Full Stack and Platform Engineering Lead

State Street

Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
Boston, MAPrinceton, NJClifton, NJ
Salary
$110,000–$207,500 / yr
Posted
6 days ago
Closes
Jul 31, 2026

Market check

Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $201k
This role $159k
$96k most similar roles pay here $240k

This role pays less than 83% of similar roles. Most pay $176,431–$226,050 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $159k versus about $201k 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 162 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $120,000–$188,750 across 160 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Full Stack and Platform Engineering Lead

The Senior Platform Engineering Manager role at State Street’s IS Sales Enablement team involves providing technical leadership in architecting and developing high-scale, low-latency distributed systems within a cloud-native environment. This staff/principal level position requires extensive experience in building and scaling enterprise-level distributed systems, with a focus on delivering financial-grade platforms that meet stringent regulatory requirements. The ideal candidate will have hands-on expertise in Java, Spring Boot, microservices architectures, and cloud platforms like AWS, as well as proficiency in Kubernetes, event-driven architectures, and data storage technologies. They must also possess deep knowledge of wealth management or financial services platforms and familiarity with regulations such as SEC, FINRA, and GDPR. This role demands strong collaboration with product, risk, compliance, and security teams to ensure robust system reliability and regulatory compliance while leading high-performing engineering teams through large-scale cloud transformation initiatives.

What you'll do

  • Leads the design and development of high-scale, low-latency distributed systems in a cloud-native environment.
  • Ensures platforms meet stringent regulatory requirements for auditability, data protection, and governance.
  • Executes large-scale cloud transformation initiatives with zero-downtime migrations of mission-critical workloads.
  • Builds and scales high-performing engineering teams while delivering cost efficiencies through platform standardization.
  • Partners closely with Risk, Compliance, and Security to ensure systems meet the highest standards for regulatory compliance.

What we're looking for

  • 12+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on building and scaling distributed systems.
  • Proven expertise in designing and operating cloud-native data platforms on AWS/GCP/Azure.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead high-performing global engineering teams, including hiring and mentoring.
  • Strong understanding of wealth management or financial services platforms and related regulatory standards.
  • Deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, microservices architectures, and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
  • Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, and event-driven architectures.

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