VP, Cloud-Native Platform Architecture & Engineering

State Street; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 218,000; Full time

Job summary

State Street seeks an experienced Senior Engineer to lead architecture, engineering strategy, and modernization across Markets Operations Technology.

The role requires 15+ years in software leadership, with deep expertise in cloud-native platforms, Java/Spring, and data-intensive architectures. You will collaborate globally to define the target state and drive transformational initiatives.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software development and tech leadership.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS or related field.
• Strong ability to communicate with stakeholders and engineers.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale capital markets platforms.
• Hands-on with Java, Spring, and cloud-native architectures.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute target-state architecture for Operations platforms.
• Lead architecture, engineering strategy, and modernization initiatives.
• Collaborate with global teams across onsite and offshore locations.
• Drive adoption of AI-powered software engineering practices.

Skills

Cloud-native platforms

DDD

Microservices

Event-driven

Modern architectures

AI & Generative AI

Public cloud

DevOps & automation

Software engineering excellence

Technology risk & cybersecurity

Stakeholder management

Java & Spring

PostgreSQL

Oracle

MyBatis

API-first & integration

Low-code/BPM platforms

Java patterns & refactoring

Kafka & real-time data

AWS (EC2, ECS, S3, ELB)

GitHub Copilot & AI tooling

Global/onsite & offshore collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS

Tools

PostgreSQL

Oracle

MyBatis

Spring Framework

Spring Boot

Spring Cloud

Kafka

AWS

GitHub Copilot

Job description

State Street seeks an experienced Senior Engineer to lead architecture, engineering strategy, and modernization across Markets Operations Technology.

The role requires 15+ years in software leadership, with deep expertise in cloud-native platforms, Java/Spring, and data-intensive architectures. You will collaborate globally to define the target state and drive transformational initiatives.