Lead Data Engineer - Wealth R&D, VP

State Street

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Work type
On-site
Location
Boston, MA
Salary
$120,000–$202,500 / yr
Posted
8 days ago
Closes
Sep 9, 2026

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Similar $177k
This role $161k
$109k most similar roles pay here $227k

This role pays less than 65% of similar roles. Most pay $142,200–$211,200 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $161k versus about $177k 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 138 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $120,000–$184,375 across 138 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Lead Data Engineer - Wealth R&D, VP

As a Lead Data Engineer at the Wealth Research & Development team, you will lead the design and delivery of data-centric solutions that support analytics, AI/ML, and digital wealth use cases. You will work closely with product managers, researchers, and engineers to translate business needs into technical requirements, ensuring efficient data management and high security standards. Your responsibilities include analyzing and transforming structured and semi-structured data, defining robust data models, developing analytics and dashboards, and integrating data platforms with APIs and AI/ML workflows. You will also evaluate and recommend technologies for data ingestion, governance, and observability while contributing to the development of enterprise-grade solutions that scale across the organization. The role requires expertise in Python, relational data modeling, cloud deployment, databases, and experience working with sensitive financial data in a regulated environment.

What you'll do

  • Lead the design and delivery of data-centric solutions for analytics, AI/ML, and digital wealth use cases.
  • Translate business questions into data requirements, models, and analytical outputs in collaboration with product managers and engineers.
  • Analyze and transform structured and semi-structured data to ensure high quality, reliability, and usability.
  • Define and document data models and metrics used across dashboards, prototypes, and production systems.
  • Develop analytics, dashboards, and exploratory analysis to surface insights and evaluate solution performance.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field.
  • Expert proficiency with relational data modeling and managing various types of enterprise data.
  • Strong hands-on experience building and maintaining data pipelines and analytics workflows.
  • Experience deploying and operating applications in major cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP).
  • Understanding of Python for backend development and data-driven services.
  • Experience working with personal and confidential data in a regulated financial environment.

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