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Software Engineering & Development Lead, Vice President, Onsite

Irvine, CAHybridFull TimeVice President$125,000–$215,000 /yrPosted 1 day agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • application engineering
  • enterprise solutions
  • cloud native
  • AWS Compute services
  • event driven architecture
  • micro-services
  • serverless development
  • agile delivery
  • SDLC processes
  • Pacific Time Zone

Nice to have

  • multi-platform
  • multi database
  • multi language
  • financial industry
  • regulatory projects

Role summary

State Street is seeking a hands-on Application Engineering Lead, Vice President to provide engineering leadership for a critical business platform. This role involves leading software engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable, and resilient enterprise solutions in the cloud, specifically on AWS. Responsibilities include overseeing solution design, development, production readiness, and operational stability, mentoring engineering talent, and communicating technology strategy to senior leadership. The ideal candidate will have 12+ years of experience in enterprise application and data processing solutions, with hands-on experience in AWS services, event-driven architecture, microservices, serverless development, and Agile methodologies. Experience in the financial industry is a plus. This is a hybrid role requiring onsite work 4 days a week in the Pacific Time Zone.

Who we are looking for

State Street is looking for a hands-on Application Engineering Lead to provide engineering leadership in build out of a large scale business critical platform. The candidate will work in a dynamic, fast-paced Agile team environment, working closely with business and IT staff across business units and geographies and will bring deep experience leading software engineering teams to deliver ecure, scalable, resilient, and high-performing enterprise solutions in the cloud.

What you will be responsible for

As a Software Engineering & Development Lead, Vice President you will

  • Lead software engineering teams delivering large-scale enterprise applications

  • Partner with business, architecture, infrastructure, and risk teams to deliver strategic technology solutions.

  • Oversee solution design, development, production readiness, and operational stability.

  • Mentor engineering talent and foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.

  • Communicate technology strategy, risks, and delivery progress to senior leadership.

  • Design and develop cloud native applications in AWS for the IMS West business unit

  • Provide hands-on support during critical delivery initiatives and complex production challenges.

What we value

These skills will help you succeed in this role

  • 12+ years’ experience in IT developing enterprise applications and data processing solutions

  • Experience with multi-platform, multi database and/or multi language

  • Hands-on experience with AWS Compute services like EC2, Lambda, ECS or EKS and AWS RDS (Posgres SQL development)

  • Hands-on experience with ReactJS or other front end programming languages

  • Experience with designing & delivering solutions on AWS or other cloud platforms

  • Experience with event driven architecture, micro-services, and serverless development patterns

  • Experience leading agile delivery & adhering to SDLC processes is required

  • Experience in financial industry working on financial reporting/regulatory projects is a plus

Education & Preferred Qualifications

  • Masters or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

  • 12+ years of experience developing enterprise scale applications

Additional requirements

  • Candidate must work primarily in the Pacific Time Zone (California).

  • Regular collaboration with offshore teams in India and China as well as with management and technical teams on the U.S. East Coast is required.

  • Demonstrated prior experience leading, motivating, coaching and developing people and teams.

  • Demonstrated solid interpersonal skills, team-work attitude and drive collaborative initiatives.

Work Requirement

  • Onsite 4 days a week in office and one day remote

  • Standard business hours aligned to project and stakeholder needs(8am to 5pm)

Salary Range:

$125,000 - $215,000 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.

Employees are eligible to participate in State Street’s comprehensive benefits program, which includes: our 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 (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans); and, eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.

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About State Street


Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success.


We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. As an essential partner in our shared success, you’ll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most. Join us in shaping the future.


As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law.


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