Senior Backend Platform Engineer - AVP

State Street; Princeton (NJ); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package including 401K with 2

Generous time off and health coverage

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.

You will build backend services, APIs, and cloud-enabled platforms, collaborate with Product, Architecture, Operations, Risk, and Compliance, and contribute to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field; equivalent professional experience will also be considered
• 7+ years of software engineering, backend engineering, or application development experience with progressively increasing responsibility
• Experience delivering business-critical applications in Agile software development environments
• Hands-on experience with modern programming languages such as Java, Kotlin, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, or similar technologies
• 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 software delivery tooling
• Experience with relational databases, NoSQL databases, messaging platforms, observability tools, monitoring, logging, and performance optimization preferred
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, cloud platforms, or containerized application deployment preferred
• Financial services experience preferred; wealth management, brokerage, custody, clearing, trading, fintech, advisor platforms, or transaction processing experience considered a plus

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy enterprise-grade software solutions supporting the Wealth Custody & Clearing platform
• Build scalable backend services, APIs, integrations, and platform capabilities that support custody, clearing, onboarding, trading, servicing, reporting, and advisor workflows
• Develop cloud-enabled and API-first solutions using modern engineering practices, secure coding standards, and strong software design principles
• Partner with Product, Architecture, Operations, Risk, Compliance, and Engineering teams to translate business requirements into high-quality technical solutions
• Contribute to technical design reviews, architecture discussions, engineering standards, and platform delivery decisions
• Support integration initiatives with external fintech, custody, clearing, broker-dealer, and market infrastructure providers
• Ensure solutions meet expectations for performance, resiliency, security, observability, auditability, data integrity, and operational readiness
• Participate in Agile delivery processes, including estimation, sprint planning, development, testing, release readiness, deployment, and production support
• Troubleshoot complex technical issues, support root cause analysis, and contribute to continuous platform improvement
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a culture of engineering excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement

Skills

Backend development

API-driven platforms

Distributed systems

Cloud-enabled development

Agile delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Information Systems

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud platforms

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.

You will build backend services, APIs, and cloud-enabled platforms, collaborate with Product, Architecture, Operations, Risk, and Compliance, and contribute to