Java Fullstack Developer, Assistant Vice President

State Street Corporation; England; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

State Street Corporation is seeking an experienced Java Full Stack Developer to join our Digital Asset team. You will build end-to-end product experiences across Java backends and modern web UIs for digital asset capabilities in a regulated financial services environment.

You will design REST APIs, microservices, and secure, scalable platforms, with automated testing, logging, and performance improvements. Collaboration across cross-functional teams in an Agile setting is essential.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience delivering full-stack applications in regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain full-stack features spanning Java backend services and modern UI components.
• Build and evolve REST APIs and service integrations for digital asset workflows.
• Develop responsive front-end experiences using React/Vue/Angular.
• Collaborate to translate requirements into technical designs and incremental deliveries.
• Implement automated testing across unit, integration, and UI/API tests; participate in code reviews and CI/CD.

Skills

Java backend

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Frontend framework

Microservices

CI/CD

Oracle DB

Team collaboration

Job description

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced Java Full Stack Developer to join our Digital Asset development team. This is a hands‑on engineering role responsible for building end‑to‑end product experiences across modern web user interfaces and Java backend services that power institutional digital asset capabilities in a regulated financial services environment. This includes contributing to API-driven platform services and user-facing portals that support digital custody, tokenization, transfer agency, and digital cash/settlement workflows. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to build robust, scalable, and secure digital asset products that meet our business and technical requirements.

Role Description

• Design, develop, and maintain full‑stack features spanning Java backend services and modern web UI components for digital asset products and operational tooling.
• Build and evolve REST APIs and service integrations that support digital asset workflows and participate in the platform’s centralized integration approach (e.g., integration hubs / secure gateways).
• Develop responsive, maintainable front‑end experiences using modern frameworks (e.g., React / Vue / Angular), focusing on usability for financial services users and operational personas.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to translate business requirements into well‑defined technical designs, estimates, and incremental deliveries within an Agile environment.
• Implement robust automated testing practices across the stack (unit, integration, and UI/API tests) and uphold strong quality gates through code reviews and CI/CD discipline.
• Contribute to operational readiness: logging/monitoring, performance tuning, production support, and reliability improvements for client‑and operations‑facing digital asset services.
• Work with security and platform stakeholders to ensure solutions meet the expectations of regulated financial services environments (secure‑by‑design, least privilege, auditability).

Core/Must have skills

• Strong, hands‑on experience delivering full‑stack applications in financial services (or similarly regulated environments), with clear ownership from UI through backend services.
• Advanced proficiency in Java and modern backend development using Spring Boot and common Spring modules (web, security, data).
• Strong experience building RESTful APIs and microservice‑style backend services, including documentation and integration patterns.
• Solid experience with a modern front‑end framework such as React, Vue.js, or Angular, including building production user interfaces.
• Experience working with relational databases (e.g., Oracle) and ORM/data access patterns
• Strong engineering practices: automated testing, code reviews, and iterative delivery in an Agile team environment.
• Experience with enterprise cloud and delivery tooling (CI/CD pipelines, containerization), and operating microservices in modern platforms.
• Experience working effectively with multi‑location engineering teams.

Good to have skills

• Working knowledge of digital asset concepts (tokenization / custody) sufficient to translate workflows into UI and API behaviour.
• Hands‑on experience with Web3 / blockchain‑adjacent concepts and how enterprise platforms integrate with them (e.g., smart contracts / dApps integration concepts), especially in financial services contexts.
• Exposure to high‑scale data/integration patterns commonly used in financial services platforms (streaming such as Kafka/MQ, API gateways, and event‑driven architectures).
• Exposure to Node.js for front‑end support or lightweight backend‑for‑frontend (BFF) services, including working with REST APIs and understanding how Node.js services integrate with enterprise Java or platform backends.

About State Street

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.

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.