Boston-Based VP, Full-Stack Engineering

Archer; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 68,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Archer, in partnership with BNY, seeks a Vice President, Full-Stack Developer in Boston, MA to lead end‑to‑end delivery of scalable, multi‑tier applications for Fund Accounting and Investor Solutions. You’ll architect, implement, test, and deploy software with real‑time monitoring and production support.

The role requires 8+ years of full‑stack experience (Java 17+ with Spring Boot; Angular), strong microservices and REST API skills, Kafka, Docker, CI/CD, and Agile collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of professional full‑stack development experience.
• Strong backend with Java 17+ and Spring/Spring Boot.
• Frontend with Angular 14+ or React/JS; scalable UI design.
• Experience with microservices, REST APIs, and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Development of end‑to‑end delivery of scalable, multi‑tier applications: architecture/design, development, test automation, CI/CD, deployment, and production support with real‑time monitoring and alerting.
• Translate business and automation needs into robust technical solutions; collaborate with cross‑functional stakeholders and agile teams to define scope, prioritize work, and deliver high‑quality software.
• Design and build RESTful APIs and microservices; ensure performance, reliability, observability, and secure coding practices across services and UI layers.
• Drive platform resiliency, availability, and integrity by instituting operational runbooks, on‑call practices, logging/metrics/tracing, and rapid incident response.
• Champion engineering excellence: coding standards, code reviews, static analysis, test coverage, and release discipline; mentor teammates and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Integrate AI and emerging technologies (e.g., LLM APIs, prompt engineering, agentic frameworks) to enhance client and employee experiences and accelerate delivery.
• Contribute to technical strategy and roadmap; make build/buy decisions; influence patterns for event‑driven systems, rules/workflows, caching, and distributed systems.

Skills

Java 17+

Spring Boot

Angular

Microservices

REST APIs

CI/CD

GitLab

Kafka

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Docker

MongoDB

GitHub Copilot

Veracode/Testing tools

Job description

Archer, in partnership with BNY, seeks a Vice President, Full-Stack Developer in Boston, MA to lead end‑to‑end delivery of scalable, multi‑tier applications for Fund Accounting and Investor Solutions. You’ll architect, implement, test, and deploy software with real‑time monitoring and production support.

The role requires 8+ years of full‑stack experience (Java 17+ with Spring Boot; Angular), strong microservices and REST API skills, Kafka, Docker, CI/CD, and Agile collaboration.