Senior Vice President, Back-End Engineer Full Time

Bring your ideas. Make history.
BNY Mellon offers an exciting array of future-forward careers at the intersection of business, finance, and technology. We are one of the world’s top asset management and banking firms that manages trillions of dollars in assets, custody and/or administration. Known as the “bank of banks” – 97% of the world’s top banks work with us as we lead and serve our customers into the new era of digital.

With over 238 years of rich history and industry firsts, BNY Mellon has been built upon our proven ability to evolve, lead, and drive new ideas at every turn. Today, we’re approximately 50,000 employees across 35 countries with a culture that empowers you to grow, take risks, experiment and be yourself. This is what #LifeAtBNYMellon is all about.

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Senior Vice President, Back End Engineer to join our team – there are multiple openings across different platforms. This role can be based out of our Pittsburgh, PA offices – Hybrid (3 days/in office).

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

• Lead delivery of technology solutions within the Platform
• Oversee and drive on-time completion of analysis, design, development, testing, and release of the critical applications
• Guide production issues support and root cause analysis to remove blockers
• Ensure application of tech development best practices in across pod development teams
• Manage Platform-specific tech vendor assessment and ensure vendor accountability
• Escalate incidents or concerns to the Engineering Lead for resolution as needed
• Manage technical dependencies and needs across pods (e.g., for resourcing, design implications, technical debt)
• Provide thought leadership and support for pod-level engineers and developers with issues and questions (e.g., through office hours)
• Provide technical feedback to Product Owners, integrating input across all technical teams (incl. solutions architecture and design)
• Collaborate with Engineering Lead to identify opportunities for new technologies in the Product / Platform where relevant through research and continuous improvement
• Manage and track adherence to tech development KPIs, with regular aggregated reporting of progress across pods

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

Expertise

• Technical expertise in modern development environment: Java, Spring Boot, microservices, Python, JavaScript (Angular), Azure/AWS and other cloud-based technologies, and experience working in a CI/CD environment incorporating the latest DevOps technologies and best practices.
• Extensive software and tech asset development experience
• Experience with agile ways of working preferred
• Experience managing and integrating multiple technical teams
• Familiarity across DevOps, data management, security, software development, and system architecture

Individual skills

• Effective coach and collaborator
• Agility to quickly adapt to customer and stakeholder needs
• Leadership and influencing skills
• Ability to make hard and fast decisions
• Problem solving Mindset & Behaviors
• Passion for changing status quo and driving out-of-the-box ideas
• Non-hierarchical, transparent, trusting, trustworthy
• Eagerness to ‘roll up the sleeves’ in execution and learning; pushes the team to do the same

At BNY Mellon, our inclusive culture speaks for itself. Here’s a few of our awards:

• Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies & Top 20 for Diversity and Inclusion
• Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index (GEI)
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation, 100% score Corporate Equality Index
• Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion , Disability: IN – 100% score
• 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators, Fast Company
• CDP’s Climate Change ‘A List’

Our Benefits:

BNY Mellon 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 that can support you and your family through moments that matter.

BNY Mellon is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer – Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

Employer Description:

For over 230 years, the people of BNY Mellon have been at the forefront of finance, expanding the financial markets while supporting investors throughout the investment lifecycle. BNY Mellon can act as a single point of contact for clients looking to create, trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments and safeguards nearly one-fifth of the world’s financial assets. BNY Mellon remains one of the safest, most trusted and admired companies. Every day our employees make their mark by helping clients better manage and service their financial assets around the world. Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations or individual investors, clients count on the people of BNY Mellon across time zones and in 35 countries and more than 100 markets. It’s the collective ambition, innovative thinking and exceptionally focused client service paired with a commitment to doing what is right that continues to set us apart. Make your mark: bnymellon.com/careers.

EEO Statement:

BNY Mellon is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Minorities/Females/Individuals With Disabilities/Protected Veterans. Our ambition is to build the best global team – one that is representative and inclusive of the diverse talent, clients and communities we work with and serve – and to empower our team to do their best work. We support wellbeing and a balanced life, and offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies and employee forums.