Job Summary:
State Street is a leading investment management firm seeking a Solution Architect to design and implement solution architectures across key business areas. The role focuses on hands-on architecture design, working closely with various teams to ensure solutions are consistent, scalable, and aligned with enterprise platforms.
Responsibilities:
• Design end‑to‑end solution architectures for assigned domains, initiatives, or products.
• Translate business, functional, and non‑functional requirements into clear solution designs and architecture artifacts.
• Produce and maintain solution blueprints, integration diagrams, and design documentation in line with enterprise standards.
• Work closely with System Architects within Investment, Product, and Client Experience verticals to align domain designs with enterprise architecture intent.
• Coordinate integration patterns and dependencies across systems and platforms.
• Support POD teams by providing architectural clarity, design guidance, and ongoing consultation through the delivery lifecycle.
• Apply approved enterprise platforms and patterns, including Enterprise Services, Data & Analytics, AI, and Cloud platforms.
• Promote service‑first, API‑driven, and event‑driven integration approaches.
• Contribute to reducing bespoke designs, point‑to‑point integrations, and architectural inconsistency.
• Participate in design and architecture review forums as a contributing architect.
• Implement architecture standards, guardrails, and reference architectures defined by the Architecture & Engineering Governance function.
• Identify and document design risks, tradeoffs, and required exceptions, escalating as appropriate.
• Design solutions that leverage governed domain data, reusable data services, and analytics platforms.
• Support AI, GenAI, and automation use cases by applying approved architecture patterns and controls.
• Encourage modern SDLC, DevOps, and cloud‑native practices in solution designs.
Qualifications:
Required:
• 8–12 years of experience in solution architecture, system architecture, or senior application design roles.
• Experience designing solutions in complex, multi‑system environments, preferably across more than one business domain.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, cloud‑native architectures, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Ability to work effectively with Product, Engineering, and Architecture stakeholders in matrixed teams.
• Working knowledge of modern SDLC, DevOps, and Product‑Oriented Delivery (POD) models.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Preferred:
• Experience in asset management, financial services, or regulated environments.
• Hands‑on experience with data platforms, analytics solutions, API management, and event‑driven architectures.
• Familiarity with AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms and architecture standards.
Company:
State Street offers a range of financial services, including investment management, research and trading, as well as asset management. Founded in 1792, the company is headquartered in Boston, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.