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Full Stack Software Engineer – Associate

DTCC


Job Location:

Coppell, TX - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 25 October 2026 (Yesterday)
Application Deadline: 22 January 2027
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Title: Full Stack Software Engineer Associate
Location: Dallas/Jersey/Tampa Hybrid
Duration: 6 Months (Possible Extension)
Shift Schedule: Monday Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Employment Type : CTH (Contract to hire)
Job Description
Overall Experience & Mindset
  • Earlycareer to developing engineer with 24 years of handson experience in fullstack application development.
  • Demonstrates strong fundamentals willingness to learn standards and the ability to grow with guidance from senior engineers.
  • Comfortable working in Agile teams taking ownership of assigned stories and tasks.
  • AI tool exposure like Github copilot is a plus but not required.
Technical Expectations
Backend Development (Primary)
  • Solid understanding of Java and Spring Boot fundamentals.
  • Experience building or modifying RESTful APIs.
  • Basic knowledge of microservices concepts (service boundaries configuration logging).
  • Familiarity with messaging concepts (Kafka/JMS) is a plus but deep expertise is not required at this level.
  • Uses structured logging and understands basic error handling.
Frontend Development
  • Working knowledge of Angular or React (components services state basics).
  • Ability to build simple UI features and integrate them with backend APIs.
  • Understanding of basic UI/UX principles and accessibility awareness (at least at a conceptual level).
Database & SQL
  • Ability to write basic to intermediate SQL queries:
    • SELECT JOINs
    • WHERE clauses
    • GROUP BY / ORDER BY
  • Understands relational database concepts (tables indexes primary/foreign keys).
Development Practices & Tools
  • Comfortable using an IDE (IntelliJ VS Code or Eclipse).
  • Familiar with Git (branching pull requests resolving conflicts).
  • Exposure to unit testing (JUnit / Jest or similar).
  • Basic understanding of CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows.
  • Willingness to follow engineering standards security guidelines and compliance requirements once onboarded.
Cloud & Platform (Baseline Awareness)
  • General familiarity with cloud environments (AWS or similar).
  • Highlevel understanding of containers (Docker) and platform concepts (OpenShift/Kubernetes) is sufficient.
  • No expectation to design infrastructure independently at this level.
Interview & Hiring Expectations (Important)
Must be able to:
  • Explain actual project work they have contributed to (academic personal or professional).
  • Walk through code they have written .There should be sample projects in their IDE and should be good enough to showcase his/her skills. A Helloworld program is not acceptable.
  • Answer basic Java SQL and frontend questions without relying on memorized answers.
Should be prepared for:
  • Screen sharing
  • Demonstrating problemsolving using an IDE
  • Deep system design is not expected but clarity of thought and fundamentals are required.
Behavioral & Professional Expectations
  • Communicates clearly with team members and mentors.
  • Open to feedback and actively incorporates suggestions.
  • Understands the importance of quality security and reliability in a regulated financial environment.
  • Shows accountability for deliverables and timelines even for smaller assignments.
What Is Not Expected at Associate Level
  • Designing complex distributed systems independently.
  • Owning architectural decisions endtoend.
  • Advanced Kafka tuning cloud cost optimization or complex performance engineering.
  • Leading squads or mentoring others formally.

Required Experience:

IC