Senior Lead Software Engineer – Custody & Securities Processing
State Street•Boston, MA
•$120,000 - $217,500•Hybrid
About The Position
We are modernizing a mission-critical custody and securities processing platform supporting high-volume post-trade operations. The platform processes large-scale financial transactions with stringent requirements for availability, resiliency, data integrity, and regulatory compliance across both legacy and modern technology environments. We are seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer with strong technical leadership experience to lead engineering teams providing system architecture design and team leadership bridging the gap between high-level product goals and everyday technical execution.
Requirements
- Leadership experience overseeing mission-critical enterprise platforms
- Expertise in transaction processing, systems integration, and architecture
- Success leading platform modernization and transformation initiatives
- Experience with both legacy and modern technologies
- Strong technical, delivery, and people leadership skills
- 10+ years of software development experience, with at least 5+ years in a senior technical leadership role
- Agile delivery experience in large-scale enterprise environments
- Bachelor's degree in a related field
Responsibilities
- Establish and drive architectural direction, integration strategies, and engineering best practices across critical business platforms
- Build, develop, and lead high-performing engineering teams focused on quality, operational excellence, and continuous improvement
- Own delivery outcomes for mission-critical platform capabilities, ensuring scalability, resiliency, and reliability
- Partner with product, operations, and business stakeholders to deliver solutions across complex, interconnected workflows and regulatory environments
- Drive platform evolution through modernization initiatives, process optimization, and technology lifecycle management
Benefits
- 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
- eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans
- inclusive development opportunities
- flexible work-life support
- paid volunteer days
- vibrant employee networks
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
