Cloud-Native Microservices Architect

State Street Bank; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Insurance coverage: medical, dental, &

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

Performance-based awards

Job summary

State Street is seeking a hands-on Senior Technical Architect to lead the end-to-end architecture, design, and modernization of mission-critical systems. You will transform a VC++ platform into a React/JS-Java hybrid, event-driven, high-throughput microservices, aligned with cloud-native principles.

You will define architecture, guide modernization, and drive performance, scalability, and security across AWS/Azure environments, with emphasis on observable, resilient distributed services.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in software architecture and distributed systems design.
• Strong programming background in VC++ and Java, with proven experience in system modernization.
• Experience with AWS/Azure and modern CI/CD platforms

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve architecture for a cloud-native, high-throughput platform.
• Lead modernization of legacy VC++ systems into Java-based distributed services.
• Design modular microservices and event-driven patterns for real-time processing.
• Ensure API-first and contract-first design principles are followed.

Skills

Distributed systems

VC++ to Java

Cloud (AWS/Azure)

DevOps CI/CD

Low latency systems

Tools

AWS

Azure

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

State Street is seeking a hands-on Senior Technical Architect to lead the end-to-end architecture, design, and modernization of mission-critical systems. You will transform a VC++ platform into a React/JS-Java hybrid, event-driven, high-throughput microservices, aligned with cloud-native principles.

You will define architecture, guide modernization, and drive performance, scalability, and security across AWS/Azure environments, with emphasis on observable, resilient distributed services.