Vice President, Full-Stack Engineer

Archer; Westborough (MA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Archer, in collaboration with BNY, seeks a Vice President, Full-Stack Developer for its Westborough, MA location. You will lead multi-tier application development, design RESTful APIs and microservices, and drive platform reliability with robust CI/CD and monitoring practices.

You will mentor teams, promote engineering excellence, and explore AI-assisted development to accelerate delivery while shaping the technical roadmap and strategic decisions for the Fund Accounting and Investor Solutions

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field or equivalent experience.
• 7 years of professional full-stack development experience with backend and frontend.
• Expert-level Java 17+ and Spring/Spring Boot; microservices; REST design.
• Frontend: Angular 14+ or React/JavaScript with modern UI patterns.
• Kafka messaging; unit/integration testing with JUnit/Mockito; code quality tools.
• CI/CD with Git/GitLab; Docker; IaC basics; blue-green/feature flags.
• Observability with logging/metrics; Splunk; NoSQL (MongoDB); data modeling.
• Agile/Scrum, collaboration tools (JIRA, Confluence, Slack); AI-assisted development experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop end-to-end delivery of scalable, multi-tier applications including architecture, design, testing, CI/CD, deployment and production support.
• Translate business needs into robust technical solutions; collaborate with cross-functional teams to define scope and priorities.
• Design and build RESTful APIs and microservices; ensure performance, reliability, observability and secure coding.
• Improve platform resiliency with runbooks, on-call practices, logging, metrics, tracing and incident response.
• Foster engineering excellence through code reviews, standards, test coverage and release discipline; mentor teammates.
• Integrate AI and emerging technologies to enhance client and employee experiences and accelerate delivery.
• Contribute to technical strategy and roadmaps; influence patterns for event-driven systems and distributed components.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

REST APIs

Angular / React

CI/CD

Docker

Git / GitLab

Observability

NoSQL (MongoDB)

Kubernetes

Agile / Scrum

AI assisted dev

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kafka

Splunk

Veracode

JUnit

Mockito

Gherkin

Cucumber

SonarQube

Jira

Confluence

Slack

Job description

Archer is collaborating with BNY to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.
We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President, Full-Stack Developer to join our Fund Accounting and Investor Solutions Platform team. This role is located in Westborough, MA, United States

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:

• Development of end-end delivery of scalable, multi-tier applications: architecture/design, development, test automation, CI/CD, deployment, and production support with real-time monitoring and alerting.
• Translate business and automation needs into robust technical solutions; collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders and agile teams to define scope, prioritize work, and deliver high-quality software.
• Design and build RESTful APIs and microservices; ensure performance, reliability, observability, and secure coding practices across services and UI layers.
• Drive platform resiliency, availability, and integrity by instituting operational runbooks, on-call practices, logging/metrics/tracing, and rapid incident response.
• Champion engineering excellence: coding standards, code reviews, static analysis, test coverage, and release discipline; mentor teammates and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Integrate AI and emerging technologies (e.g., LLM APIs, prompt engineering, agentic frameworks) to enhance client and employee experiences and accelerate delivery.
• Contribute to technical strategy and roadmap; make build/buy decisions; influence patterns for event-driven systems, rules/workflows, caching, and distributed systems.

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience.
• 7 years of professional full-stack development experience, with demonstrated strength across both backend and frontend.
• Backend: Expert-level Java 17+, 5+ years with Spring/Spring Boot; microservices architecture; REST API design and implementation.
• Frontend: Angular 14+ (or React/JavaScript) with modern UI patterns, state management, and reusable component design.
• Messaging/eventing: Hands-on experience; Kafka preferred.
• Testing and quality: Proficient with unit and integration testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito, Gherkin, Cucumber); code quality/static analysis using tools like SonarQube; exposure to Veracode or Section Experience in using Test Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD).
• DevOps and CI/CD: Strong command of Git and GitLab workflows (merge requests, CI/CD integration, GitOps principles); Docker; infrastructure-as-code fundamentals; blue-green/feature-flag release strategies.
• Observability and logging: SLF4J/Log4j; log aggregation; metrics/tracing; experience with tools such as Splunk.
• Data: Familiarity with MongoDB or other NoSQL stores; solid understanding of data modeling for microservices.
• Ways of working: Agile/Scrum experience; collaborative tooling (JIRA, Confluence, Slack); strong problem-solving, communication, pair programming and team collaboration skills.
• AI assisted development: experience in using coding assistants like Github Copilot/Claude Code/Cursor/Windsurf and others.

At BNY, our culture allows us to run our company better and enables employees’ growth and success. As a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, we influence nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day, our teams harness cutting-edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients, driving transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide.
Recognized as a top destination for innovators, BNY is where bold ideas meet advanced technology and exceptional talent. Together, we power the future of finance – and this is what is all about. Join us and be part of something extraordinary.