Application & AI Solutions Architect, Vice President

State Street

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Boston, MA
Salary
$120,000–$202,500 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
72 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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About State Street

State Street Corporation is one of the world''s largest custodian banks and asset managers, providing investment servicing, investment management, and investment research to institutional investors. Industry: Financial Services & Asset Custody

State Street currently has 315 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Application & AI Solutions Architect, Vice President

The Application & AI Solutions Architect, Vice President provides technical leadership for strategic platforms supporting Repo, Collateral Management, Asset Management, Custody, Securities Lending, and Fixed Income functions. This role involves translating complex business requirements into scalable technology solutions, leading architecture decisions, and guiding engineering teams through the full software-development lifecycle. Key responsibilities include designing and modernizing enterprise applications, building data architectures, and developing ETL/ELT pipelines. The position requires hands-on expertise in Python, SQL, PL/SQL, Oracle Exadata, Databricks, Snowflake, Kafka, MQ, and Spring Boot. Additionally, the architect will implement Generative AI, RAG, Agentic AI, and OCR models while establishing AI governance and guardrails. The work focuses on solving complex financial-services problems, including investment workflows, trading, settlements, and back-office operations within a global markets context.

What you'll do

  • Lead solution architecture and engineering strategy for complex financial-services applications and data platforms.
  • Design and modernize enterprise applications using microservices, Spring Boot, Kafka, and distributed data-processing technologies.
  • Architect enterprise data models, ETL/ELT pipelines, and real-time integrations using Databricks, Snowflake, and Oracle.
  • Identify and architect opportunities to apply Generative AI, RAG, and agentic AI to financial workflows.
  • Establish technical patterns for AI governance, guardrails, observability, and responsible deployment of AI applications.
  • Provide hands-on technical direction for Python, SQL, and database engineering, including architecture and code reviews.
  • Lead and mentor distributed engineering teams while acting as a senior escalation point for production issues.
  • Conduct vendor evaluations, RFPs, and buy-versus-build assessments with internal teams and external providers.

What we're looking for

  • 15+ years of Information Technology experience, including software engineering, data engineering, application architecture, and financial-services technology.
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline.
  • Deep financial-services experience in areas such as Repo, Collateral Management, Asset Management, Custody, Securities Lending, or related capital-markets functions.
  • Strong hands-on expertise in Python, SQL, PL/SQL, Oracle Database/Exadata, Databricks, Snowflake, Kafka, MQ, Spring Boot, microservices, and APIs.
  • Practical knowledge of Generative AI, LLMs, RAG, Agentic AI, AI governance, and integrating AI capabilities into enterprise applications and data platforms.
  • Demonstrated experience as a Solution Architect, Technical Lead, Engineering Lead, Application Architect, or senior technology manager leading complex enterprise initiatives.
  • Experience with market and investment technology platforms such as Bloomberg or Charles River Development (CRD) (preferred).
  • Professional certifications or advanced training in cloud, data engineering, AI/ML, enterprise architecture, or financial technology (preferred).

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