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Asset Management
Director, Full-Stack Engineer
at BNY Mellon
Tech LeadNo visa sponsorshipJava
Posted 3 hours ago
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- Compensation
- $142,000 – $230,000 USD
- City
- New York City
- Country
- United States
Currency: $ (USD)
Senior full-stack engineering leader to drive development and architecture for the Wealth Services Platform, leading a team of engineers and promoting best practices, code quality, and mentorship. The role involves designing and building scalable, secure microservices and front-end solutions, collaborating cross-functionally with data engineers, business stakeholders, and project managers in New York City.
At BNY, our culture allows us to run our company better and enables employees’ growth and success. As a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, we influence nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day, our teams harness cutting-edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients, driving transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide.
Recognized as a top destination for innovators and champions of inclusion, BNY is where bold ideas meet advanced technology and exceptional talent. Together, we power the future of finance – and this is what #LifeAtBNY is all about. Join us and be part of something extraordinary.
We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Director, Full-Stack Engineer to join our Wealth Services Platform Team. This role is located in New York City.
In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:
- Consult with internal business groups and IT managers to provide highly advanced application software development services and technical support, addressing complex problems impacting business operations.
- Lead and mentor a team of engineers, promoting best practices, code quality, and continuous learning.
- Develop well-designed, testable, efficient code; analyze, design, and develop tests and test-automation suites.
- Maintain software functionality and currency by managing technical debt and implementing enhancements.
- Actively participate in code reviews and integrate software components into fully functional systems.
- Apply security and privacy principles throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Provide guidance on architecture, design patterns, and microservices development, including high-throughput, concurrent, multi-core, and event-driven processing.
- Utilize and promote reuse of existing products and functionality.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with data engineers, business users, project managers, and other engineers to deliver elegant, scalable solutions.
- Educate business leaders on IT strategies and advocate for innovative, creative technology solutions.
- Stay abreast of emerging technologies and leverage learning tools (e.g., Pluralsight) to meet personal development goals.
- Ensure compliance with mandatory training and policy awareness.
- Use knowledge of vendor-specific and structured methodologies to influence broad technology strategies.
- Foster a culture of teamwork, strong communication, and interpersonal skills to support mentoring and collaboration.
To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:
- Proficiency in backend and frontend development, including languages and frameworks such as:
- Backend: Java, Spring, Python, SQL, NodeJS
- Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Angular, JSON
- Experience with application frameworks, containerization, and microservices architecture.
- Knowledge of RESTful standards and event-driven messaging technologies (e.g., Kafka).
- Intermediate understanding of security principles, relational databases, and architecture design principles.
- Experience with multi-platform development tools and toolkits.
- Familiarity with concurrency, multithreading, multi-node solutions, and high data volume service management.
- Ability to design, develop, and document technically detailed applications and systems.
- Experience in quick prototyping, cloud-ready service implementation, and building tools to improve end-to-end application delivery.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience; advanced degree is beneficial.
- 14 plus years of experience in software development.
- Experience in the securities or financial services industry is a plus.
- Thorough knowledge of the software development lifecycle and broad experience with multi-platform development tools and vendor-specific methodologies.
- Leadership & Management Experience Ability to provide architectural guidance, tech-stack selection, and enforce design standards.
- Experience working in Agile SCRUM environments.
- Strong communication, organizational, and teamwork skills.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor junior engineers and foster professional growth.
- Experience collaborating with diverse stakeholders and promoting knowledge sharing (e.g., local meetups).
At BNY, our culture speaks for itself, check out the latest BNY news at:
Here’s a few of our recent awards:
- America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2025
- World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2025
- “Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2025
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 is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.
BNY assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package for our employees. The base salary for this position is expected to be between $142,000 and $230,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base salary if hired will be determined on an individualized basis, including as to experience and market location, and is only part of the BNY total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, discretionary bonuses, short and long-term incentive packages, and Company-sponsored benefit programs.
This position is at-will and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (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.
