Senior Backend Platform Architect – Cloud-Native

STATE STREET CORPORATION; Quincy (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Health insurance

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

Long-term disability

Job summary

STATE STREET CORPORATION is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to architect and lead high-scale backend systems for wealth custody and clearing in a cloud native environment. You will drive architectural standards, mentor engineers, and partner with product and risk teams to deliver compliant, reliable platforms.

You will work in a back-end leadership capacity with 9+ years of experience, focusing on Java/Spring Boot, microservices, AWS, Kubernetes, and data stores like PostgreSQL, with emphasis

Qualifications

• 9+ years backend software engineering with distributed systems experience.
• Staff/Principal level experience influencing multiple teams.
• High availability, fault tolerance, and data consistency expertise.
• Production reliability and architectural ownership in financial services.

Responsibilities

• Architect and lead high-scale, low-latency backend systems for custody, clearing, and wealth platforms.
• Define engineering standards, patterns, and design principles across backend teams.
• Drive long-term technical vision for distributed systems and data platforms.
• Translate complex requirements into scalable technical solutions with stakeholders.
• Mentor engineers and raise engineering bar across the organization.
• Lead incident response, performance optimization, and reliability initiatives.
• Evaluate and adopt technologies aligned with regulatory objectives.
• Ensure resiliency, observability, auditability, and security in systems.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

AWS

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

Distributed data stores

Caching

Kafka

API design

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Cloud platforms (AWS)

Job description

STATE STREET CORPORATION is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to architect and lead high-scale backend systems for wealth custody and clearing in a cloud native environment. You will drive architectural standards, mentor engineers, and partner with product and risk teams to deliver compliant, reliable platforms.

You will work in a back-end leadership capacity with 9+ years of experience, focusing on Java/Spring Boot, microservices, AWS, Kubernetes, and data stores like PostgreSQL, with emphasis