Principal Database 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'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 creating 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 :

The Development family is responsible for creating, designing, deploying, and supporting applications, programs, and software solutions.

May include research, new development, prototyping, modification, reuse, re-engineering, maintenance, or any other activities related to software products used internally or externally on product platforms supported by the firm.

The software development process requires in-depth subject matter expertise in existing and emerging development methodologies, tools, and programming languages.

Software Developers work closely with business partners and / or external clients in defining requirements and implementing solutions.

The Software Engineering role specializes in planning, documenting technical requirements, designing, developing, and testing all software systems and applications for the firm.

Works closely with architects, product managers, project management, and end-users in the development and enhancement of existing software systems and applications, proposing and recommending solutions that solve complex business problems.

Your Primary Responsibilities :

• 8+ years of experience in building ELT data pipelines in and out of data warehouse application. Primarily Snowflake.
• Hands-on experience with Snowflake utilities such as Snow SQL, Snow Pipe, Python / Java, Tasks, Streams, Time travel, Optimizer, Metadata Manager, data sharing, and stored procedures.
• Exposure to design & architecture will be a plus
• Hands-on experience with data model, database table design and writing complex SQL queries.
• Solid understanding of PL / SQL.
• Participate in daily scrums, project related meetings, backlog grooming, sprint planning and retrospective sessions.
• Must understand the Agile development process and be committed to delivering assignments as planned and agreed.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with other developers and co-workers including distributed team members.
• Good communication skills, desire to learn and contribute, self-started and phenomenal teammate.
• Exposure of Snowpark using either Java or Python.
• Ability to translate business requirements into complex SQL.

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 or equivalent experience.

Talents Needed for Success :

• Proven background in database concepts data management, governance, modelling, and development.
• Experience with any BI tools such as Looker, PowerBI or Tableau is a plus.
• Python skills.
• Proven understanding of Agile, CI / CD, Dev / Ops practices and tools.
• AWS experience is desirable, but not required.

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.