Global Head of Data Platform Engineering & AI

State Street; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 203,000 - 338,000; Full time

Job summary

State Street seeks a hands-on Head of Data Platform Engineering to design, build, and operate enterprise-grade data platforms at scale. You will lead a global organization of 100+ engineers across platform, data, and reliability teams, driving platform reliability, scalability, and adoption.

You will partner with data architecture, strategy, governance, and AI platform teams to deliver reusable data products, developer-friendly platforms, and strong operational rigor in cloud, hybrid, and

Qualifications

• Senior leadership experience managing large-scale engineering orgs.
• Deep hands-on expertise in data platforms and distributed systems.
• Cloud-native and hybrid architectures across cloud/on‑prem.
• Large-scale data processing (batch and streaming).
• Experience building/operating mission-critical platforms at enterprise scale.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate data platforms as enterprise products.
• Own full platform lifecycle: engineering, deployment, operations.
• Lead a global 100+ engineer organization across platform, data, reliability.
• Establish and embed SRE practices, SLAs/SLOs, observability.
• Operate platforms with a product mindset: roadmaps, feedback loops.

Skills

Senior leadership

Data platforms

Distributed systems

Cloud-native

Hybrid architectures

Data processing

SRE practices

Agile delivery

Financial services

Job description

State Street seeks a hands-on Head of Data Platform Engineering to design, build, and operate enterprise-grade data platforms at scale. You will lead a global organization of 100+ engineers across platform, data, and reliability teams, driving platform reliability, scalability, and adoption.

You will partner with data architecture, strategy, governance, and AI platform teams to deliver reusable data products, developer-friendly platforms, and strong operational rigor in cloud, hybrid, and