Senior Software Engineer – Backend Platforms, Vice President (Wealth Custody & Clearing)

State Street

Closes in 7 days

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Work type: On-site
Location: Boston, MADallasClifton, NJ
Salary: $120,000–$202,500 / yr
Posted: 7 days ago
Closes: Jun 22, 2026 (soon)
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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 135 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer – Backend Platforms, Vice President (Wealth Custody & Clearing)

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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 regulatory compliance requirements, mentoring senior engineers, and leading critical incident response initiatives. The role requires expertise in Java, Spring Boot, microservices architectures, cloud platforms (AWS), Kubernetes, event-driven architectures, and data storage technologies like PostgreSQL. Domain knowledge in wealth management, trading systems, market data ingestion, and financial regulations such as SEC and FINRA is essential for this position supporting global wealth markets at an enterprise scale.

Skills

Java Spring Boot AWS Kubernetes PostgreSQL Kafka Docker CI/CD Terraform Python Go Prometheus Grafana SEC FINRA GDPR

What you'll do

Lead the development of high-scale, low-latency distributed systems in a cloud-native environment.
Define and enforce engineering standards and architectural patterns for backend teams.
Drive long-term technical vision and architecture for distributed systems and data platforms.
Mentor senior engineers and raise the overall engineering bar across the organization.
Evaluate and introduce new technologies aligned with strategic and regulatory objectives.

What we're looking for

9+ years of backend software engineering experience with a focus on distributed systems.
Proven expertise in designing highly available and fault-tolerant systems.
Experience operating at a Staff or Principal Engineer level, influencing multiple teams.
Strong understanding of wealth management, brokerage, or financial services platforms.
Deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and microservices-based architectures.
Proficiency with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
Strong knowledge of event-driven architectures, messaging systems, and API design.