Managing Director-Software Engineering & Development at State Street

Job description

Managing Director-Software Engineering & Development ( State Street Bank and Trust Company; Quincy, MA): Responsible for the Software Architecture and Application Development for Enterprise Shared Services Frameworks. This senior level technology position manages the work of a team of associates and plays an influential role in improving software architecture quality and associate talent, commitment, and morale. Specific duties of the position include: Provide technology leadership across enterprise shared services products in partnership with senior architects and product managers; Partner with product owners and Application Development managers to create robust technology Roadmaps; Continuously improve the Application Development and support processes; Identify and complete opportunities for automation; Improve internal development and support processes; Meet or exceed commitments to customers, and foster a service attitude; Partner with technology senior colleagues to ensure reliable, efficient daily operating capabilities; Search out and bring innovative, external best practice ideas to all areas of technology delivery, with a particular emphasis on agile development methodology; Ensure Application Development initiatives are well managed and deliver on expectations regarding functionality, timeliness, and cost; Promote agile application development where appropriate; Cultivate a deep bench of technology leadership and technical talent to deliver results and support future growth; Leverage experience with Java, J2EE Enterprise Architect, Java application profiling (Jprobe, JProfile, JConsole), Messaging (WebSphere, Active MQ, JMS, Multicast Framework), UI frameworks (GWT, React Js, GXT, ExtJs), DBMS (Exadata/Oracle, DB2), Service Oriented Architecture, BPM, BRMS, and Cloud (IaaS, PaaS) and reporting frameworks (Datamart, Jasper, Crystal); and Design visual modeling and component construction of enterprise-level software applications using Microsoft Visio, Erwin, and Rational rose. Hybrid remote telecommuting permitted pursuant to company policy. Minimum Requirements: Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in Computer Science or a related technical field and 10 years of experience as a Software Engineer or any job title/occupation providing relevant experience. Alternatively, will accept master’s degree or its equivalent in Computer Science or a related technical field and 7 years of experience as a Software Engineer or any job title/occupation providing relevant experience. Total experience must include: 5 years as a senior hands-on technology leader for application development for large and complex financial applications. 5 years of experience managing a global team of software development and QA engineers. Must also have the following: Proven ability to provide expert level troubleshooting on large, mission critical project implementations; Proven ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced, Agile team environment; Demonstrated architect-level experience designing and implementing financial applications; Proven ability to advocate and implement best practices and improved team processes; Demonstrated solid ability and prior leadership in driving innovation and thought leadership; Proven solid leadership and interpersonal skills, and people management experience and ability to drive change through collaboration and influence; Proven solid analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities; Proven ability to deal with uncertainty and organizational flux in an effective manner; Demonstrated aptitude for learning new and complex environments, processes, and technologies; Experience with implementing new products and improving the existing systems in both monolith and distributed microservices architecture; Proven experience on JMS/Messaging and middleware like IBM MQ/Apache Kafka; Demonstrated strong experience and solid ability with Java SDK 1.8, Java SDK 11, Spring Boot (Embedded Tomcat), REST & SOAP API SOA based Web Service