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 professio