Principal Software Development Engineer in Test

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities?

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and encouraging 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 crafting 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:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Principal SDET to lead our testing team in delivering robust functional and regression testing across our software platforms. This role requires deep expertise in ALM tools, SQL, and hands-on experience with Python, Angular, and JavaScript. The ideal candidate will be a strategic problem solver with strong leadership capabilities and a passion for quality engineering.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor a team of testers to implement functional and regression testing strategies.
• Ensure traceability and coverage using ALM tools.
• Analyze and optimize SQL queries for data validation and backend testing.
• Provide technical guidance on Python, Angular, and JavaScript-based test automation.
• Leads technical processes and designs considering reliability, data integrity, maintainability, reuse, extensibility, usability, and scalability
• Design, develop, execute, and maintain automated tests across the delivery lifecycle
• Contribute to the enterprise test automation framework
• Apply programming and testing expertise to design and develop automated testing solutions and mentor team members on automation
• Implement technology-specific guidelines that are consistent with corporate standards
• Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure the success of product strategy and project work.
• Support business and technical presentations in relation to technology platforms and business solutions
• Drive new technical and business process improvements
• Research and evaluate specific technologies, and applications, and contributes to the solution design
• Lead delivery team in maturing ways of working, and adopting continuous integration within the software delivery processes and provide guidance on integrating automated tests with CI/CD pipeline
• Partner with team members to understand software requirements and design automated tests that validate the functionality while considering privacy and security requirements
• Mitigates risk by following established procedures and supervising controls, spotting key errors and demonstrating strong ethical behavior.
• Prepare, maintain automated test scripts of the team
• Review test cases / automation approach with collaborator to ensure comprehensive coverage and acquire feedback
• Track test execution breakthroughs, report on issues and risks with the potential to affect project timelines
• Very strong analytical skills
• Ability to coordinate with multiple participants including Business users, support teams, Business analysts, research teams
• Collaborate with delivery pipeline teams to drive adoption and resolve open issues.
• Identify dependencies for environmental and data requirements; manage and maintain environment and data.
• Responsible for process compliance & associated documentation

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

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 9 years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred and/or equivalent experience

Talents Needed for Success:

• Proven experience managing or leading QA/testing teams.
• Hands-on experience with Python or Angular / JavaScript.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• Strong hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Hands on experience working with AWS services.
• ISTQB or equivalent certification.
• Strong hands-on experience in Selenium Java.
• Extensive experience with testing modern scripting language-based components.
• Experience in writing sophisticated SQL queries.
• Expert-level proficiency with JIRA, Microfocus ALM, Bitbucket, Git, and Jenkins
• Experience with Snowflake data warehouse or postgres are added advantages
• Experienced in Agile/Waterfall, onsite/offshore work model and coordination
• In depth knowledge of the software implementation lifecycle (specifically the testing model, methodology, and processes),
• Experience with front-end & backend testing using Java and Selenium.
• Experience with ETL testing for tolos like Talend or Informatica is an added advantage
• Experience with Business Intelligence tools testing like Power BI or AWS QuickSight is an added advantage
• Strong Experience with Database testing, ETL testing automation
• Detailed understanding of smoke testing, functional, and non-black box testing, as well as regression testing
• Preferably from Capital Market domain

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

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 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.

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About the Team

The IT SIFMU Delivery Department supports core Clearing and Settlement application delivery for DTC, NSCC and FICC. The department also develops and supports Asset Services, Wealth Management & Insurance Services and Master Reference Data applications.