Senior Software Engineering Manager – Custody

We are seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead teams responsible for building and modernizing critical custody and securities processing platforms supporting global financial markets.

This role is ideal for a technology leader who combines strong engineering management, platform architecture, and delivery execution experience while driving modernization initiatives across complex enterprise systems.

The ideal candidate has experience leading high-performing engineering teams, delivering large-scale transactional platforms, and partnering across business, product, and operations organizations to achieve strategic outcomes.

• Lead and mentor software engineering teams, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Establish engineering best practices focused on quality, scalability, security, and operational excellence.
• Support career development, coaching, and talent growth across the organization.

• Own end-to-end delivery of platform capabilities from design through production support.
• Drive modernization initiatives across applications, workflows, data platforms, and integration services.
• Improve automation, system reliability, operational efficiency, and engineering productivity.
• Lead technology transformation efforts across legacy and modern technology stacks.

• Provide technical leadership for platform architecture, application development, data management, system integration, and resiliency engineering.
• Partner with architects and engineering leaders to define future-state technology roadmaps.
• Ensure solutions meet performance, scalability, security, and regulatory requirements.

• Collaborate with product, operations, and business teams to deliver solutions aligned with strategic priorities.
• Manage execution across multiple interconnected initiatives and platforms.
• Communicate technical direction and delivery plans to senior leadership and key stakeholders.

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Experience leading engineering teams in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, application integration, and high-volume transaction processing.
• Experience delivering platform modernization, transformation, or cloud migration initiatives.
• Ability to balance technical leadership, delivery execution, and people management responsibilities.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Experience operating within regulated or highly controlled environments is a plus.

• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• 5+ years of engineering leadership or people management experience.
• Proven success delivering complex technology initiatives and platform transformations.
• Experience leading Agile teams in enterprise environments.
• Background in financial services, capital markets, custody, securities processing, payments, or other transaction-intensive platforms is highly desirable.
• Experience with cloud technologies, APIs, event-driven architectures, microservices, and modern engineering practices is a plus.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.

Work Requirement

• Onsite 4 days a week in office and one day remote

• Standard business hours aligned to project and stakeholder needs(8am to 5pm)

Salary Range:

The range quoted above applies to the role in the location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the location above, the applicable range could differ.

Employees are eligible to participate in State Street’s comprehensive benefits program, which includes: our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match; insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages; paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities; access to our Employee Assistance Program; incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans); and, eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.

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Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success.

We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. As an essential partner in our shared success, you’ll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most. Join us in shaping the future.

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