Vice President, Full-Stack Engineer

BNY Mellon

$150K — $180K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience.
  • 7 years of professional full-stack development experience.
  • Expert-level proficiency in Java 17+, with 5+ years of experience in Spring/Spring Boot.
  • Proficiency with Angular 14+ (or React/JavaScript) having modern UI patterns experience.
  • Hands-on experience with messaging/eventing, preferably Kafka.
  • Proficient in testing frameworks like JUnit and Mockito, and tools for code quality.
  • Strong command over DevOps practices including Git, GitLab, and Docker.

Responsibilities

  • Develop end-to-end scalable, multi-tier applications including deployment and production support.
  • Translate business needs into technical solutions, collaborating with stakeholders to define scope.
  • Design and build RESTful APIs and microservices ensuring performance and secure coding practices.
  • Drive operational excellence to enhance platform resiliency and availability.
  • Champion coding standards and mentor teammates to foster a culture of engineering excellence.
  • Integrate AI and emerging technologies to enhance user experiences and improve delivery speeds.
  • Contribute to technical strategy and influence architectural decisions across systems.

Benefits

  • Access to flexible global resources and tools for life's journey.
  • Generous paid leaves, including volunteer time.
  • Support for health and personal resilience.
  • Participation in a 401(k) plan and various insurance plans for employees and dependents.
Full Job Description
Job Description

We're seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President, Full-Stack Developer to join our Fund Accounting and Investor Solutions Platform team. This role is located in Westborough, MA, United States

In this role, you'll make an impact in the following ways:
  • Development of end-end delivery of scalable, multi-tier applications: architecture/design, development, test automation, CI/CD, deployment, and production support with real-time monitoring and alerting.
  • Translate business and automation needs into robust technical solutions; collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders and agile teams to define scope, prioritize work, and deliver high-quality software.
  • Design and build RESTful APIs and microservices; ensure performance, reliability, observability, and secure coding practices across services and UI layers.
  • Drive platform resiliency, availability, and integrity by instituting operational runbooks, on-call practices, logging/metrics/tracing, and rapid incident response.
  • Champion engineering excellence: coding standards, code reviews, static analysis, test coverage, and release discipline; mentor teammates and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
  • Integrate AI and emerging technologies (e.g., LLM APIs, prompt engineering, agentic frameworks) to enhance client and employee experiences and accelerate delivery.
  • Contribute to technical strategy and roadmap; make build/buy decisions; influence patterns for event-driven systems, rules/workflows, caching, and distributed systems.

To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience.
  • 7 years of professional full-stack development experience, with demonstrated strength across both backend and frontend.
  • Backend: Expert-level Java 17+, 5+ years with Spring/Spring Boot; microservices architecture; REST API design and implementation.
  • Frontend: Angular 14+ (or React/JavaScript) with modern UI patterns, state management, and reusable component design.
  • Messaging/eventing: Hands-on experience; Kafka preferred.
  • Testing and quality: Proficient with unit and integration testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito, Gherkin, Cucumber); code quality/static analysis using tools like SonarQube; exposure to Veracode or Section Experience in using Test Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD).
  • DevOps and CI/CD: Strong command of Git and GitLab workflows (merge requests, CI/CD integration, GitOps principles); Docker; infrastructure-as-code fundamentals; blue-green/feature-flag release strategies.
  • Observability and logging: SLF4J/Log4j; log aggregation; metrics/tracing; experience with tools such as Splunk.
  • Data: Familiarity with MongoDB or other NoSQL stores; solid understanding of data modeling for microservices.
  • Ways of working: Agile/Scrum experience; collaborative tooling (JIRA, Confluence, Slack); strong problem-solving, communication, pair programming and team collaboration skills.
  • AI assisted development: experience in using coding assistants like Github Copilot/Claude Code/Cursor/Windsurf and others.


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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