Backend Java Developer at DTCC Candidate Experience
Coppell, TX
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Jul 14, 2026
Coppell, TX
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A lead-level backend engineering role focused on migrating legacy trade processing systems to cloud-ready, event-driven architectures as part of a multi-year modernization program. Day-to-day work centers on designing and building distributed services using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and relational databases to support functions like trade validation and data synchronization. The role also carries technical leadership responsibilities, including mentoring engineers and shaping architectural decisions.
Senior level · 6+ years · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 840 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 630–1,100
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $170,499 (middle half $133,523–$210,499).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The title 'Lead Software Engineer' carries no standard seniority level word (Junior/Mid/Senior/Staff/Principal), so advertised seniority is set to Unspecified; the 6+ years requirement and technical leadership/mentoring scope support a Senior classification.
A Bachelor's degree is listed as 'preferred or equivalent experience,' so no hard degree requirement is set.
The posting mentions a salary range exists but does not disclose the actual figures, so no compensation values are captured.
CI/CD is listed as a hard requirement in the Talents/qualifications section; Jenkins and GitLab CI are cited as examples. Jenkins is captured separately as a preferred skill with its common alternatives, since the 'e.g.' qualifier signals the specific tool is interchangeable — but the CI/CD capability itself is a hard gate.
Angular is listed under the Talents section but framed as a supporting/secondary capability ('as needed'), making it closer to a preferred skill than a hard gate.
The role is hybrid (3 days onsite, 2 days remote) at DTCC's primary US offices; DTCC's headquarters is in New York/Jersey City, so the New York CBSA is used. The posting does not specify a single city.
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