Senior Vice President, Full-Stack Engineer

BNY Mellon

$150K — $180K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent experience.
  • 9-11+ years of software development experience, ideally in securities or financial services.
  • Deep knowledge of Java, Spring Framework, and microservices architecture.
  • Experience with AI Code Assist Technologies (CoPilot, Claude Code, etc.).
  • Understanding of AI agent architecture and prompt engineering practices.
  • Strong grasp of DevOps principles and Agile development best practices.
  • Proficient in CI/CD automation on container platforms (Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Experience with batch monitoring and job scheduling tools such as Airflow or Control M.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build scalable backend services using Java and Spring Boot.
  • Develop and manage APIs within a distributed microservices architecture.
  • Create and test AI agents leveraging in-house AI and Python.
  • Implement structured logging and integrate monitoring tools.
  • Collaborate with DevOps for CI/CD pipeline optimization.
  • Drive operational excellence, incident response, and performance monitoring.
  • Ensure code quality and security using SonarQube and Veracode.
  • Lead a small engineering team, fostering system-level thinking and mentoring.

Benefits

  • Access to flexible global resources and tools for personal development.
  • Generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time.
  • Comprehensive health benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) plan participation with company sponsorship.
  • Focus on employee well-being and personal resilience.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Senior Vice President, Full-Stack Engineer

We're seeking a future team member for the role of Senior Vice President, Full-Stack Engineer to join our AI Engineering team. This role is located in Lake Mary, Fl.

In this role, you'll make an impact in the following ways:
  • Design and implement scalable, secure, and performant backend services using Java, Spring Boot, and REST APIs.
  • Develop and consume APIs as part of a distributed microservices environment, with a focus on reliability, maintainability, and testability.
  • Design, Build and test AI agents using in-house AI platform and Python to automate complex control-related tasks
  • Design, develop and test LLM based AI Agents with RAG/Autogen and prompt engineering
  • Implement structured logging using SLF4J and Log4j, and integrate with monitoring tools and logging aggregators (e.g., Splunk, ELK).
  • Collaborate with DevOps engineers to define and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, ensuring smooth and secure build, test, and deployment workflows. Drive SRE and operational excellence: define SLIs/SLOs, instrument services (logs/metrics/traces), optimize JVM/heap/GC performance, and lead incident response to reduce MTTR.
  • Apply test-driven development (TDD) and behavior-driven development (BDD) practices using Cucumber, JUnit, and Mockito.
  • Ensure code quality and security by leveraging tools such as SonarQube and Veracode, with a focus on maintainable and compliant code.
  • Own end-to-end delivery of Java-based microservices and platform components; set technical direction, architecture guardrails, and operational KPIs for reliability, security, and performance.
  • Lead a small team (5-10 engineers), driving system-level thinking across services, data, integration, observability, and controls to achieve accelerated outcomes & Mentoring them.


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
  • 9-11+ years of experience in software development required; experience in the securities or financial services industry is a plus
  • Strong expertise and in depth knowledge of Java, Spring Framework (Spring MVC, Spring Boot), design patterns, Microservices architecture, and Restful APIs
  • Experience in AI Code Assist Technologies (CoPilot, Claude Code, Windsurf,..)
  • Strong understanding of AI agent architecture, solid grounding and prompt engineering
  • Strong understanding of DevOps principles, best practice for coding and Agile development
  • Proficient in automating CI/CD pipelines on large container platforms (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Batch Monitoring & Job scheduling tools like Airflow, Autosys & Control M.
  • Proficient in scripting and SQL, Stored Procedures and transaction management


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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