Software Engineering Architect

MFS International Australia Pty Ltd; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 123,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Education assistance: loans

Tuition reimbursement

Wellness programs

Paid parental/maternity leaves

401(k) employer contributions

Job summary

MFS is seeking an experienced enterprise architect to define the target-state architecture and technology roadmap for cash, collateral, and data platforms. Lead cloud modernization, AI-enabled data strategies, and governance across multiple teams.

You will mentor engineers, set standards, and collaborate with global teams to ensure successful delivery of investment and data platforms in a hybrid cloud environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of software engineering, solution architecture, or enterprise architecture experience.
• Significant experience in Investment Management, Asset Management, Capital Markets, or Financial Services.
• Experience architecting enterprise-scale systems supporting investment operations, portfolio management, cash management, collateral management, or investment data platforms.
• Deep expertise designing cloud-native, distributed, and event-driven architectures.
• Strong experience with Azure cloud services, Azure DevOps, OpenShift, Kubernetes, containers, and modern platform engineering practices.
• Experience defining enterprise application modernization and cloud migration strategies.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise integration patterns, APIs, messaging technologies, and service-oriented architectures.
• Experience with modern data platforms including Snowflake, SQL Server, Oracle, Azure SQL, and cloud-native data services.
• Experience with Microsoft AI technologies including Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, and Power Platform.
• Strong understanding of DevSecOps, CI/CD, IaC, observability, resilience, and operational excellence practices.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain target-state architecture and technology roadmap for Cash Management, Collateral Management, DSS, and Portfolio Master platforms.
• Partner with business leadership to align technology investments with strategic objectives.
• Establish architectural standards, design patterns, and engineering guardrails across multiple domains.
• Evaluate emerging technologies to improve capabilities and efficiency.
• Lead cloud modernization and platform engineering initiatives across enterprise environments.
• Develop architectural strategies for application modernization, containerization, and cloud migration.
• Define enterprise CI/CD, DevSecOps, observability, and reliability patterns.
• Provide architectural guidance and technical leadership across delivery teams.
• Mentor engineers and solution architects on architecture best practices and emerging tech.
• Collaborate with globally distributed teams and partners for successful delivery.

Skills

Architecture strategy

Cloud modernization

Azure

OpenShift

Kubernetes

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Data architecture

AI technologies

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Azure

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD tools

Job description

At MFS, you will find a culture that supports you in doing what you do best. Our employees work together to reach better outcomes, favoring the strongest idea over the strongest individual. We put people first and demonstrate care and compassion for our community and each other. Because what we do matters – to us as valued professionals and to the millions of people and institutions who rely on us to help them build more secure and prosperous futures.

What You Will Do

• Define and maintain the target-state architecture and technology roadmap for Cash Management, Collateral Management, DSS, and Portfolio Master platforms.
• Partner with business leadership to align technology investments with strategic business objectives.
• Help establish architectural standards, design patterns, integration frameworks, and engineering guardrails across multiple technology domains.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to identify opportunities that improve business capabilities and operational efficiency.

Cloud Modernization & Platform Engineering

• Drive enterprise cloud adoption initiatives utilizing Azure, OpenShift, Kubernetes, and modern platform engineering practices.
• Develop architectural strategies for application modernization, containerization, and migration from on-premises platforms to cloud-native and hybrid-cloud environments.
• Define enterprise CI/CD, DevSecOps, observability, operational resilience, and reliability patterns.
• Establish reference architectures and reusable frameworks that accelerate delivery across engineering teams.

Data & AI Architecture

• Define architectural patterns supporting portfolio, investment, and operational data across DSS and Portfolio Master ecosystems.
• Develop data integration strategies leveraging APIs, event-driven architectures, and modern data platforms.
• Promote adoption of Microsoft AI technologies, including Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, and intelligent automation capabilities.
• Identify opportunities to leverage AI and automation to improve operational efficiency, decision-making, and engineering productivity.

