Senior Data Engineer, Vice President

State Street; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

State Street in Boston is seeking a Senior hands-on Data Engineer to design and develop a Cloud Data Lake for large-scale enterprise data in the Financial Services sector.

You will partner with architects and business leaders to execute the technology product roadmap, work on data ingestion, modeling, and cloud infrastructure, with a focus on security and performance. This role offers a challenging enterprise environment and opportunities for impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s/Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or Math or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years' experience in professional software design and development.
• Strong analytical skills, with ability to collect, absorb, and analyze information quickly and independently
• Proven ability to develop and work with cross functional processes and project timelines
• Excellent follow‑through, attention to detail and time management skills

Responsibilities

• End to end Cloud Data Lake design & development including data ingestion, data modeling and data distribution.
• Build data integrations, hand-offs between on-prem/cloud-based systems.
• Design and develop high volume data ingestion components and solutions to collect data from various sources.
• Manage and use appropriate tools in the cloud data lake development and deployment.
• Responsible for developing/implementing cloud infrastructure to support current and future business needs.
• Participating in technical design, application build, configuration, unit testing, and production deployment.
• Ensuring all cloud solutions exhibit higher level of cost efficiency, performance, security, scalability, and reliability

Skills

PL/SQL

Java/J2EE

Python

Scala

Perl scripting

Databricks

Cloud architectures

Data modeling

ETL/ELT

CI/CD/DevOps

Education

Bachelor’s/Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or Math

Tools

Databricks

Job description

Job Description We are looking for a Senior hands‑on Data Engineer for Cloud Data Lake design and development. The candidate should have Financial Services experience in design, architecture and development of large scale enterprise applications using Cloud based Data engineering platforms. This hands‑on role will partner with senior‑level development managers, architects and business leadership to develop and execute the technology product roadmap.

Job Description We are looking for a Senior hands‑on Data Engineer for Cloud Data Lake design and development. The candidate should have Financial Services experience in design, architecture and development of large scale enterprise applications using Cloud based Data engineering platforms. This hands‑on role will partner with senior‑level development managers, architects and business leadership to develop and execute the technology product roadmap.

Main Duties And Responsibilities

• End to end Cloud Data Lake design & development including data ingestion, data modeling and data distribution.
• Build data integrations, hand-offs between on-prem/cloud-based systems.
• Design and develop high volume data ingestion components and solutions to collect data from various sources.
• Manage and use appropriate tools in the cloud data lake development and deployment.
• Responsible for developing/implementing cloud infrastructure to support current and future business needs.
• Participating in technical design, application build, configuration, unit testing, and production deployment.
• Ensuring all cloud solutions exhibit higher level of cost efficiency, performance, security, scalability, and reliability

Required Skills

• Development experience in designing, developing and deploying complex applications.
• Strong tech skillset/experience in PL/SQL, Java/J2EE, Python, Scala, PERL/scripting .
• Hands on experience with Cloud platforms, preferably using Databricks.
• Experience in building systems using modern, scalable, resilient, cloud native architectures.
• Experience in Data Modeling and database design with strong skills in performance tuning.
• Hands on experience in setting up data pipelines for ELT jobs across multiple data sources.
• Hands on experience in big-data processing, troubleshooting and resolving database performance issues.
• Strong knowledge of Cloud Security in AWS/Azure, specifically IAM Roles & Polices, Security Groups and Encryption keys.
• Experience with optimizing database performance, scalability, ensuring data security and compliance.
• Experience with event based, micro-batch and batched high volume and high velocity transaction and data processing system.
• Proficiency with CICD and DevOps.

Education & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s/Master's Degree in a Computer Science, Engineering or Math or equivalent experience
• 10+ years' experience in professional software design and development.
• Strong analytical skills, with ability to collect, absorb, and analyze information quickly and independently
• Proven ability to develop and work with cross functional processes and project timelines
• Excellent follow‑through, attention to detail and time management skills

Salary Range $110,000 - $207,500 Annual

Employees are eligible to participate in State Street’s comprehensive benefits program, which includes: our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match; insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long‑term disability, and other optional additional coverages; paid‑time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities; access to our Employee Assistance Program; incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance‑based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans); and, eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.

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About State Street

Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success.

We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. As an essential partner in our shared success, you’ll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work‑life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most. Join us in shaping the future.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law.

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