Application Developer Lead, Assistant Vice President (Hybrid)

Who we are looking for

This is a hands-on technology position in State Street Global Technology Services seeking a technology leader with specialized business knowledge in the insurance accounting / back office areas. The candidate is someone with proven record of technology project execution for cloud, with ability to get hands on when it comes to analysis design and execution, someone with creativity and self-motivation to delivery on mission critical projects.

What you will be responsible for

As Application Development Lead you will

• Design and Develop solutions for various back office implementations
• Develop applications leveraging various technologies – Java, Python, RDBMS, Kafka, snowflake, Teradata & Databricks
• Design and code applications for cloud, leveraging Cloud native architecture principles and technologies
• Ensure all Cloud solutions exhibit higher level of cost efficiency, performance, security, scalability and reliability
• Work with infrastructure and other related teams to ensure deployment and operationalization of cloud applications
• Quickly evaluate various technologies and complete POC driving architecture design for the applications
• Work in complex environment with multi location teams
• Work in team of agile developers

What we value

These skills will help you succeed in this role

• Having 6+ Years of experience in application development team with hands on architecting, designing, developing and deployment skillset.  Have demonstrated ability to translate business requirements in a technical design and through to implementation. 
• Experience with designing & architecting services, systems & data platforms
• Experience with designing & architecting BigData platforms is a plus.
• Experience in event driven architectures, message hub, MQ, Kafka is required.
• Subject Matter Expertise in J2EE concepts, micro service architecture, Docker, Kubernetes, ETL tools, Data as a Service, Star Schema, Dimension modelling, OLTP, ACID and data structures is desired
• Proven Experience with Cloud and Big data platforms , building data processing application utilizing spark, Airflow,, Object storage etc.
• Able to use cloud technologies – Azure/AWS – VM, Storage, Logic apps, Event grid, serverless functions , Snowflake etc.

• Ability to work in an on-shore/off-shore model working with development teams across continents
• Use coding standard, secured application development, documentation, Release and configuration management and expertise in CI/CD.
• Well versed in SDLC using Agile Scrum.
• Plan and execute the deployment of releases.
• Ability to work with Application Development, SQA, and Infrastructure team.
• Strong leadership skill, analytical problem-solving skills along with the ability to learn and adapt quickly
• Self-motivated,  quick learner and creative problem solver, organized, and responsible for managing a team of dev engineers.
• Good experience delivering large scale projects in financial industry

Education & Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 6 or more years of experience in Information Technology
• Strong team ethics and team player.
• Experience in financial industry working on financial reporting/regulatory projects is a plus. Domain knowledge of financial industry concepts Securities 101 Capital Markets 101 etc. is desirable
• Cloud certification is plus
• Experience in evaluating software estimating cost and delivery timelines and managing financials
• Experience leading agile delivery & adhering to SDLC processes is required
• Work closely with the business & IT stake holders to manage delivery

Education & Preferred Qualifications

• Masters or B.S. degree in Computer Science or related field

Additional requirements

• Ability to lead delivery, manage team members if required and provide feedback
• Ability to make effective decisions and manage change
• Communicates effectively in a professional manner both written and orally
• Team player with a positive attitude enthusiasm initiative and self-motivation
• Ability to multi-task energetic fast learner & problem solver

Why this role is important to us

Our technology function, Global Technology Services (GTS), is vital to State Street and is the key enabler for our business to deliver data and insights to our clients. We’re driving the company’s digital transformation and expanding business capabilities using industry best practices and advanced technologies such as cloud, artificial intelligence and robotics process automation.

We offer a collaborative env