Vice President, Full-Stack Engineer (backend-focus)

Vice President, Software Engineer - AI & Cloud Platforms

At BNY, our culture allows us to run our company better and enables employees’ growth and success. As a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, we influence nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day, our teams harness cutting-edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients, driving transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide.

Recognized as a top destination for innovators, BNY is where bold ideas meet advanced technology and exceptional talent. Together, we power the future of finance - and this is what #LifeAtBNY is all about. Join us and be part of something extraordinary.

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President, Software Engineer - AI & Cloud Platforms to join our Instruction Capture Technology Team. This role is located in Pittsburgh, PA.

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:

• Own end-to-end software development strategy across core banking, AI-based automation, digital onboarding, and anomaly detection.
• Drive the design and implementation of scalable, high performing and robust applications that leverages Private cloud, Public cloud (Azure/GCP), On-Premises cloud service providers.
• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential issues, and devise contingency plans.
• Improve our software delivery capabilities via automation and repeatability.
• Conducts reviews of the code, test plan and release artifacts.
• Develop code using secure coding practices.
• Leverage existing products/functionality and promote reusability.
• Ensure resolution of project issues and conflicting workload priorities and escalate as required.
• Provide technical mentorship, leadership and guidance to high-performing engineering teams (onshore/offshore).
• Help the tech management team shape best practices for developing, sharing, and continuously improving our software platform.
• Identify and discuss issues with the team that might be overlooked, such as scalability, performance, or security.
• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders to understand requirements, develop scalable full-stack solutions, and drive technology initiatives that align with business goals.
• Ensure compliance with the firm’s delivery and regulatory standards.
• Integrate software components into a fully functional software system.
• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders to understand requirements, develop scalable full-stack solutions, and drive technology initiatives that align with business goals.
• Ensure compliance with the firm’s delivery and regulatory standards.
• Integrate software components into a fully functional software system.

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience required.
• 9+ years of experience in software development is required - proficiency in Java and Front-End UI Technologies.
• Experience in the securities or financial services industry is a plus.
• Proven. Experience in architecting and delivering scalable AI-powered solutions (e.g. NLP, predictive modeling, recommender systems).
• SOA / API based software development using Java (version 17 and up), Spring Boot, Microservices, REST, JSON.
• Real-time data processing, efficient event-driven architecture and seamless system integration using Apache Kafka.
• Experience with Database development using Oracle or MS SQL Server.
• Experience in automating CI/CD pipelines on large scale container platforms using Docker, Kubernetes.
• Experience with unit and end to end automated test cases, JMeter based Performance/Volume Test automation.
• Experience with Test Driven Development practices.
• Good Exposure on UI Development using HTML/CSS/JavaScript and Angular.
• Experience with GIT source code control.
• Knowledge of Agile Methodologies and experience with Scrum framework.
• Strong analytic and problem-solving abilities and a strong work ethic with the ability to thrive in a team/collaborative environment.
• Experience with Jira for enhancement tracking and monitoring tools such as AppDynamics, Kibana is a plus.