Application Support Engineering Principal

Overview

In this role you will lead the architecture, development, and delivery of scalable frontend applications for DTCC Digital Assets. You will guide a frontend engineering team, partner with product, design, and architecture, and drive engineering excellence. You’ll shape frontend strategy, ensure secure and high-performing user experiences, and contribute to long-term platform evolution. This is an opportunity to influence how digital assets infrastructure empowers institutions and to advance at a major fintech innovator.

Pay / Benefits

• Base pay with annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance
• Pension
• Paid time off and family care leaves
• Flexible/hybrid work model (onsite Tue–Wed and a third day of choice)
• Career development opportunities

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of frontend engineers to foster technical excellence and collaboration
• Drive design, architecture, and implementation of scalable, high-performance frontend solutions
• Collaborate with business, product, and technology stakeholders to translate objectives into deliverables
• Provide technical leadership across the frontend development lifecycle, upholding standards and quality
• Work with cross-functional teams (designers, backend, blockchain engineers) to deliver intuitive user experiences
• Promote modern frontend practices (component-based architecture, performance, accessibility, security)
• Guide adoption of frontend technologies (React, HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, Next.js, Redux)
• Support integration with backend services and REST APIs for reliability and scalability
• Contribute to technical roadmaps and long-term platform evolution
• Stay current with frontend and web3 trends to enhance capabilities
• Partner with leadership to recruit, develop, and retain engineering talent
• Drive continuous improvement via metrics, code reviews, and coaching

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field
• 10+ years of software engineering experience
• 5+ years of leadership experience in software engineering teams

• Trusted coach or mentor within the organization
• Open and clear communicator across the organization
• React
• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript/TypeScript

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