This role pays less than
70%
of similar roles. Most pay
$157,200–$222,000
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$161k
versus about
$190k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
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
63 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$120,000–$177,500
across 62 roles with salary data.
As a Senior Software Engineer at State Street’s Wealth Custody & Clearing (WC&C) Technology team, you will architect and lead the development of high-scale, low-latency distributed systems in a cloud-native environment, operating at a staff or principal level. You will define engineering standards and system design principles while driving long-term technical vision for distributed systems and data platforms. Responsibilities include partnering with product, risk, and business stakeholders to deliver financial-grade systems that meet stringent regulatory requirements, mentoring senior engineers, and leading critical incident response initiatives. The role requires expertise in Java, Spring Boot, microservices architectures, cloud platforms (AWS preferred), Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, event-driven architectures, and messaging systems like Kafka. Ideal candidates have extensive experience building large-scale, high-availability systems for production-critical environments within the wealth management or financial services domain, with a deep understanding of regulatory standards such as SEC, FINRA, and GDPR.