Executive Director Software Engineering
$150,000–$200,000 year
HybridJersey City, New Jersey, United States
Job Summary
Define and execute technology strategy and multi-year roadmaps for the Institutional Trade Processing portfolio. Lead the modernization, operational performance, and resilience of client connectivity, messaging, and shared services platforms. Oversee globally distributed engineering teams while managing budgets, vendor management, and technology risk. Partner with Product, Architecture, and Cybersecurity leaders to drive cloud adoption, legacy retirement, and engineering excellence. Ensure secure, highly available production services and establish succession plans across the organization. This role supports DTCC's mission as the trusted infrastructure for global capital markets through transformational change and operational stability.
Required Qualifications
- 15+ years of technology leadership experience, including executive responsibility for large-scale software engineering organizations
- Proven experience operating mission-critical platforms in highly regulated or high-availability environments
- Demonstrated success leading large-scale modernization and cloud transformation initiatives
- Deep knowledge of enterprise architecture, software engineering, systems integration, resilience, performance, and secure development practices
- Experience managing complex portfolios, budgets, vendors, and global teams
- Strong executive presence with the ability to influence senior business and technology stakeholders
Desired Qualifications
- Financial services, market infrastructure, post-trade processing, or other highly regulated industries
- Client connectivity, secure messaging, file transfer, systems integration, and shared client-data platforms
- Familiarity with AWS, Java, APIs, event-driven architectures, and database modernization
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