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Principal Data Engineer

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)
Jersey, NJ Full Time
POSTED ON 5/8/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/30/2026
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

Being a member of IT Architecture & Enterprise Services team, you will provide hands-on technical leadership for building and operating enterprise-scale data pipelines and data platforms that enable enterprise reporting, analytics, and insights. This role owns delivery end-to-end and ensures production reliability, strong engineering discipline, and robust CI/CD practices.

Your Primary Responsibilities

  • Lead design and delivery of scalable, resilient data pipelines for enterprise analytics and reporting
  • Own end-to-end execution from requirements and design through deployment and production support
  • Serve as technical lead and subject matter expert for data engineering standards and solutions
  • Partner with Product Owners, Architects, and BI teams to translate business and regulatory needs into technical solutions
  • Mentor data engineers; conduct design and code reviews across onshore and offshore teams
  • Ensure operational excellence through incident, change, and release management practices
  • Embed data quality, reconciliation, security, and risk controls into engineering workflows
  • Drive modernization and automation of legacy data processes

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

Qualifications

  • Minimum of 8 years of related experience
  • Bachelor's degree preferred and/or equivalent experience

Talents Needed For Success

  • 8 years of experience in data engineering, data warehousing, or data integration roles
  • Strong hands-on expertise with SQL
  • Strong experience with Snowflake or similar cloud data warehouse platforms
  • Experience with Talend or similar enterprise ETL / ELT tools
  • Conceptual understanding of data visualization tools like Power BI or similar.
  • Experience in working with CI/CD pipelines for data or database deployments (e.g., Jenkins, Liquibase)
  • Experience working in Agile / SDLC delivery environments
  • Strong communication skills and ability to lead technical discussions
  • Experience in regulated or production-critical enterprise environments

Preferred Qualifications

  • Familiarity with Jira, source control, and release governance processes
  • Prior experience leading distributed or hybrid teams across multiple locations.

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.

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