Vice President, Full-Stack Engineer

BNY Mellon

$130K — $180K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field required
  • 5-9 years of hands-on experience with Java/Spring/Spring Boot
  • Demonstrated use of AI-assisted coding tools
  • Working knowledge of RDBMS (Oracle or equivalent)
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing
  • Expertise in front-end and back-end development in Angular, Java, NodeJS, CSS, JSON, and JavaScript
  • Prior lead experience in vendor-specific methodologies and structured consulting practices

Responsibilities

  • Consult with Product to deliver application development and technical support
  • Program efficient code and integrate software components into functional systems
  • Develop tests and automated test cases, ensuring comprehensive documentation
  • Maintain software functionality and security through code reviews and updates
  • Implement Java/Spring Boot microservices and APIs, focusing on quality code delivery
  • Integrate AI features in applications with strong validation and auditability measures
  • Collaborate with tech leads and product partners to refine requirements and documentation

Benefits

  • Access to flexible global resources and wellbeing programs
  • Focus on health and personal resilience
  • Generous paid leaves, including volunteer time
  • Eligibility for 401(k) plan and participation in company-sponsored benefits
  • Annual discretionary incentive award based on performance
Full Job Description
Job Description

76129 - Vice President, Fullstack Engineer

We9re seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President, Fullstack Engineer to join our Custody Enterprise Platform team. This role is located in Pittsburgh, PA

In this role, you9ll make an impact in the following ways:
  • Consult with Product to provide high-level application software development services and technical support.
  • Program well-designed, testable, efficient code and integrate software components into fully functional software systems.
  • Analyze, design, and develop tests and create automated test cases and documentation to satisfy requirements and solutions.
  • Maintain software functionality and currency, actively participate in code reviews, and apply security and privacy principles.
  • Core Java, Spring, and Spring Boot: REST controllers, dependency injection, configuration management, data access (JPA/JDBC), concurrency basics, and exception handling.
  • Implement well-architected Java/Spring Boot microservices and APIs: build features, fix defects, and deliver production-ready code with strong automated testing.
  • Apply AI-assisted coding and AI coding practices to speed up development (prompting, code suggestions, test generation), while ensuring code quality, security, and maintainability.
  • Integrate AI features in applications (e.g., inference endpoints, prompt orchestration, RAG flows, embeddings) with guardrails, input/output validation, and auditability.
  • Contribute to data access design and performance (RDBMS basics): write efficient queries, tune connection pools, and implement transactional integrity and error handling.
  • Collaborate closely with tech leads and product partners to refine requirements, acceptance criteria, and sprint goals; maintain clean documentation (API contracts, ADRs, readmes).
  • Support CI/CD pipeline tasks (builds, tests, artifacts, environment configs) and contribute to automated quality gates and release safety.


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
  • 5 - 9 years of hands-on experience building software with Java/Spring/Spring Boot
  • Demonstrated use of AI-assisted coding tools and integration of AI features with responsible-use practices.
  • Working knowledge of RDBMS (Oracle or equivalent) and secure, performant data access in services.
  • Experience contributing to CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and observability.
  • Prompt engineering for code/tests with verification steps; avoid blind acceptance of generated code.
  • Implement guardrails for AI-enabled features (policy checks, content filters, PII safety) and robust telemetry of prompts/responses.
  • Design deterministic wrappers around model calls (timeouts, retries, backoff, caching) and capture traceability for audit/compliance.
  • Collaborate on evaluation harnesses for AI features (quality metrics, latency budgets, failure modes).
  • MUST HAVE - thorough knowledge and experience of both frontend and backend development in Angular,Java, NodeJS, CSS, JSON and JavaScript
  • Proficiency in application frameworks and containerization, with broad experience in multi-platform development tools and toolkits
  • Prior lead experience selecting and implementing vendor-specific methodologies and prior consulting experience with structured methodologies
  • Experience in the securities or financial services industry is a big plus


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 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 employee9s 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 4at will4 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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