Software Engineering & Development

State Street • Boston, MA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

State Street Bank and Trust Company is seeking a Software Engineer for a senior development role in Quincy, MA. This position involves developing applications that synthesize data from State Street’s varied trading and reference systems, perform simulation, pricing, and aggregation, and report the results for regulatory and risk management purposes. The role includes leading a team of geographically distributed developers to deliver solutions to business problems in the risk domain and being on call 24/7 for production failures. The company offers a hybrid-remote work arrangement. State Street is committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential, offering inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, or its equivalent, in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or another directly related technical field; plus 5 years of experience as a Software Engineer or other occupation providing relevant experience. Alternatively, a master’s degree, or its equivalent, in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or another directly related technical field; plus 3 years of experience as a Software Engineer or other occupation providing relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing fault tolerant architectures to optimize operational resiliency for both batch and real-time environments.
• Demonstrated experience in Agile development methodology and scrum master skills in engineering teams.
• Proven knowledge of Proof-of-concept development in the areas of statistical processing of large volume numeric data, in-memory aggregation and machine learning.
• Demonstrated experience understanding the structure of existing systems to figure out means of accomplishing tactical and strategic business objectives within aggressive timelines.
• Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing large volume data processing frameworks.
• Demonstrated experience in advanced database programming including building generic frameworks, Oracle queues, and object collections.
• Proven knowledge of databases, ETL, J2EE, JMS, service-based design concepts, UNIX, architecture of large scale systems and matrix management of geographically distributed developers.

Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing fault tolerant architectures to optimize operational resiliency for both batch and real-time environments.
• Performing component design using object-oriented paradigms.
• Performing hands-on proof-of concept development with Big-Data technologies, specifically in the areas of statistical processing of large volume numeric data, in-memory aggregation, and machine learning.
• Understanding the structure of existing systems to accomplish tactical and strategic business objectives within aggressive timelines.
• Developing scum master skills/Agile development methodology in engineering teams.
• Mentoring junior developers across geographically diverse locations and identifying and addressing issues and conflicts in an effective way.
• Leading a matrix of geographically distributed developers and architecting large scale systems.
• Designing and implementing High Volume data processing stack including end to end processing structures for data integration, transformation, statistical analytics and reporting/UI.
• Working with advanced database programming including building generic frameworks, Oracle queues, and object collections.

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior