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# Senior Technical Architect

- **Company:** State Street
- **Location:** Quincy, MA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $120,000 - $202,500
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Computing Platforms, Microsoft Azure, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Engineering, Computer Programming, Continuous Integration, Data Architecture, Distributed Systems, Java Web Services, Software Architecture, Distributed Caching, Data Logging, Transaction Processing (Computing), Event Driven Architecture, Low Latency, Api Design, Domain Driven Design, Devsecops, Microservices
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/b33b8a06-6f69-4cfb-b39f-017b8767cd6f

## About the Role

* Extensive experience in software architecture and distributed systems design
 * Strong programming background in VC++ and Java, with proven experience in system modernization.
 * Rich experience with AWS/Azure along with modern CICD platforms and pipeline as code.
 * Experience building large-scale distributed systems with low latency and high throughput
 * Strong understanding of data consistency, transaction processing, and accounting-like systems, * Experience in Investment Accounting / Financial Services platforms (transactions, valuations, positions, multi-currency processing)
 * Familiarity with Observability and operational intelligence frameworks,Unified data models and ledger-based architectures
 * Experience working in regulatory and audit-heavy environments.

## Description

As a hands on Senior Technical Architec t , you will be responsible for end-to-end architecture, design, and implementation of mission-critical systems. You will define both macro and micro level architecture and implement with engineering teams to modernize a VC++ platform into Reacts JS/Java based event based high throughput, low latency micro services based platform, ensuring alignment with cloud-native principles., Architecture & Platform Design

 * Define and evolve the architecture for a distributed, cloud-native Investment Accounting platform, aligned with enterprise principles (scalability, resiliency, availability).
 * Design modular microservices architectures, ensuring clear service boundaries, domain-driven design, and reusability across business capabilities.
 * Establish event-driven architecture patterns for real-time processing, enabling decoupled and scalable workflows.
 * Define data architecture and integration patterns, including unified data models, event contracts, and consistency strategies across IBOR/ABOR domains.
 * Hands on experience and capability to walk the talk is critical. This is not architecture only role.

Modernization Leadership

 * Lead the modernization of legacy VC++ systems into Java-based, distributed services
 * Define migration patterns, decomposition strategies, and phased transformation roadmaps
 * Ensure functional equivalence where required, while enabling architectural evolution beyond legacy constraints
 * Guide teams on translating low-level C++ constructs into scalable Java service patterns (stateless services, async processing, etc.)

Performance, Throughput & Scalability

 * Architect systems for high-throughput transaction processing and near real-time accounting workflows
 * Define cache-driven design strategies (distributed caching, in-memory processing, read/write optimization)
 * Establish performance benchmarks, scalability patterns, and capacity planning principles

Cloud-Native & Engineering

 * Design and implement for cloud-native (containerization, orchestration, DevSecOps).
 * Establish cross-cutting capabilities:
 * Observability (logging, metrics, tracing) for operational intelligence
 * Resiliency patterns (retry, circuit breaker, idempotency)
 * Security and compliance controls
 * Ensure API-first and contract-first design principles are adhered to.