering standard methodologies including DevSecOps, microservices architecture, and API-first design.
• Automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) based delivery
• Ensure systems meet performance, compliance, and regulatory standards.
• Evaluate new technologies and guide adoption to improve DTCC’s technology stack.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Partner with business and technology leaders to translate strategic objectives into actionable engineering plans.
• Communicate effectively with senior leadership on progress, risks, and opportunities.

**NOTE: The Primary Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above. **

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Proven 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with 5+ years in a leadership role.

Talents Needed for Success:

• Proven experience designing and delivering cloud-native applications on a large scale.
• Deep expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Strong experience with middleware technologies such as Apache Kafka, IBM MQ, FIX, SWIFT, or similar.
• Solid understanding of Agile methodologies and enterprise software development.
• Excellent communication, teamwork, and leadership skills.
• Experience in financial services or regulated industries.
• Familiarity with cloud security, data governance, and compliance frameworks.
• Knowledge of observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog) and API management platforms.

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.

About Us

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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About the Organization

IT Architecture and Enterprise Services are responsible for enabling digital transformation of DTCC. The group manages complexity of the technology landscape within DTCC and enhances agility, robustness and security of the technology footprint. It does so by serving as the focal point for all technology architectural activities in the organization as well as engineering a portfolio of foundational technology assets to enable our digital transformation.