Director, Full-Stack Engineer

BNY Mellon

$130K — $180K *
Enterprise Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
  • 12+ years of professional software development experience with expertise in full-stack engineering and system architecture.
  • Experience in the securities or financial services industry is a plus.
  • Strong proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, SQL, and RESTful and streaming-based APIs design.
  • Hands-on experience with cloud-native solutions like microservices and containerization.
  • Knowledge of NoSQL and distributed data stores relevant to large-scale applications.
  • Experience with AI-enabled capabilities, including GenAI or ML, for productivity and customer outcomes.

Responsibilities

  • Lead technical initiatives by mentoring and elevating team performance.
  • Facilitate collaboration by building trust and sharing credit among team members.
  • Design scalable architectures that prioritize simplicity, quality, and security.
  • Streamline systems by eliminating friction and reducing unnecessary processes.
  • Develop reusable patterns and tools to enhance delivery efficiency.
  • Adapt quickly to new technologies and changing project requirements.
  • Implement a reliability-first approach in software development, incorporating secure coding and testing practices.

Benefits

  • Highly competitive compensation and benefits package.
  • Support for health, resilience, and financial goals.
  • Access to flexible global resources and tools for personal development.
  • Generous paid leave policies, including time off for volunteering.
  • Eligibility for medical, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits.
Full Job Description
Job Description

In this role, you'll make an impact in the following ways:
  • Multiply team impact through hands-on technical leadership, mentorship, and setting a high engineering bar
  • Build trust, share credit, and strengthen cross-functional execution
  • Design and build fit-for-purpose architectures that balance simplicity, quality, scale, and security
  • Simplify systems and workflows by removing friction, toil, and unnecessary handoffs
  • Create durable reusable patterns, guardrails, and tooling that accelerate team delivery
  • Quickly ramps-up in new domains, technologies, and problem spaces, adapting as needs evolve
  • Apply strong engineering fundamentals across software design, data, testing, and distributed systems
  • Use AI-enabled tools deliberately across design, coding, testing, review, and documentation, while keeping strong human accountability for high-risk decisions, verification, and final quality
  • Build software with a reliability-first mindset, incorporating secure coding practices, observability, testing, and disciplined rollout/rollback strategies
  • Ensure production systems meet required levels of resiliency, performance, scalability, and operability

To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience; advanced degree a plus.
  • 12+ years of professional software development experience, with demonstrated depth in full-stack engineering and system / application architecture.
  • Prior experience in securities, financial services, or modern engineering-first organizations is a plus
  • Strong proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, SQL, and the design of RESTful and streaming-based APIs.
  • Hands-on experience delivering cloud-native solutions, including microservices, containerization, and modern deployment patterns.
  • Working knowledge of NoSQL and distributed data stores, selected and applied appropriately at scale.
  • Experience leveraging AI-enabled capabilities-including GenAI or ML-driven services-to enhance developer productivity, system intelligence, or customer outcomes, with a pragmatic understanding of responsible use, scalability, and integration into enterprise platforms.


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 life's 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 expected base salary for this position when employment commences can be found in the Job Info section at the bottom of the posting.

Base salary offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Base salary is only part of the total rewards package, which may include eligibility for an annual discretionary incentive award. Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect, eligible employees may enroll in a 401(k) plan as well as participate in Company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance plans for the employee and the employee's eligible dependents. Eligible employees also may receive other benefits (including various paid time off benefits, such as vacation and sick time), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired, the employee will be in an "at will" position and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payments or compensation programs) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

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