Vice President, Full-Stack Engineer

Vice President, Full-Stack Engineer

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 visionary and hands-on Vice President, Full-Stack Engineer to lead one of our Instruction Capture technology teams within Accounting & Administration Platform
. This role is located in Pittsburgh, PA

This position is ideal for a tech leader capable of managing a team of developers with strong experience in full-stack software development, AI/ML integration and large-scale solution delivery in the financial services sector. Candidate must be able to provide technical solutions to a wide range of complex problems where analysis requires evaluation of existing state of applications and maintaining business continuity while delivering new features.

The successful candidate will be an experienced, results-oriented, visionary developer and a team leader who is able to serve our clients by developing and modernizing applications. Candidate is expected to have a complete understanding of software engineering principles and execute full lifecycle software development. Candidate must be able to lead their team and partner closely with other IT leads & managers, Product Owners and Business Analysts in solutioning real problems and be able to effectively make and communicate technical decisions made.

Candidate must demonstrate the ability to work under minimal supervision, meet objectives using good judgment and techniques.

In this role, you'll make an impact in the following ways:

• Own end-to-end software development strategy across core banking, AI-based automation, digital onboarding, and anomaly detection.

• Drive the design and implementation of scalable, high performing and robust applications that leverages Private cloud, Public cloud (Azure/GCP), On-Premises cloud service providers.

• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential issues, and devise contingency plans.

• Improve our software delivery capabilities via automation and repeatability.

• Conducts reviews of the code, test plan and release artifacts.

• Develop code using secure coding practices.

• Leverage existing products/functionality and promote reusability.

• Ensure resolution of project issues and conflicting workload priorities and escalate as required.

• Provide technical mentorship, leadership and guidance to high-performing engineering teams (onshore/offshore).

• Help the tech management team shape best practices for developing, sharing, and continuously improving our software platform.

• Identify and discuss issues with the team that might be overlooked, such as scalability, performance, or security.

• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders to understand requirements, develop scalable full-stack solutions, and drive technology initiatives that align with business goals.

• Ensure compliance with the firm's delivery and regulatory standards.

• Integrate software components into a fully functional software system.

To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience required.

• 5-9 years of experience in software development is required - proficiency in Java and Front-End UI Technologies.

• Experience in the securities or financial services industry is a plus.

• Proven. Experience in architecting and delivering scalable AI-powered solutions (e.g. NLP, predictive modeling, recommender systems).

• SOA / API based software development using Java (version 17 and up), Spring Boot,…