This role pays more than
69%
of similar roles. Most pay
$169,682–$235,100
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$226k
versus about
$202k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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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
175 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$120,000–$202,500
across 171 roles with salary data.
The Chief Architect, MD serves as the senior-most architecture leader within CRD Engineering, responsible for defining and governing the firm’s technology architecture strategy, standards, and execution discipline. This individual will lead the architecture function across CRD, overseeing the Architecture Review Board to ensure all systems are scalable, secure, and compliant. Day-to-day responsibilities include establishing reference architectures, designing patterns for observability and performance, and managing the architecture intake pipeline while providing guidance to engineering teams on cloud, SaaS, API-first, and event-driven designs. The role requires expertise in Azure, distributed systems, data platforms, and SDLC governance models like ATO. The position addresses complex technical challenges in financial services and SaaS platforms, ensuring that modernization initiatives meet rigorous risk, security, and regulatory requirements while maintaining production stability and high-quality, verifiable systems across a diverse product suite.
Agentic AI
Distributed Systems
Microservices
APIs
Platform Engineering
Kafka
Spark
Data Management
Real-time Processing
System Architecture
Observability
Scalability
Data Governance