Software Engineer - Backend Platforms, Assistant Vice President (Wealth Custody & Clearing)

Assistant Vice President, Software EngineerState Street's Wealth Custody & Clearing business is seeking multiple Assistant Vice Presidents, Software Engineers to join our growing Technology organization. These are hands-on engineering roles responsible for designing, developing, testing, and supporting modern software capabilities across our wealth custody and clearing platform.We are seeking engineers with experience in senior backend development, software development engineering, API-driven platforms, distributed systems, cloud-enabled development, and enterprise application delivery. Successful candidates will help build resilient, scalable, secure, and production-grade technology solutions supporting advisor, brokerage, custody, clearing, trading, onboarding, servicing, and operational workflows.This role is intended to support multiple engineering needs across the platform. Final team alignment may vary based on candidate experience and business priorities, including backend engineering, full-stack development, API and integration engineering, platform engineering, or cloud-native application development.The team you will be joining is part of Wealth Custody & Clearing, a strategic growth initiative focused on building a modern, scalable, and highly integrated platform for RIAs, broker-dealers, and wealth management firms. Software Engineers are critical to delivering the digital capabilities, services, integrations, and operational workflows required to support a highly regulated, transaction-oriented wealth platform.This role is important because WC&C requires strong engineering execution across core platform services, client and advisor experiences, third-party integrations, data movement, workflow automation, and production resiliency. The selected candidates will help ensure the platform is built with the right foundation for scale, security, reliability, observability, and long-term maintainability.As an Assistant Vice President, Software Engineer, you will:Design, develop, test, and deploy enterprise-grade software solutions supporting the Wealth Custody & Clearing platformBuild scalable backend services, APIs, integrations, and platform capabilities that support custody, clearing, onboarding, trading, servicing, reporting, and advisor workflowsDevelop cloud-enabled and API-first solutions using modern engineering practices, secure coding standards, and strong software design principlesPartner with Product, Architecture, Operations, Risk, Compliance, and Engineering teams to translate business requirements into high-quality technical solutionsContribute to technical design reviews, architecture discussions, engineering standards, and platform delivery decisionsSupport integration initiatives with external fintech, custody, clearing, broker-dealer, and market infrastructure providersEnsure solutions meet expectations for performance, resiliency, security, observability, auditability, data integrity, and operational readinessParticipate in Agile delivery processes, including estimation, sprint planning, development, testing, release readiness, deployment, and production supportTroubleshoot complex technical issues, support root cause analysis, and contribute to continuous platform improvementMentor junior engineers and contribute to a culture of engineering excellence, ownership, and continuous improvementThese skills will help you succeed in this role:Strong software engineering fundamentals with a focus on secure, scalable, maintainable, and well-tested solutionsHands-on experience building production-grade applications, backend services, APIs, or distributed systems in complex enterprise environmentsAbility to connect technical decisions to business outcomes and deliver practical solutions in a highly regulated operating environmentStrong collaboration and communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholdersComfort navigating ambiguity, solving complex problems, and contributing to a fast-moving platform buildoutOwnership mindset with a commitment to resiliency, quality, documentation, and operational excellenceEducation & Preferred QualificationsBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field; equivalent professional experience will also be considered7+ years of software engineering, backend engineering, or application development experience with progressively increasing responsibilityExperience delivering business-critical applications in Agile software development environmentsHands-on experience with modern programming languages such as Java, Kotlin, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, or similar technologiesExperience with RESTful APIs, microservices, distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and enterprise integration patternsExperience with cloud-enabled development, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, automated testing, and modern software delivery toolingExperience with relational databases, NoSQL databases, messaging platforms, observability tools, monitoring, logging, and performance optimization preferredExperience with Docker, Kubernetes, cloud platforms, or containerized application deployment preferredFinancial services experience preferred; wealth management, brokerage, custody, clearing, trading, fintech, advisor platforms, or transaction processing experience considered a plusAdditional requirementsWe are seeking multiple engineers across senior backend engineering and software development engineering disciplines. Candidates may be aligned to backend services, full-stack application development, API and integration engineering, platform engineering, or cloud-native application development depending on business priorities and candidate experience.Candidates should be comfortable working in an enterprise technology environment where accuracy, resiliency, security, controls, documentation, and operational readiness are critical. Experience supporting systems with high availability, fault tolerance, strong data integrity, and production support expectations is strongly preferred.Work RequirementHybrid work requirement and hiring location to be confirmed based on business need, role alignment, and approved requisition detailsStandard business hours are expected, with flexibility required to support delivery milestones, production needs, and collaboration across locationsSalary Range:$90,000 - $157,500 AnnualThe 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. State Street Corporation