Chief Technology Officer

State Street

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Work type
On-site
Location
Boston, MA
Salary
$170,000–$282,500 / yr
Posted
56 days ago
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Confirmed live 2 days ago

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This role $226k
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This role pays less than 56% of similar roles. Most pay $196,150–$265,175 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $226k versus about $231k for comparable roles.

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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 176 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Chief Technology Officer

Chief Technology Officer, MD will join the leadership team to spearhead the technical direction for a new mobile- and AI-first wealth and retirement advisory platform. This hands-on leader will define platform architecture, establish engineering standards, and build the initial technology organization while ensuring the system meets rigorous requirements for security, privacy-by-design, and regulatory compliance. Key responsibilities include overseeing cloud, data, and AI platforms, managing site reliability, and leading technical design reviews. The role involves building a multi-disciplinary team of engineers across mobile, full stack, and data domains to support LLM orchestration and agentic workflows. The candidate must possess extensive experience in cloud-native products, high-availability systems, and securing sensitive financial information. This position addresses the challenge of creating a scalable, production-grade platform that integrates with fintech partners while maintaining strict security controls for personal financial data.

What you'll do

  • Design and govern the mobile- and AI-first architecture for cloud, data, security, and integration systems.
  • Establish an ironclad security and privacy framework to protect sensitive financial data and ensure regulatory compliance.
  • Lead engineering execution by conducting technical design reviews, setting coding standards, and managing technical debt.
  • Recruit and build the initial engineering organization across mobile, cloud, data, AI, and site reliability disciplines.
  • Collaborate with product and AI teams to implement production-grade LLM orchestration and agentic workflows.
  • Manage strategic relationships and technical integrations with cloud providers, fintech partners, and infrastructure vendors.
  • Ensure platform scalability, high availability, and performance for a large-scale consumer mobile experience.

What we're looking for

  • Must have 10–20+ years of software engineering experience.
  • Prior experience as a CTO, Chief Architect, VP Engineering, Distinguished Engineer, or Principal Engineer is required.
  • Experience building cloud-native products and designing highly available systems is required.
  • Experience operating responsive consumer mobile and web applications at a scale of millions of users is required.
  • Proven experience leading engineering teams and recruiting elite technical talent across mobile, cloud, and data/AI disciplines.
  • Experience securing consumer-facing platforms and implementing privacy-by-design principles for sensitive financial data.
  • Expertise in designing architecture for AI-powered functionality, including LLM orchestration and responsible AI governance.
  • Ability to manage strategic technology partnerships with cloud providers, AI vendors, and financial services partners.

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