What are the responsibilities and job description for the Developer/Architect, Vice President position at State Street?
Who we are looking for
State Street Global Markets Technology (GMT) is looking for a hands-on developer/architect to build a cross-business, intra-day position and profit/loss management platform from the ground up. The platform will holistically address the intra-day position and profit/loss requirements of diverse Global Markets businesses. The development of this low latency platform will employ cutting edge technologies to ensure reliability, scalability and extensibility.
The Global Markets Technology (GMT) organization is a large, global group that oversees technology strategy and platforms that support the end-to-end needs of various business within State Street Global Markets (SSGM) such as FX Sales and Trading, Securities Finance, Secured Funding, Collateral Optimization, Global Credit Finance.
What you will be responsible for
As Technology Lead/Architect you will
- Influence the architecture and technical design of the cross asset Front Office and Back Office Agency Lending platform.
- Participate in the definition of the technical stack to ensure a balanced blend of cutting edge and traditional technologies
- Design and develop the core common framework and associated foundational components
- Design and develop various modules that comprise the platform such as real time Position and PnL tracking, PnL attribution, market data capture etc.
- Promote an agile model of development and support. Deliver high quality technical solutions for loosely defined, ever evolving requirements under extremely compressed time frames.
- Participate in periodic code reviews with focus on functional integrity as well as extensibility and scalability
- Collaborate with other developers, business analysts, front office risk and analytics teams to craft elegant solutions to front office trading requirements.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and work with senior managers/technical leads to drive the adoption of applicable ones within the group
What we value
These skills will help you succeed in this role
- Strong critical thinking, problem solving, and decision-making skills
- Ability to quickly learn business domain.
- Desire to keep abreast with new technologies and their applicability to business needs.
Education & Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Math or associated areas
- 18 years of experience in a large financial services organization including 12 years of experience in a Leadership or Architect role.
- Proven track record in building scalable, mission critical IT platforms for the financial services industry.
- Expert level proficiency in Object Oriented (OO) programming, design patterns and related paradigms.
- High level of proficiency in Java, Spring, REST, SOA, Oracle, Kafka, TeamCity/Jenkins, Perforce/Git
- Expertise in building low latency applications using caching products such as Oracle Coherence/Apache Ignite
- Experience with React, HTML5 is preferred.
- Experience with functional programming languages such as Scala is desired.
- Familiarity with BigData technologies (Hadoop Ecosystem, Spark) and Machine Learning toolkits is desired.
- Complete knowledge of the software development lifecycle for iterative, agile, and traditional approaches
- Exceptional collaboration and communication skills
- Ability to successfully influence in a complex organizational with multiple, competing stakeholders
- Demonstrate the ‘Risk Excellence’ culture in your behavior
About State Street
What we do. State Street is one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers and asset intelligence companies in the world. From technology to product innovation we’re making our mark on the financial services industry. For more than two centuries, we’ve been helping our clients safeguard and steward the investments of millions of people. We provide investment servicing, data & analytics, investment research & trading and investment management to institutional clients.
Work, Live and Grow. We make all efforts to create a great work environment. Our benefits packages are competitive and comprehensive. Details vary in locations, but you may expect generous medical care, insurance and savings plans among other perks. You’ll have access to flexible Work Program to help you match your needs. And our wealth of development programs and educational support will help you reach your full potential.
Inclusion, Diversity and Social Responsibility. We truly believe our employees’ diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspective are a powerful contributor to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive and reach their maximum potential while adding value to both our organization and our clients. We warmly welcome the candidates of diverse origin, background, ability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and personality. Another fundamental value at State Street is active engagement with our communities around the world, both as a partner and a leader. You will have tools to help balance your professional and personal life, paid volunteer days, matching gift program and access to employee networks that help you stay connected to what matters to you.
State Street is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
Discover more at StateStreet.com/careers
Salary Range:
$110,000 - $185,000 Annual
The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.
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Salary : $110,000 - $185,000
