Senior Director, Fellow, Solution Architect

Platform ArchitectAt 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 #LifeAtBNY is all about. Join us and be part of something extraordinary. We are seeking a hands-on Platform Architect with strong domain expertise across Custody, Wealth, and Asset Management to define, shape, and deliver modern platform architecture aligned to business and technology strategy. This role requires deep architectural capability combined with practical engineering credibility. The successful candidate will be expected to work closely with product, engineering, operations, data, and business stakeholders to design scalable, resilient, secure, and high-performing solutions across critical platforms.This is not a purely conceptual architecture role. We are looking for someone who remains technically hands-on, can guide engineering teams through complex implementation decisions, and is comfortable engaging from strategy through execution.Key ResponsibilitiesDefine and evolve platform architecture strategy for applications and services supporting Custody, Wealth, and Asset Management capabilities.Translate business priorities, operating model objectives, and regulatory requirements into scalable architecture roadmaps.Produce architecture blueprints, target-state designs, integration patterns, and modernization strategies.Ensure alignment to enterprise architecture principles, security standards, resiliency expectations, and engineering best practices.Lead architecture reviews and provide technical governance across solution design, delivery, and platform evolution.Domain & Business AlignmentPartner with business and product stakeholders to understand workflows, operating models, pain points, and transformation opportunities across:Custody operations and servicingAsset servicingPortfolio administrationWealth platforms and advisory capabilitiesAsset management data and investment workflowsClient reporting, accounting, reconciliation, and operational controlsApply domain understanding to improve platform design, data flow, interoperability, and operational efficiency.Support simplification and modernization of legacy workflows and platforms in highly controlled financial environments.Hands-On Technical DeliveryRemain actively involved in engineering and solution delivery, including prototyping, design validation, code reviews, technical troubleshooting, and implementation guidance.Work with engineering teams on API design, system integration, event-driven architecture, data patterns, cloud deployment models, and observability.Contribute to reference implementations, proof of concepts, and reusable architecture patterns.Help teams solve complex production, performance, scalability, and integration issues.Cloud, Data, and AI EnablementDesign and support deployment of applications and platforms on Azure and/or AWS.Drive adoption of cloud-native services, containerization, infrastructure automation, and resilient distributed architecture patterns.Partner with data teams to design robust data architecture, data pipelines, metadata strategies, and analytics-ready platforms.Identify and shape use cases for AI / GenAI capabilities, including knowledge retrieval, intelligent workflow support, summarization, classification, and operational productivity improvements.Ensure AI-enabled solutions are practical, governed, secure, and aligned to enterprise standards.Engineering Excellence & ModernizationChampion engineering excellence including automation, CI/CD, testing, reliability, security-by-design, and performance optimization.Drive modernization of legacy applications into modular, API-led, event-enabled, and cloud-compatible platforms.Promote best practices in software design, observability, resiliency, release management, and operational readiness.Collaborate with platform, infrastructure, security, and SRE teams to enable stable and scalable production ecosystems.Collaboration & InfluenceWork cross-functionally with architects, engineers, platform leads, data teams, cyber/security teams, and business leaders.Communicate architecture decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.Mentor engineers and junior architects, raising technical capability across teams.Influence strategic technology decisions through expertise, credibility, and delivery focus.The ideal candidate should be able to connect business processes to technology architecture and understand the operational and control requirements typical of regulated financial services environments.Required Technical SkillsCore Architecture & EngineeringStrong experience in platform architecture, solution architecture, and distributed systems designProven ability to design and deliver:Microservices and service-oriented architecturesEvent-driven systemsAPI-first platformsHigh-availability and resilient systemsScalable batch and real-time processing solutionsDeep understanding of integration patterns, application decomposition, and modernization approachesStrong software engineering background with ability to engage in hands-on technical workCloud:Hands-on experience with Azure and/or AWS, including some combination of:Compute, storage, networking, and managed servicesCloud-native application designKubernetes / container platformsInfrastructure as CodeDeployment automationSecurity and identity integrationCost, resilience, and operational design considerations in cloud environmentsData:Strong understanding of data architecture and engineering patternsExperience with:Data modelingData integration and transformation pipelinesMetadata and lineage conceptsData quality and governance considerationsAnalytical and operational data use casesAbility to architect platforms that support both transactional and analytical workloadsAI / GenAI:Practical exposure to AI and GenAI, such asIntegrating AI/ML or GenAI capabilities into enterprise workflowsRetrieval-augmented generation or knowledge retrieval patternsLLM-enabled search, summarization, classification, or assistant use casesResponsible AI, model governance, and secure enterprise adoption considerationsWorking with structured and unstructured data to support intelligent applicationsRequired Experience15 plus years in architecture and engineering roles within financial services or similarly complex regulated industriesDemonstrated experience delivering technology solutions in Custody, Wealth, and/or Asset ManagementTrack record of leading architecture for complex enterprise platforms and transformation initiativesExperience balancing strategic design with practical implementation detailExperience working in Agile / product-centric delivery environmentsStrong stakeholder engagement skills across business, operations, and technology teamsEducationBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related disciplineAdvanced degree preferred but not required