State Street

Financial Services

ApplicationDevelopmentandMaintenanceLead,AVP

$100–168k Princeton, New Jersey, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Application Development and Maintenance Lead, AVP at State Street. Skills: Application Development, Maintenance, Modernization, Insurance applications, technical lead, agile scrum teams, complex Insurance systems, production incident triage and resolution, client-critical accounting workflows stability, incident recurrence reduction, functional and technical requirements gathering, BAU development and maintenance activities, defect resolution, enhancements and improvements, complex, cross-applic”

What You'll Achieve.

reduce incident recurrence; maintain client confidence by balancing fast response times with controlled, low-risk application changes; ensure solutions meet business, scalability, and resilience expectations; improve CI/CD pipelines, automation, and deployment practices

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to diagnose issues in complex, distributed systems; advanced troubleshooting support; root-cause analysis; permanent remediation; identify issues and implement solutions to complex, cross-application problems

Eligibility Requirements

Princeton location onsite- 2 days currently but in future this could change depending on the teams requirement

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

10 + years of hands-on software development experience, programming experience in one or more of the following: C++, C# and Java, Experience in Investment Accounting, Fund Accounting, or Financial Markets with an understanding of asset classes such as Equities, Fixed Income, Derivatives., Familiarity with accounting events, valuation, corporate actions, settlement, and reconciliation processes, Experience working with global, multi-location teams, stakeholder management skills, including interaction with senior technology and business leaders, communication skills, with the ability to explain technical issues to non-technical audiences, analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to diagnose issues in complex, distributed systems, Experience leading maintenance or BAU delivery for mission-critical financial systems

Nice to Have

Familiarity with Github Copilot, Demonstrated experience supporting and enhancing large-scale, multi-tier financial applications

What You'll Do.

and modernization of Insurance applications

act as a technical lead within one or more agile scrum teams

own components or modules of complex Insurance systems

provide hands-on engineering leadership

mentor junior developers

partner closely with product owners and architects

offer advanced troubleshooting support to production support and peer development teams

act as the first line of technical ownership for Insurance accounting platform

enable rapid triage and resolution of production incidents impacting clients and operations

ensure client-critical accounting workflows remain stable by prioritizing fixes based on business impact

and regulatory sensitivity

partner closely with production support and business teams to reduce incident recurrence through root-cause analysis and permanent remediation

maintain client confidence by balancing fast response times with controlled

low-risk application changes

participate in functional and technical requirements gathering

ensure solutions meet business

and resilience expectations

lead BAU development and maintenance activities

including defect resolution

enhancements and improvements

provide hands-on support for complex production issues

partnering with L2/L3 support teams to perform root-cause analysis and permanent fixes

identify issues and implement solutions to complex

cross-application problems

addressing performance

and maintainability concerns

review and approve design and code changes with a focus on risk management and backward compatibility

partner with product owners and business stakeholders to guide overall application design and delivery priorities

own and maintain technical documentation for implemented code

facilitate integration across platforms and applications

ensuring consistency and reuse where appropriate

collaborate with DevOps engineers to improve CI/CD pipelines

and deployment practices

provide engineering and troubleshooting support to production support teams and upstream/downstream development teams

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

act as a technical lead within one or more agile scrum teams; partner closely with product owners and architects; offer advanced troubleshooting support to production support and peer development teams; partner closely with production support and business teams; partner with product owners and business stakeholders; collaborate with DevOps engineers; provide engineering and troubleshooting support to production support teams and upstream/downstream development teams; working with global, multi-location teams; interaction with senior technology and business leaders

Communication Scope

ability to explain technical issues to non-technical audiences

Process & Methodology

prioritizing fixes based on business impact, risk, and regulatory sensitivity, guide overall application design and delivery priorities

Full Job Description

**Who we are looking for** We are looking for an Application Development Lead, reporting directly to Development Manager. You will be responsible to lead the **enhancement, maintenance, and modernization of Insurance applications**. This role will act as a **technical lead within one or more agile scrum teams** , owning components or modules of complex Insurance systems. The ideal candidate will provide **hands‑on engineering leadership** , mentor junior developers, partner closely with product owners and architects, and offer **advanced troubleshooting support** to production support and peer development teams. This role requires strong engineering depth, system‑level thinking, and the ability to influence technical direction across teams. **Why This Role Is Important to Us** * Acts as the **first line of technical ownership** for Insurance accounting platform, enabling rapid triage and resolution of production incidents impacting clients and operations. * Ensures **client‑critical accounting workflows** remain stable by prioritizing fixes based on business impact, risk, and regulatory sensitivity. * Partners closely with production support and business teams to **reduce incident recurrence** through root‑cause analysis and permanent remediation. * Maintains client confidence by balancing **fast response times** with controlled, low‑risk application changes. **What you will be responsible for** As an Application Development lead, you will: * Participate in **functional and technical requirements gathering** , ensuring solutions meet business, scalability, and resilience expectations * Lead BAU **development and maintenance activities** , including defect resolution, enhancements and improvements * Provide **hands‑on support for complex production issues** , partnering with L2/L3 support teams to perform root‑cause analysis and permanent fixes * Identify issues and implement solutions to **complex, cross‑application problems** , addressing performance, reliability,

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