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About the Role

State Street's Wealth Custody & Clearing business is seeking multiple Assistant Vice Presidents, Software Engineers to design, develop, test, and support modern software capabilities across its wealth custody and clearing platform. These roles are critical to delivering digital capabilities, services, integrations, and operational workflows for a highly regulated, transaction-oriented wealth platform, ensuring the platform is built with the right foundation for scale, security, reliability, observability, and long-term maintainability.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, test, and deploy enterprise-grade software solutions supporting the Wealth Custody & Clearing platform
Build scalable backend services, APIs, integrations, and platform capabilities that support custody, clearing, onboarding, trading, servicing, reporting, and advisor workflows
Develop cloud-enabled and API-first solutions using modern engineering practices, secure coding standards, and strong software design principles
Partner with Product, Architecture, Operations, Risk, Compliance, and Engineering teams to translate business requirements into high-quality technical solutions
Contribute to technical design reviews, architecture discussions, engineering standards, and platform delivery decisions
Support integration initiatives with external fintech, custody, clearing, broker-dealer, and market infrastructure providers
Ensure solutions meet expectations for performance, resiliency, security, observability, auditability, data integrity, and operational readiness
Participate in Agile delivery processes, including estimation, sprint planning, development, testing, release readiness, deployment, and production support
Troubleshoot complex technical issues, support root cause analysis, and contribute to continuous platform improvement
Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a culture of engineering excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement

Requirements

Strong software engineering fundamentals with a focus on secure, scalable, maintainable, and well-tested solutions
Hands-on experience building production-grade applications, backend services, APIs, or distributed systems in complex enterprise environments
Ability to connect technical decisions to business outcomes and deliver practical solutions in a highly regulated operating environment
Strong collaboration and communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders
Comfort navigating ambiguity, solving complex problems, and contributing to a fast-moving platform buildout
Ownership mindset with a commitment to resiliency, quality, documentation, and operational excellence
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
Experience delivering business-critical applications in Agile software development environments
Candidates should be comfortable working in an enterprise technology environment where accuracy, resiliency, security, controls, documentation, and operational readiness are critical
Experience supporting systems with high availability, fault tolerance, strong data integrity, and production support expectations is strongly preferred

Skills

Backend development
Software development engineering
API-driven platforms
Distributed systems
Cloud-enabled development
Enterprise application delivery
Modern programming languages such as Java, Kotlin, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, or similar technologies
RESTful APIs
Microservices
Event-driven architectures
Enterprise integration patterns
Cloud-enabled development
CI/CD pipelines
DevOps practices
Automated testing
Modern software delivery tooling
Relational databases
NoSQL databases
Messaging platforms
Observability tools
Monitoring
Logging
Performance optimization
Docker
Kubernetes
Cloud platforms
Containerized application deployment
Financial services
Wealth management
Brokerage
Custody
Clearing
Trading
Fintech
Advisor platforms
Transaction processing

Location

To be confirmed based on business need, role alignment, and approved requisition details

Work Type

Hybrid
Standard business hours are expected, with flexibility required to support delivery milestones, production needs, and collaboration across locations

Experience Level

Assistant Vice President
7+ years of software engineering, backend engineering, or application development experience with progressively increasing responsibility

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field; equivalent professional experience will also be considered

Salary/Compensations

$90,000 - $157,500 Annual

Benefits

Retirement savings plan (401K) with company match
Insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages
Paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities
Access to our Employee Assistance Program
Incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards
Eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans

About the Company

Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability.
We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success.
We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential.
As an essential partner in our shared success, you’ll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most.
Join us in shaping the future.

Equal Opportunity

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.