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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
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JOB TITLE: Software Engineer – Backend Platforms, Assistant Vice President (Wealth Custody & Clearing)
The Wealth Custody & Clearing business is seeking an Assistant Vice President, Software Engineer to join the Technology organization. In this hands-on role, you will design, develop, test, and support modern software capabilities for a highly regulated, transaction-oriented wealth platform. You will build scalable backend services, APIs, and cloud-enabled solutions to support custody, clearing, trading, and onboarding workflows. Key responsibilities include translating business requirements into technical solutions, participating in Agile delivery processes, and ensuring production resiliency. You should possess experience with Java, Kotlin, Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript, along with RESTful APIs, microservices, distributed systems, and event-driven architectures. Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, and relational or NoSQL databases is preferred to maintain high availability and data integrity.
Design, develop, test, and deploy enterprise-grade software solutions for the Wealth Custody & Clearing platform.
Build scalable backend services, APIs, and integrations to support custody, clearing, and trading workflows.
Develop cloud-enabled and API-first solutions using secure coding standards and modern engineering practices.
Support integration initiatives with external fintech, custody, clearing, and market infrastructure providers.
Ensure all technical solutions meet requirements for performance, security, observability, and data integrity.
Troubleshoot complex technical issues and perform root cause analysis to improve platform stability.
Participate in Agile delivery processes including sprint planning, estimation, and production support.
Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering standards and architecture discussions.
What we're looking for
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field; equivalent professional experience will also be considered.
7+ years of software engineering, backend engineering, or application development experience with progressively increasing responsibility.
Hands-on experience with modern programming languages such as Java, Kotlin, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, or similar technologies.
Experience with RESTful APIs, microservices, distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and enterprise integration patterns.
Experience with cloud-enabled development, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, automated testing, and modern software delivery tooling.
Experience with relational databases, NoSQL databases, messaging platforms, observability tools, monitoring, logging, and performance optimization (preferred).
Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, cloud platforms, or containerized application deployment (preferred).
Financial services experience, including wealth management, brokerage, custody, clearing, trading, fintech, advisor platforms, or transaction processing (preferred).
Go
Microservices
Distributed Systems
APIs
Service-Oriented Architecture
Observability
High-Volume Transactional Systems
Production Deployment
Monitoring