Senior Technical Architect

State Street

1d•$120,000 - $202,500

About The Position

The Senior Technical Architect is a hands-on role responsible for the end-to-end architecture, design, and implementation of mission-critical systems. The architect defines macro- and micro-level architecture and works with engineering teams to modernize a legacy VC++ platform into a React JS/Java-based, event-driven, high-throughput, low-latency microservices platform aligned with cloud-native principles. The role covers architecture and platform design for a distributed Investment Accounting platform, modernization planning and leadership, performance and scalability, and cloud-native engineering. The architect establishes service boundaries and reusable domain-driven designs, event-driven workflows, data and integration patterns across IBOR/ABOR domains, and cross-cutting capabilities such as observability, resiliency, security, and compliance. Hands-on implementation is a core expectation.

Requirements

Extensive experience in software architecture and distributed-systems design.
Strong programming background in VC++ and Java, with proven experience in system modernization.
Rich experience with AWS or Azure, modern CI/CD platforms, and pipeline as code.
Experience building large-scale distributed systems with low latency and high throughput.
Strong understanding of data consistency, transaction processing, and accounting-like systems.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Investment Accounting or Financial Services platforms, including transactions, valuations, positions, and multi-currency processing.
Familiarity with observability and operational-intelligence frameworks, unified data models, and ledger-based architectures.
Experience working in regulatory and audit-heavy environments.

Responsibilities

Define and evolve architecture for a distributed, cloud-native Investment Accounting platform, aligned with enterprise scalability, resiliency, and availability principles.
Design modular microservices architectures with clear service boundaries, domain-driven design, and reuse across business capabilities.
Establish event-driven architecture patterns for real-time processing and decoupled, scalable workflows.
Define data architecture and integration patterns, including unified data models, event contracts, and consistency strategies across IBOR/ABOR domains.
Lead modernization of legacy VC++ systems into Java-based distributed services.
Define migration patterns, decomposition strategies, and phased transformation roadmaps.
Ensure functional equivalence where required while enabling architectural evolution beyond legacy constraints.
Guide teams in translating low-level C++ constructs into scalable Java service patterns, including stateless services and asynchronous processing.
Architect high-throughput transaction processing and near-real-time accounting workflows.
Define cache-driven design strategies, including distributed caching, in-memory processing, and read/write optimization.
Establish performance benchmarks, scalability patterns, and capacity-planning principles.
Design and implement cloud-native solutions using containerization, orchestration, and DevSecOps.
Establish observability capabilities such as logging, metrics, and tracing.
Establish resiliency patterns such as retries, circuit breakers, and idempotency, as well as security and compliance controls.
Ensure adherence to API-first and contract-first design principles.
Work hands-on with engineering teams to implement architecture.

Benefits

401(k) retirement savings plan with company match.
Insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and optional additional coverages.
Paid time off including vacation, sick leave, short-term disability, and leave for family care responsibilities.
Access to an Employee Assistance Program.
Incentive compensation, including eligibility for annual performance-based awards, with some sales-role exceptions.
Eligibility for certain tax-advantaged savings plans.
Inclusive development opportunities.
Flexible work-life support.
Paid volunteer days.
Employee networks.