Director, Software Engineering - Application Development (Cloud, Modernization)

As a Director of Software Engineering, you will lead the strategy, development, modernization, and delivery of mission-critical enterprise applications that power DTCC’s core business capabilities. You will oversee multiple application development teams driving engineering excellence, cloud transformation, and scalable software solutions across the enterprise.

This role requires a proven application development leader with deep technical expertise, strong people leadership, and a track record of delivering complex software platforms. You will partner closely with Product, Architecture, and Business leaders to translate strategic objectives into secure, resilient, and high-performing applications that create measurable business value.

The ideal candidate is a seasoned application development leader with a proven track record of building and modernizing enterprise software platforms, leading high-performing engineering organizations, and delivering scalable solutions that drive business outcomes.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

Lead & Deliver

• Define engineering strategy, technology roadmaps, and delivery priorities aligned to business objectives.
• Lead multiple application development teams responsible for building, modernizing, and supporting enterprise software solutions.
• Drive execution across the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), balancing delivery, quality, scalability, and operational excellence.
• Develop and mentor engineering managers and senior engineers, fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Drive Application Development & Modernization

• Lead engineering organizations responsible for delivering mission-critical enterprise applications that support core business capabilities.
• Lead the design, development, modernization, and support of large-scale enterprise applications and distributed systems.
• Guide architecture and design decisions involving cloud-native technologies, microservices, APIs, event-driven architectures, and containerized platforms.
• Drive software engineering excellence through architecture reviews, development standards, code quality practices, automated testing, and engineering metrics.
• Champion modern application development practices across the full SDLC, enabling teams to deliver scalable, secure, and resilient software solutions.
• Establish engineering standards, development best practices, and CI/CD adoption across teams.
• Partner with Product Owners, Business Analysts, and Architects to deliver scalable technical solutions that meet evolving business needs.
• Drive modernization initiatives that reduce technical debt and accelerate adoption of cloud and emerging technologies, including AI-enabled capabilities.
• Ensure solutions meet standards for performance, resiliency, security, maintainability, and regulatory compliance.

Partner & Influence

• Collaborate with Product, Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, and executive stakeholders to drive strategic technology decisions.
• Communicate complex technical concepts in a way that enables informed business decisions.
• Promote strong governance, risk management, and operational discipline across engineering teams.

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including significant leadership of application development organizations.
• Proven experience leading multiple engineering teams delivering enterprise-scale software applications.

Talents Needed for Success:

• Deep application development background with experience designing, building, scaling, and modernizing enterprise software applications.
• Proven experience building, scaling, and leading enterprise application development organizations across multiple products, platforms, or business domains.
• Hands-on software engineering background with experience designing or developing large-scale enterprise software systems.
• Strong technical leadership in application architecture, microservices, APIs, cloud-native technologies, and distributed systems.
• Experience leading full-stack engineering organizations and driving large-scale modernization initiatives.
• Demonstrated success modernizing legacy applications and leading large-scale application transformation efforts.
• Strong understanding of software engineering best practices, SDLC, DevSecOps, CI/CD, automated testing, and production support.
• Proven ability to connect technology investments and architecture decisions to business outcomes.
• Demonstrated success leading engineering managers and developing high-performing teams.
• Strong executive presence, communication skills, and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to balance modernization, innovation, risk management, and execution.
• Inclusive leadership style that values collaboration, accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading large-scale Java, .NET, or modern full-stack application development organizations.
• Experience modernizing legacy applications and migrating enterprise platforms to cloud-native architectures.
• Experience implementing microservices, API-first design, event-driven architectures, and containerized platforms.
• Experience leveraging AI, automation, or advanced analytics within enterprise software solutions.
• Financial services, capital markets, fintech, or other highly regulated industry experience.

• 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).

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’re 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., 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. To learn more, please visit us at www.dtcc.com or connect with us on LinkedIn, X, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram.

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.