Senior Vice President, Full-Stack Engineer

Job Description

We're seeking a future team member for the role Senior Vice President, Full-Stack Engineer to join our applications & payments processing team. This role is located in Pittsburgh, PA.

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

• Architect and deliver high-throughput sanctions screening platforms - static screening (Bridger, Actimize, ForCom) and transaction screening (Fircosoft) - with sub-second SLAs at enterprise scale
• Own end-to-end delivery - requirements through architecture, development, testing, CI/CD, deployment, observability, and production support
• Build full-stack applications - Java/Spring Boot backend, Angular/TypeScript frontend, Python for data pipelines and ML integration
• Engineer for resilience and availability - 99.99%+ uptime, active-active failover, circuit breakers, chaos engineering, disaster recovery
• Establish data contracts - schema versioning, contract testing, compatibility guarantees across screening engines and downstream consumers
• Drive data lineage and data mesh - end-to-end traceability for audit and regulatory reporting; domain-oriented data ownership
• Lead AI transformation - integrate AI/ML into screening workflows; build agentic AI systems; drive adoption of Windsurf, Cursor, Claude Code, Codex CLI across the team
• Champion engineering excellence - code reviews, static analysis, test coverage, rapid deployment (trunk-based dev, feature flags, blue-green releases)

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

Sanctions Domain

• 8+ years building or integrating sanctions/AML screening platforms
• Deep knowledge of static screening (Bridger, Actimize, ForCom) and transaction screening (Fircosoft)
• Understanding of OFAC, EU, UN, HMT sanctions regimes; screening workflows including alert generation, case management, disposition, and regulatory reporting

Full-Stack Engineering

• 12+ years full-stack development with end-to-end delivery ownership
• Java 17+/ Spring Boot, microservices, REST APIs, Kafka
• Angular 14 / TypeScript, modern UI patterns
• Python for data pipelines, automation, ML integration
• Strong SQL (Oracle/PostgreSQL), caching (Redis) is a plus

Systems

• Proven experience with high-throughput (hundreds of millions of transactions/day), high availability, and high resiliency systems
• Distributed systems patterns, capacity planning, incident management

Data

• Data contracts - schema registries, contract testing, backward/forward compatibility
• Data lineage - source-to-outcome traceability
• Data mesh - domain ownership, data-as-a-product, federated governance

AI & Agentic Platforms

• Proficient with AI-assisted dev tools (Windsurf, Cursor, Claude Code, Codex CLI, Copilot) - MUST HAVE
• Experience building or using agentic AI platforms for code generation, testing, or automation
• LLM integration: prompt engineering, RAG, tool-use, guardrails

DevOps & Delivery

• Git/GitLab, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes
• Trunk-based development, feature flags, blue-green/canary deployments
• Observability: Splunk, AppDynamics, Grafana

Education

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent work experience; Master's degree preferred

Preferred

• Engineering leadership experience - managing teams, mentoring, hiring, succession planning
• SWIFT MT/MX and ISO 20022 experience
• Rules engines (Drools, decision-tree frameworks)
• Experience in a globally regulated financial institution (G-SIB)
• Patent filings, publications, or conference speaking

Languages: Java, Python, TypeScript | Frontend: Angular | Messaging: Kafka, IBM MQ | Data: Oracle, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Redis | Screening: Bridger, Actimize, Fircosoft | CI/CD: GitLab, Docker, K8s | AI: Windsurf, Cursor, Claude Code, Codex CLI | Methodology: Agile, trunk-based dev, full lifecycle ownership

About Us

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, 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.

About the Team

At BNY, our culture speaks for itself, check out the latest BNY news at BNY Newsroom & BNY LinkedIn

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 expected base salary for this position when employment commences can be found in the Job Info section at the bottom of the posting.

Base salary offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Base salary is only part of the total rewards package, which may include eligibility for an annual discretionary incentive award. Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect, eligible employees may enroll in a 401(k) plan as well as participate in Company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance plans for the employee and the employee's eligible dependents. Eligible employees also may receive other benefits (including various paid time off benefits, such as vacation and sick time), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired, the employee will be in an "at will" position and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payments or compensation programs) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.