Director, Engineering Group Leader

BNY Mellon•Pittsburgh, PA

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Bank of New York Mellon seeks a Director, Engineering Group Leader to deliver technology solutions within the Product / Platform. This role involves driving the on-time completion of analysis, design, development, testing, and release of critical applications in partnership with the Product / Platform Manager. The position also includes guiding production issue resolution, support, and root cause analysis to remove blockers, ensuring the application of tech development best practices in alignment with standards and the technical roadmap set by the Engineering Lead. The role also coordinates Product / Platform-specific tech vendor assessment and ensures vendor accountability, escalating incidents or concerns to the Engineering Lead as needed. Additionally, the Director will identify technical dependencies and needs across pods, liaise with pod-level engineers and developers, provide technical feedback to Product Owners, and collaborate on identifying opportunities for new technologies through research and continuous improvement. Tracking adherence to tech development KPIs with regular aggregated reporting across pods is also a key responsibility. Remote work may be permitted within a commutable distance from the worksite.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering (any), or a related field.
Ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in the job offered or in a related IT occupation.
Designing and developing scalable, high performing, and robust microservices using Java, Spring Boot Framework, Maven, REST APIs, IBM MQ, and Oracle PL/SQL.
Improving the resiliency of applications by fixing vulnerabilities identified using SonarQube and Veracode.
Identifying issues in Splunk logs and providing solutions.
Utilizing Agile software development methodology, and building software in incremental iteration in a SCRUM framework.
Deploying applications in a containerized environment using knowledge of Docker and CI/CD pipeline.
Improving software delivery capabilities via automation and repeatability.
Performing code reviews, coding assignments, and defining and implementing best in class standards.

Responsibilities

Deliver technology solutions within the Product / Platform.
Drive on-time completion of analysis, design, development, testing, and release of critical applications in partnership with the Product / Platform Manager.
Guide production issues, support, and root cause analysis to remove blockers.
Ensure the application of tech development best practices in alignment with standards and the technical roadmap set by the Engineering Lead.
Coordinate Product / Platform-specific tech vendor assessment and ensure vendor accountability.
Escalate incidents or concerns to the Engineering Lead for resolution as needed.
Identify technical dependencies and needs across pods (e.g., for resourcing, design implications, technical debt).
Liaise with pod-level engineers and developers on issues and questions.
Provide technical feedback to Product Owners, integrating input across all technical teams (incl. solutions architecture and design).
Collaborate with the Engineering Lead to identify opportunities for new technologies in the Product / Platform where relevant through research and continuous improvement.
Track adherence to tech development KPIs, with regular aggregated reporting of progress across pods.