Senior Backend Platform Engineer — Cloud & APIs

State Street; Clifton (NJ); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 157,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Insurance coverage

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

Incentive compensation

Tax-advantaged savings plans

Job summary

State Street’s Wealth Custody & Clearing division seeks multiple AVP, Software Engineers to design, develop, test, and support modern software on a scalable, secure platform used by RIAs and broker-dealers. Roles span backend, API and integration engineering, platform engineering, or cloud-native development depending on priority and experience.

The team delivers enterprise-grade solutions with strong emphasis on reliability, observability, and operational readiness across custody, clearing,

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

Senior backend development

API-driven platforms

Distributed systems

Cloud-enabled development

Enterprise application delivery

Agile software development

Java

Kotlin

Python

JavaScript

TypeScript

Education

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

7+ years of software engineering experience

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

State Street’s Wealth Custody & Clearing division seeks multiple AVP, Software Engineers to design, develop, test, and support modern software on a scalable, secure platform used by RIAs and broker-dealers. Roles span backend, API and integration engineering, platform engineering, or cloud-native development depending on priority and experience.

The team delivers enterprise-grade solutions with strong emphasis on reliability, observability, and operational readiness across custody, clearing,