Senior Vice President, Full-Stack Engineer
About The Position
BNY Wealth Services Platform is a business unit of BNY that provides custody, advisory, portfolio management, trading, and banking services through a white-labeled software platform for Wealth Managers and RIAs. The Senior Vice President, Full-Stack Engineer will provide technical leadership across Clearing, Trade Management, and Custody services in the Wealth Services area, with responsibility for multiple mission-critical distributed applications. The role combines technical architecture, hands-on full-stack engineering, platform ownership, and team guidance. The engineer will help design, develop, support, and modernize scalable enterprise applications while maintaining their stability, resilience, and continuity of delivery. The role also promotes agile and AI-enabled engineering practices, supports secure and reliable systems, and works with stakeholders on project timelines and deliverables while remaining directly involved in execution. The position is based in the NJ/NY area. BNY describes a culture focused on innovation, technology, employee growth, and client collaboration. The company offers competitive compensation and benefits, with eligible employees potentially able to participate in incentive awards and company-sponsored benefit plans. The position is at-will.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 15 years of software development experience.
- Significant software engineering experience, including full-stack development in complex enterprise environments.
- Strong technical architecture experience with distributed applications, system integration, scalability, and resilience patterns.
- Strong Java skills and demonstrated ability to lead the design, development, and support of enterprise applications.
- Experience working in agile development environments and leading teams through iterative delivery models.
- Familiarity with AI-enabled development practices and modern engineering tools.
- AI Agentic process engineering and skills.
- Hands-on full-stack development experience, including strong proficiency in modern front-end frameworks such as Angular and back-end technologies such as Java, Spring Framework, Oracle, and MongoDB.
- Strong understanding of REST APIs, cloud platforms, DevOps practices, and modern software development lifecycle processes.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in the securities or financial services industry.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership across Clearing, Trade Management, and Custody services in Wealth Services, overseeing multiple mission-critical distributed applications.
- Lead full-stack engineering through technical architecture, hands-on leadership, and the design, development, and support of scalable distributed systems.
- Maintain ownership and oversight of key application platforms to preserve stability, operational resilience, and continuity of delivery.
- Support the long-term sustainability of critical platforms through engineering best practices, documentation, and team collaboration.
- Advance agile development practices to enable iterative, high-quality delivery aligned with business priorities and platform goals.
- Promote AI-enabled development capabilities to improve engineering productivity, software quality, and delivery effectiveness.
- Apply Java expertise and working knowledge of cloud technology to support platform modernization, integration, and application support.
- Mentor and guide junior developers through technical leadership, pairing, code review, and knowledge sharing.
- Ensure applications meet security, compliance, performance, and reliability standards.
- Help manage project timelines and deliverables with stakeholders while remaining involved in execution.
- Balance leadership responsibilities with direct technical contribution.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation.
- Potential eligibility for an annual discretionary incentive award.
- 401(k) plan for eligible employees.
- Company-sponsored medical insurance for eligible employees and dependents.
- Company-sponsored dental insurance for eligible employees and dependents.
- Company-sponsored vision insurance for eligible employees and dependents.
- Basic life insurance for eligible employees and dependents.
- Paid time off benefits, including vacation and sick time, depending on the position offered.
- Generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time.
- Wellbeing programs and access to flexible global resources and tools.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
