Data Platform Engineer officer
State Street
Data Platform Engineer officer
State Street
Holds assets for institutions and runs index funds
Role Summary
Design, build, and run core services and reusable components for the open-architecture data platform, enabling scalable ingestion, metadata-driven processing, governance, and reliable multi-engine data consumption. Partner with Platform Engineering and Data Engineering teams to provide secure, observable, production-grade capabilities that support Core Reference, IBOR, and Stamford data initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
Design and build backend services and shared libraries that provide platform capabilities, including:
Streaming & batch ingestion frameworks
Metadata-driven pipelines
API and consumption layer integrations
Transformation engine and MDM engine
Engineer reusable platform components aligned with open formats (Iceberg, Parquet), catalog systems (Polaris, Horizon, Unity Catalog), and query engines (Spark, Trino)
Implement platform security controls including role-based access control, authentication, and integration with enterprise entitlements
Build and maintain platform observability (logging, metrics, traces), alerting, and operational dashboards in support of SLAs
Collaborate with architects to define scalable, extensible designs and ensure adherence to open standards
Drive engineering excellence through code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, and production readiness practices
Ensure platform services meet enterprise security and compliance requirements (SCC, governance)
Participate in on-call / major incident management and troubleshoot production issues to maintain platform stability
Qualifications
Strong programming skills in Python and Java; knowledge of Rust is a bonus
Strong programming skills in Spark, with hands-on knowledge of optimization and debugging
Hands-on experience with Snowflake and Databricks as data platforms
Strong understanding of SQL optimization, execution, and large-scale analytics
Deep understanding and working knowledge of open table formats such as Apache Iceberg are preferred
Deep understanding of distributed computing and hyperscale
Experience building production-grade services in cloud environments; AWS,GCPand/or Azure is preferred
Familiarity with data catalogs (any of Polaris, Horizon, Unity) and metadata management
Familiarity with streaming pipelines and Kafka is preferred
Understanding of data modeling and data product design
Experience with CI/CD, containers, and Kubernetes
Financial/data platform background preferred but not required
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Holds assets for institutions and runs index funds
State Street holds and services investments for pension funds, insurers, fund companies, and other large institutions, and it also runs index funds through State Street Investment Management. It launched the first US-listed exchange-traded fund, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, in 1993, and in 1924 it became custodian of the first US mutual fund. As a custody bank, it safekeeps clients' stocks and bonds, completes their trades, calculates what their funds are worth, and lends their securities to other investors. It earns fees on the assets it services and manages, plus income from currency trading and from interest on client cash. State Street traces its roots to a bank chartered in 1792 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
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