Associate Director Automation Test Engineering (Blockchain)

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 CSS – WRAFT Deliery team, the Associate Director, End-to-End Testing Team, is responsible for validating complex business processes and system integrations across DTCC's strategic blockchain and tokenization platform. This is a highly technical, hands-on quality engineering role requiring strong Java development and/or automation experience, deep expertise in API testing, smark contract testing, and the ability to build and maintain automated test solutions for complex distributed systems. The successful candidate will understand both the big-picture business workflow and the underlying technical architecture, ensuring quality across Web2 and Web3 systems, event-driven architecture and blockchain networks.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and execute end-to-end test scenarios validating critical business workflows across multiple applications, systems, and blockchain platforms.
• Develop and maintain automated test solutions using Java, with a strong focus on API, backend, integration, and event-driven testing.
• Leverage AI and Generative AI tools to accelerate test design, automation development, test data generation, and defect analysis.
• Validate blockchain-specific functionality including tokenization, digital wallets, smart contracts, asset conversion, transaction processing, and reconciliation workflows.
• Partner with business, product, architecture, and development teams to understand requirements and ensure complete end-to-end coverage.
• Communicate testing progress, risks, and quality insights effectively to project leadership and senior stakeholders to access release readiness.

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

Qualifications:

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

Talents Needed for Success:

• 8+ years of hands on experience Test Automation, or Strong programming/developent experience in Java
• Deep expertise in API, backend, integration, and test automation frameworks.
• Experience testing distributed systems, microservices, messaging platforms, or event-driven architectures.
• Expertise in applying AI tools to develop/optimize test automation.
• Strong understanding of Quality Assurance and Quality Engineering practices.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to understand the big picture and translate complex business processes into effective end-to-end test strategies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Blockchain, Smart Contracts, Ethereum/EVM platforms, or Distributed Ledger Technologies
• Experience with Kafka, real-time processing, and cloud-native platforms.
• Certification in JAVA, AI, AWS
  
  

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.

With over 50 years of experience, DTCC is the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry. From 20 locations around the world, DTCC, through its subsidiaries, automates, centralizes, and standardizes the processing of financial transactions, mitigating risk, increasing transparency, enhancing performance and driving efficiency for thousands of broker/dealers, custodian banks and asset managers. Industry owned and governed, the firm innovates purposefully, simplifying the complexities of clearing, settlement, asset servicing, transaction processing, trade reporting and data services across asset classes, bringing enhanced resilience and soundness to existing financial markets while advancing the digital asset ecosystem. In 2024, DTCC’s subsidiaries processed securities transactions valued at U.S. $3.7 quadrillion and its depository subsidiary provided custody and asset servicing for securities issues from over 150 countries and territories valued at U.S. $99 trillion. DTCC’s Global Trade Repository service, through locally registered, licensed, or approved trade repositories, processes more than 25 billion messages annually. To learn more, please visit us at or connect with us on LinkedIn, X, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram.

DTCC proudly supports Flexible Work Arrangements favoring openness and gives people freedom to do their jobs well, by encouraging diverse opinions and emphasizing teamwork. When you join our team, you’ll have an opportunity to make meaningful contributions at a company that is recognized as a thought leader in both the financial services and technology industries. A DTCC career is more than a good way to earn a living. It’s the chance to make a difference at a company that’s truly one of a kind.

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