Technical Leadership

• Provide architectural guidance and technical leadership across multiple delivery teams.
• Mentor engineers, technical leads, and solution architects on architecture best practices and emerging technologies.
• Collaborate with globally distributed teams, and strategic partners to ensure successful solution delivery.
• Participate in enterprise architecture councils, design reviews, and technology governance forums.

What We Are Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of software engineering, solution architecture, or enterprise architecture experience.
• Significant experience within Investment Management, Asset Management, Capital Markets, or Financial Services.
• Demonstrated experience architecting enterprise-scale systems supporting investment operations, portfolio management, cash management, collateral management, or investment data platforms.
• Deep expertise designing cloud-native, distributed, and event-driven architectures.
• Strong experience with Azure cloud services, Azure DevOps, OpenShift, Kubernetes, containers, and modern platform engineering practices.
• Experience defining enterprise application modernization and cloud migration strategies.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise integration patterns, APIs, messaging technologies, and service-oriented architectures.
• Experience with modern data platforms including Snowflake, SQL Server, Oracle, Azure SQL, and cloud-native data services.
• Experience with Microsoft AI technologies including Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, and Power Platform.
• Strong understanding of DevSecOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code, observability, resilience, and operational excellence practices.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep expertise in cash processing, liquidity management, collateral management, margining, collateral optimization, and operational risk controls.
• Strong understanding of trade settlement, reconciliation, accounting, and post-trade processing workflows.
• Experience with Charles River, Eagle, Acadia Margin Manager, Calypso, or similar investment management platforms.
• Familiarity with Terraform, Helm, Ansible, and other cloud automation technologies.

Salary and Benefits

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. This position is not eligible for sponsorship.

Base Salary Range: $123,000.00 - $177,500.00. This position is eligible for competitive incentive bonus.

MFS contributes an amount equal to 15% of your base salary to your retirement account that is separate from the company-sponsored 401(k)

• Education Assistance: MFS contributes $100 monthly up to $10,000 lifetime maximum directly to loan provider
• Education Assistance: Tuition reimbursement up to $8,000 annually
• Education Assistance: Access to discounted tutors and college coaches
• Generous time off and fully paid leaves including 20-weeks for maternity, 12-weeks for parental and caregiver leaves
• Choice of medical and dental plans and an and an employer contribution into the Health Savings Account
• Tax deferred commuter benefits & flexible spending accounts (medical & dependent care)
• Wellness Programs: Robust wellness webinars, employee assistance program with a focus on mental health, subsidized fitness benefit via Wellhub (formerly Gympass), where you can workout at gyms, studios and boutique fitness locations near you, join virtual personal training sessions and access a wide variety of well-being apps

Our compensation philosophy is to pay competitively for talent while ensuring equity across employees performing comparable work. We are committed to transparency – if you have questions about how we arrived at this range or what additional benefits and bonus opportunities come with the role, we’ll be happy to discuss them.

MFS is a hybrid work environment (remote/onsite) unless otherwise stated in the job posting.

If any applicant is unable to complete an application or respond to a job opening because of a disability, please contact MFS at 617-954-5000 or email [e-mail] for assistance.

MFS is an Equal Opportunity Employer and it is our policy to not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local laws. Employees and applicants of MFS will not be subject to harassment on the basis of their status. Additionally, retaliation, including intimidation, threats, or coercion, because an employee or applicant has objected to discrimination, engaged or may engage in filing a complaint, assisted in a review, investigation or hearing or have otherwise sought to obtain their legal rights under any Federal, State, or local EEO law is prohibited. Please see the Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal document, linked for your reference.

For almost a century, investors around the world have trusted MFS to achieve their investment goals. Since 1924, when our founders invented the mutual fund, collaboration, a long-term focus and skilled active research have fueled our success. As a leading global investment manager, we hire employees who share our values, align with investors who share our long-term philosophy, and always act in the best interest of our clients.