Engineering Lead: Mainframe & Cloud Custody Platforms

State Street; Quincy (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 217,500; Full time

Job summary

State Street in North Quincy, MA, seeks an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead teams responsible for core custody platforms, blending people leadership with technical stewardship across mainframe and cloud environments.

You will drive end-to-end delivery, mentor engineers, enforce security and compliance, and partner with product, operations, and risk teams to balance quality, performance, and cost.

Qualifications

• Proven technology leadership experience supporting custody platforms, securities processing, or post-trade systems.
• Strong expertise across mainframe technologies (z/OS, COBOL, JCL, Db2) and distributed/open systems ecosystems (Java, Linux, middleware).
• Deep understanding of database design and data engineering, including Db2, Oracle, and cloud-based data platforms.
• Proven ability to architect and integrate hybrid environments (mainframe + cloud + distributed systems).
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to influence across global organizations.
• Excellent critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities in complex environments.
• Demonstrated success building, mentoring, and leading high-performing engineering teams.
• Ability to balance hands-on technical depth with people leadership and strategic execution.
• Experience delivering large, complex, global technology programs.
• Hands-on experience with AI, ML, and Agentic AI in enterprise environments; familiarity with mainframe technologies and integration patterns preferred.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end delivery across solution design, development, testing, production release, and support for the global custody platform.
• Own custody platform initiatives, ensuring delivery meets quality, resiliency, scalability, timeliness, and cost expectations.
• Partner with product, business, custody operations, architecture, infrastructure, risk, and vendor teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Provide technical leadership across architecture, system design, and code quality, including design and code reviews.
• Embed and continuously improve Agile delivery practices, including backlog management, sprint execution, and release planning.
• Proactively manage delivery risks, technical debt, project issues, and budget constraints, with mitigation strategies.
• Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, and operational readiness standards for mission-critical custody platforms.
• Lead, coach, and develop software engineering teams, fostering engineering excellence and accountability.
• Provide technical leadership across hybrid architectures (mainframe, open systems, cloud-native).
• Drive end-to-end solution design spanning mainframe apps, distributed systems, and cloud services (AWS/Azure).
• Ensure robust data architecture and engineering practices across Db2, Oracle, and relational databases.
• Lead modernization initiatives, including mainframe-to-cloud integration and API enablement.
• Oversee design and engineering standards for scalability, performance, and high availability.
• Guide teams on secure coding, data integrity, and compliance across legacy and cloud environments.
• Provide escalation leadership during production incidents and major releases.
• Drive automation and straight-through processing, including AI to improve exception handling and reconciliation.

Skills

Technology leadership

Mainframe expertise

Distributed systems & cloud

Agile delivery

Data architecture

Stakeholder management

Mentoring & coaching

Security & compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Finance

10+ years technology/program management

6+ years Agile experience

Custody platforms/post-trade knowledge

Vendor engagement & management

Global teams leadership

Tools

z/OS

COBOL

JCL

Db2

Oracle

Java

Linux

AWS/Azure

Job description

State Street in North Quincy, MA, seeks an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead teams responsible for core custody platforms, blending people leadership with technical stewardship across mainframe and cloud environments.

You will drive end-to-end delivery, mentor engineers, enforce security and compliance, and partner with product, operations, and risk teams to balance quality, performance, and cost.