SUMMIT/Fixed-Income application developer, AVP

State Street; Berwyn (PA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

State Street in Berwyn, PA seeks a senior technical developer to work on Global Treasury’s IT initiatives, focusing on back-end and front-end development, debugging, and large-scale software enhancements for vendor applications like SUMMIT and State Street’s own code.

You will collaborate with analysts, QA, and product owners to translate complex business requirements into robust software solutions, participate in design and test reviews, and help deploy major upgrades across NA and EMEA in a

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of progressively responsible professional software engineering experience in finance or related field.
• 5–7 years of experience in financial services product delivery domains (Portfolio Management, Trading, etc.).
• Knowledge of fixed-income products, processing and interest rate derivatives is highly desirable.
• Experience with SUMMIT and upgrading its processes is a plus.
• Authoritative experience with Unix, shell scripting, and performance tuning (application and DB).
• Cloud technologies experience (AWS/Azure) and migration to public cloud is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide thought leadership in backend and frontend design for complex business solutions.
• Collaborate with BAs, QA, and Product owners to translate requirements into sustainable software.
• Contribute to design, development and documentation of vendor products and custom State Street code.
• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and automation/SQA test reviews for quality outcomes.
• Assist in change management, deployment, and production upgrades at scale.
• Develop, test, debug, and implement software using Unix, C#, C++, Java, Python, and related tools.
• Troubleshoot large, mission-critical systems during upgrades and client implementations.
• Support production and test environments across NA and EMEA with SLA adherence.

Skills

team work

communication

problem solving

Education

B.S. or M.S. in software engineering / computer science

Tools

SUMMIT

Unix

Shell scripting

Java

Python

C++

C#

Tomcat

Web services

Autosys

Oracle

AWS

Azure

Job description

Who We Are Looking For

The Data, Markets, Corporate Functions IT team is currently seeking a senior technical developer to work in a fast pace, technology driven, customer service oriented group. The individual will work under minimal supervision, analyze, design, debug, develop and unit test, medium to large scale software enhancements and solutions as part of Global Treasury’s IT division and technical problem domain. Will support Fixed Income and derivatives processing for vendor applications such as SUMMIT and modifications to State Street’s own custom code

This role can be performed in a hybrid model, where you can balance work from home and office to match your needs and role requirements.

What You Will Be Responsible For

As Senior Developer you will

• Provide thought leadership in the design of back-end and front-end functionality, operational workflow, and business solution to complex Business problems
• Collaborate with Business Analysts, QA team and Product owners to turn moderately complex business requirements into working and sustainable software solution to business
• Contribute to written design, development and documentation of application functionality around vendor product and State Street’s own custom code.
• Participate in Business Analysis, functional/technical spec. reviews, code reviews, review of automation/SQA tests to ensure a high quality end product,
• Participate in change management and deployment process and production implementation of large scale upgrades and changes
• Develop, test, debug, and implement software programs, applications and projects using Unix, C#, C++, Java, Python, J2EE technologies, Tomcat, webservices, distributed computing, shell scripting, autosys and other related software engineering languages and tools
• Provide expert level troubleshooting on large, mission critical system upgrades and client/regulatory specific implementations and cross-team/cross-product functionality
• Help conduct manual/automated unit tests and system integration testing with various downstream and upstream systems to ensure a high quality end product
• Help maintain a stable, error/incident free Production and test environments for users across diff regions– NA and EMEA, ensure SLAs are upheld and various feeds to upstream and downstream systems are maintained
• Actively participate and assist in improving development and test methodologies and contribute to related usage of tools such as Github, Jira, Agile methodology and cloud development frameworks including continuous development and integration.

What We Value

These skills will help you succeed in this role

• Excellent team work, written, verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Able to work well with peers, support teams, Business Analysts in a collaborative team environment, across various regions and time zones
• Able to contribute to complex design and solving complex Business problems in consultation with senior technical staff, office-of-Architecture and management
• Able to work on medium to large scale projects and on complex tasks with with minimal supervision and oversight

Education & Preferred Qualifications

• 8 to 10 years of progressively responsible professional software engineering experience preferably in a financial services product delivery setting with a B.S. or M.S. degree in software engineering, computer science or related field
• 5 to 7 years of experience in financial services industry, developing solutions for Portfolio Management, Trading, Compliance, Settlement, Post-Trade processing, Accounting, Pricing, Accruals, P&L calculations
• Knowledge of Fixed-income products, processing and Interest rate derivatives is strongly desirable.
• Experience working with products such as SUMMIT and implementation of its upgrade process is a plus
• Authoritative experience with Unix, Shell scripting, performance tuning both from application side as well DB side using Oracle Technologies is highly desirable
• Knowledge of cloud technologies related to AWS, Azure, experience in migration/implementation from on-prim to public cloud is a plus

Salary Range

$90,000 - $157,500 Annual

The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.

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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Job ID: R-791368