Senior Vice President, Full-Stack Engineer

BNY Mellon

$150K — $180K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science engineering or related discipline, or equivalent experience required.
  • 10-14 years of software development experience required; experience in securities or financial services industry is a plus.
  • Expert-level mastery of Java, Spring Boot, microservices architecture, Angular, and event-driven systems (Kafka).
  • Significant experience with Azure AKS, including cloud-native patterns, networking, and security.
  • Proven experience in architecting highly available, fault-tolerant, high-throughput systems in production.
  • Strong knowledge of NIST 800-53 controls and secure software delivery integration.
  • Exceptional skills in leadership, communication, and mentorship.

Responsibilities

  • Lead architecture and implementation of scalable full stack systems using Java, Spring Boot, Angular, and Azure AKS.
  • Champion AI-first engineering and establish best practices for development.
  • Define system design for high availability and transaction throughput with robust strategies.
  • Embed NIST 800-53 controls into the software development lifecycle.
  • Drive end-to-end reliability engineering and incident response improvements.
  • Mentor engineers and influence cross-functional technical design forums.
  • Collaborate closely with product leaders to manage technical risk and deliver secure solutions.

Benefits

  • Highly competitive compensation and benefits.
  • Wellbeing programs supporting physical and financial health.
  • Access to flexible global resources for personal resilience.
  • Generous paid leave, including paid volunteer time.
  • Strong culture of excellence and emphasis on pay-for-performance.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Senior Vice President, Full-Stack Engineer

We9re seeking a future team member for the role of Senior Vice President, Full-Stack Engineer to join our Structured Debt team. This role is in Pittsburgh, PA

You will set the engineering bar for AI-first development, architect cloud-native systems in Azure AKS, and ensure our platforms meet stringent performance, availability, stringent security requirements. This role blends hands-on coding with technical leadership and system architecture.

In this role, you9ll have the opportunity to impact on our organization in the following ways:
  • Lead architecture and implementation of scalable, resilient full stack systems using Java, Spring Boot microservices, Angular, Kafka, and Azure AKS.
  • Champion AI-first engineering: establish best practices for AI-assisted development, code reviews, test generation, secure-by-default patterns, and documentation.
  • Define system design for high availability and high transaction throughput: multi-zone deployments, stateless services, horizontal scaling, distributed caching, and robust failover strategies.
  • Embed NIST 800-53 control alignment into the SDLC: security controls mapping, automated checks, secrets and key management, and continuous compliance.
  • Drive end-to-end reliability engineering: observability strategy, performance SLOs, capacity planning, chaos/resilience testing, and incident response improvements.
  • Mentor engineers and influence cross-functional teams; lead technical design forums, architecture reviews, and platform modernization initiatives.
  • Collaborate closely with product leaders and stakeholders to translate client needs into secure, scalable solutions; manage technical risk and deliver measurable outcomes.
  • Elevate engineering excellence: enforce TDD, clean architecture, code quality, and modern CI/CD practices.

To be successful in this role, we9re seeking the following:
  • Bachelor9s degree in computer science engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience required. 10-14 years of experience in software development required; experience in the securities or financial services industry is a plus.
  • Expert-level mastery of Java, Spring Boot, microservices architecture, Angular, and event-driven systems (Kafka).
  • Significant experience designing and operating services on Azure AKS, with deep understanding of cloud-native patterns, networking, and security.
  • Track record of architecting highly available, fault-tolerant, and high-throughput systems in production.
  • Strong grounding in NIST 800-53 controls and secure software delivery; experience integrating controls into pipelines and runtime guardrails.
  • Leadership in reliability engineering, performance tuning, and observability at scale.
  • Exceptional communication, influencing, and mentorship skills; ability to align teams around architecture and execution.


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.

This position is at-will and the Company reserves the right to modify base (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.4

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