Director, AI / Machine Learning Software Engineer

BNY Mellon

$147K — $260K *
Enterprise Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of software engineering experience
  • Expertise in 2-3 programming languages
  • Strong experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP
  • Hands-on experience with APIs and microservices
  • Familiarity with SQL and NoSQL databases
  • Understanding of DevOps practices, CI/CD, Docker/Kubernetes
  • Ability to quickly switch contexts and languages

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop end-to-end solutions across various layers
  • Write and maintain production-grade code in multiple programming languages
  • Build reusable components and internal tools to speed up engineering
  • Architect scalable microservices and distributed systems
  • Collaborate with different teams to convert requirements into systems
  • Prototype ideas and turn them into production-ready solutions
  • Promote best practices in code quality, security, and performance
  • Mentor engineers and advocate for a multi-language approach

Benefits

  • Access to flexible global resources for personal and professional growth
  • Focus on wellness and personal resilience
  • Generous paid time off, including paid volunteer time
  • Competitive compensation and pay-for-performance culture
  • Support for family-oriented moments and needs
Full Job Description
Job Description

We9re seeking a future team member for the role of Senior Director, Engineering Technology Partnerships to join our Engineering team. This role location is Jersey City.

Role Summary

We are seeking a Director, Polyglot Builder-a highly versatile engineer who can design, build, and scale systems across multiple programming languages, frameworks, and platforms. This role sits at the intersection of engineering excellence, rapid prototyping, and platform thinking, enabling faster delivery of complex, cross-stack solutions.

Core Responsibilities
  • Design and develop end-to-end solutions across backend, frontend, data, and infrastructure layers
  • Write and maintain production-grade code in multiple languages (e.g., Java, Python, Go, Typescript, Rust)
  • Build reusable components, services, and internal tools to accelerate engineering velocity
  • Architect microservices and distributed systems with scalability, resilience, and observability in mind
  • Partner with product, platform, and infrastructure teams to translate ambiguous requirements into working systems
  • Rapidly prototype new ideas and industrialize them into production-ready solutions
  • Drive best practices across code quality, security, testing, and performance optimization
  • Mentor engineers and promote a multi-language, multi-stack engineering mindset


Required Qualifications
  • 15+ years of software engineering experience (level-dependent)
  • Proven expertise in at least 2-3 programming languages across different ecosystems
  • Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
  • Hands-on experience with APIs, microservices, and distributed architectures
  • Familiarity with databases (SQL and NoSQL) and data pipelines
  • Strong understanding of DevOps, CI/CD, and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)
  • Ability to switch contexts and languages quickly without compromising quality


Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience building internal developer platforms or frameworks
  • Exposure to AI/ML pipelines or data-intensive systems
  • Strong understanding of event-driven architectures and streaming systems
  • Contributions to open-source or multi-language codebases
  • Experience operating in high-scale, regulated environments (e.g., financial services)


Key Competencies
  • Polyglot mindset: Fluent across languages, tools, and paradigms
  • Systems thinking: Connects components into cohesive architectures
  • Execution speed: Balances rapid build with production rigor
  • Abstraction skills: Builds reusable, extensible systems
  • Adaptability: Thrives in evolving tech stacks and problem spaces
  • Focus: Organizational capability building
  • Scope: Builds teams optimized for polyglot execution
  • Impact: Drives enterprise-wide engineering agility and reuse


Our Benefits and Rewards:
BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life9s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.

BNY assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package for our employees. The base salary for this position is expected to be between $147,000 and $260,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base salary if hired will be determined on an individualized basis, including as to experience and market location, and is only part of the BNY total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, discretionary bonuses, short and long-term incentive packages, and Company-sponsored benefit programs.
This position is at-will, and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, change in geographic location, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

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