Senior Backend Engineer, Cloud & API Platform

State Street; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Paid time off

Employee assistance program

Performance-based awards

Savings plans eligibility

Job summary

State Street’s Wealth Custody & Clearing business is seeking multiple Assistant Vice Presidents, Software Engineers to join our growing Technology organization. These are hands‑on engineering roles responsible for designing, developing, testing, and supporting modern software capabilities across our wealth custody and clearing platform.

We are seeking engineers with experience in senior backend development, API‑driven platforms, distributed systems, cloud‑enabled development, and enterprise

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience in a related field.
• 7+ years of software engineering, backend engineering, or application development experience with increasing responsibility.
• Experience delivering business-critical applications in Agile environments.
• Proficient with Java, Kotlin, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript or similar languages.
• Experience with RESTful APIs, microservices, distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Experience with cloud-enabled development, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, automated testing, and modern tooling.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, observability tools, and performance optimization.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, cloud platforms, or container deployment.
• Financial services experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy enterprise‑grade software solutions for the Wealth Custody & Clearing platform.
• Build scalable backend services, APIs, integrations, and platform capabilities for custody, clearing, onboarding, and trading workflows.
• Develop cloud-enabled and API-first solutions using secure coding standards and solid software design principles.
• Partner with Product, Architecture, Operations, Risk, Compliance, and Engineering to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Contribute to design reviews, architecture discussions, and platform delivery decisions.
• Support integration initiatives with external fintech, custody, and market infrastructure providers.
• Ensure performance, resiliency, security, observability, data integrity, and run readiness.
• Participate in Agile delivery with estimation, planning, testing, release readiness, deployment, and support.
• Troubleshoot complex issues, perform root cause analysis, and drive platform improvements.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote a culture of engineering excellence and ownership.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

Python

JavaScript

TypeScript

RESTful APIs

Distributed systems

Cloud-enabled development

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

State Street’s Wealth Custody & Clearing business is seeking multiple Assistant Vice Presidents, Software Engineers to join our growing Technology organization. These are hands‑on engineering roles responsible for designing, developing, testing, and supporting modern software capabilities across our wealth custody and clearing platform.

We are seeking engineers with experience in senior backend development, API‑driven platforms, distributed systems, cloud‑enabled development, and enterprise