Vice President, Back-End Engineer II

Vice President, Back-End Engineer II 
At BNY, our culture empowers you to grow and succeed. As a leading global financial services company at the center of the world’s financial system we touch nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day around the globe, our 50,000+ employees bring the power of their perspective to the table to create solutions with our clients that benefit businesses, communities and people everywhere.    
We continue to be a leader in the industry, awarded as a top home for innovators and for creating an inclusive workplace. Through our unique ideas and talents, together we help make money work for the world. This is what #LifeAtBNY is all about.
We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President, Back-End Engineer II to join our Execution Services Engineering team. This role is located in New York, NY – HYBRID.
In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways: 

Consult with internal business groups to provide appropriate application software development services and technical support. 
Provide application software development services and technical support in more complex situations. Responsible for requirement gathering JIRA story preparation. 
Utilize knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle and conduct reviews of the test Plan and test Data. 
Allocate and coordinate work within a team and project. Coordinate the technical design, development, and documentation of cross-functional and multi-platform application systems. 
Analyze, define, and document requirements for data, workflow, and logical processes and interface with other systems. 
Ensure that the expected application performance levels are achieved by coordinating, coding, testing, implementing, and documenting. 
Design and develop backend features and components. 
Scale the backend architecture and codebase to support growth. 
Reduce the level of technical debt of the backend codebase. 
Program well-designed, testable, and efficient code. 
Analyze, design, and develop tests and test-automation suites. 
Develop flowcharts, layouts, and documentation to satisfy requirements and solutions. 
Maintain software functionality and currency, including technical debt and gain. 
Participate in code reviews. 
Integrate software components into a fully functional software system. 
Apply security and privacy principles. 
Execute full lifecycle software development and develop software verification plans and quality assurance procedures. 
Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing systems. 
Ensure software is updated with latest features. 
Participate in deployment process following all change controls. 
Provide ongoing maintenance, support, and enhancements in existing systems and platforms. 
Provide recommendations for continuous improvement. 
Use learning tools such as Pluralsight to complete both recommended and aspirational targets set in personal development plans. 
Leverage existing products and functionality and promote reuse. 
Collaborate with other engineers on the team to elevate technology and consistently apply best practices. 
Collaborate cross-functionally with data engineers, business users, project managers, and other engineers to achieve elegant solutions. 
Compile documentation written by more senior developers of all procedures used in 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.
7-9 years of experience in software development required; experience in the securities or financial services industry is a plus.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to work as an integral part of an agile software development team
Strong Java development skills, including experience with multi-threaded and mission critical applications
Experience with relational database technologies, including SQL proficiency
Exposure and knowledge of front end technologies is advantageous

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

America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2024
World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2024
Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Corporate Equality Index, 100% score, 2023-2024
Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion, Disability: IN – 100% score, 2023-2024
“Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2024
Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, Top performing company for Sustainability, 2024
Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index (GEI), 2023

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 base salary for this position is expected to be between $109,000 and $195,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base salary if hired will be determined on an individualized basis, including as to experience and market location, and is only part of the BNY total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, discretionary bonuses, short and long-term incentive packages, and Company-sponsored benefit programs. This position is at-will and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, change in geographic location, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.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 & 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.