Cloud-Native Principal Engineer & Technical Architect

State Street Corp; Burlington (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

Incentive compensation

Job summary

State Street is seeking a Principal Software Engineer (Vice President) to lead modernization of mission-critical platforms toward cloud-native, distributed architectures. You will shape technical strategy, drive engineering excellence, and collaborate with Product Management and Operations across teams.

As a senior individual contributor, you will guide long-term architecture, governance, and testing practices while remaining hands-on for the most complex challenges.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or related field.
• 10–12+ years of commercial software development experience.
• Strong cloud-based and distributed systems understanding.
• Proven track record delivering high-performance, production-scale systems.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a principal technical authority for key initiatives or core modules.
• Define and evolve system architecture, design standards, and engineering best practices.
• Provide long‑term technical strategy and leadership to senior stakeholders.
• Lead adoption of modern cloud architectures and emerging technologies with business value.
• Remain hands‑on for complex technical problems as needed.
• Mentor engineers and influence hiring and talent development.

Skills

Java

C++

C#

Distributed systems

Oracle

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

Cloud architectures

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

CI/CD

Observability

Job description

State Street is seeking a Principal Software Engineer (Vice President) to lead modernization of mission-critical platforms toward cloud-native, distributed architectures. You will shape technical strategy, drive engineering excellence, and collaborate with Product Management and Operations across teams.

As a senior individual contributor, you will guide long-term architecture, governance, and testing practices while remaining hands-on for the most complex challenges.