Data Platform Software Engineering Principal, State Street Investment Management, Vice President
Core
Design, build, and operate large-scale, low-latency distributed backend services, APIs, and microservices for a data platform enabling Snowflake and Databricks workloads on AWS/Azure.
Role type
Principal Software Engineer (Vice President)
Builds
Production-grade data platform services, migration frameworks, and developer tooling for financial data analytics.
Domain
Financial Services / Cloud-Native Data Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Large-scale distributed systems design, Java or Python, Microservices architecture, AWS/Azure cloud-native development, Container orchestration (Kubernetes), Event-driven systems (Kafka/Kinesis), Observability (OpenTelemetry/Prometheus), CI/CD pipelines, Team leadership and hiring
Preferred skills
AI-assisted SDLC implementation, Internal developer agent/automation building, AI governance in regulated environments
Technologies
Java, Python, AWS, Azure, Snowflake, Databricks, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Kafka, Kinesis, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana
Responsibilities
Design and deliver core backend services and APIs; Architect large-scale distributed components on cloud platforms; Own operations including on-call and incident response; Build migration frameworks for data platforms; Engineer security-by-design for services and tooling; Lead agile delivery and improve engineering practices; Build and lead a software engineering pod
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with team leadership
