Principal Software Engineer II, VP

Principal Software Engineer II (Vice President) – Java

We are seeking a principal technical authority and senior individual contributor within Charles River Development (a State Street company). This role operates with broad autonomy and significant influence, driving architecture, technical strategy, and engineering excellence across one or more major platforms, domains, or cross‑cutting initiatives.

• Serve as a principal technical authority for one or more key initiatives or core modules within Charles River platforms
• Define and evolve system architecture, design standards, and engineering best practices across teams
• Provide long‑term technical strategy and thought leadership to senior engineering leaders and executive stakeholders
• Drive adoption of modern cloud architecture, frameworks, and emerging technologies where they deliver clear business value
• Lead resolution of high‑risk, complex, or business‑critical challenges

• Analyze, design, develop, test, debug, and implement large‑scale, multi‑tier, mission‑critical enterprise systems
• Lead complex enhancements that span multiple components and teams
• Set a high bar for code quality, performance, scalability, security, reliability, and maintainability
• Make informed trade‑offs between short‑term delivery and long‑term platform health
• Remain hands‑on for the most complex or ambiguous technical problems

• Establish and enforce design review, code review, and technical governance practices
• Identify systemic technical debt and lead cross‑team efforts to remediate it
• Champion automated testing, CI/CD, observability, and operational excellence
• Write and review unit, integration, and automation tests to ensure high‑quality deliverables
• Influence engineering roadmaps to align technology investments with business strategy

• Partner closely with Product Management, Architecture, Client Support and Operations
• Lead and coordinate cross‑team technical initiatives spanning multiple scrum teams
• Translate complex technical concepts into clear recommendations for senior management and non‑technical stakeholders
• Advise senior management on technical risk, platform direction, and investment priorities

• Serve as a technical mentor and role model for engineers at all levels
• Raise the overall technical bar through coaching, design reviews, and knowledge sharing
• Influence hiring, onboarding, and technical talent development strategies

• Provide expert‑level troubleshooting for large, complex, and high‑visibility client deployments
• Act as an escalation point for critical production or client issues
• Help design durable, long‑term solutions to recurring operational or client‑impacting problems

• Demonstrated ability to operate as a principal‑level individual contributor with broad organization‑wide impact
• Extensive experience designing, building and evolving large‑scale, cloud native enterprise platforms
• Exceptional problem‑solving and system‑thinking skills, with deep understanding of performance, scalability, reliability, and resilience
• Expert‑level proficiency in object‑oriented design using Java, C++, or C#
• Strong database and data modeling skills with experience in Oracle, SQL Server, Postgre
  
  SQL, and/or data warehouse platforms
• Experience with compiler design, optimizers, solvers, code generation, or semantic analysis is a strong plus
• Exposure to Machine Learning, AI, or cognitive Computing is a plus
• Strong background in financial services (e.g., Portfolio Management, Trading, Compliance, IBOR, or Wealth Management) strongly preferred

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field;
  Master’s degree preferred
• 10‑15+ years of commercial software development experience, including senior or principal‑level roles
• Deep understanding of cloud‑based and distributed systems
• Demonstrated track record of delivering high‑performance, production‑quality systems at scale
• Ability to work independently, manage ambiguity, and lead…