Senior Specialist, Back-End Engineer

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways: 

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance Java applications and services.

• Write clean, efficient, secure, and scalable code following engineering standards and best practices.

• Collaborate with cross-functional partners in Product and Operations to define requirements, design solutions, and deliver features end-to-end.

• Diagnose and resolve defects and performance bottlenecks; participate in incident response and post-incident improvements as needed.

• Contribute to architectural decisions and technical strategy (APIs, data models, reliability, observability, scalability).

• Participate in code reviews to maintain quality, share knowledge, and reinforce consistent patterns.

• Improve developer productivity through automation, better tooling, and CI/CD improvements.

• Mentor and support engineers across the team; foster a culture of continuous learning and constructive feedback.

• Stay current with emerging technologies and recommend pragmatic adoption where valuable.

• Delivers high-quality features quickly by breaking down work effectively and removing bottlenecks.

• Improves system performance, reliability, and maintainability through disciplined engineering practices.

• Raises team output through mentorship, constructive code reviews, and sharing reusable patterns.

• Balances speed with risk management, security, and operational readiness.

• Continuously learns and pragmatically applies new tools/techniques to improve outcomes.

  
  
   

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following: 

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).

• Exposure to full-stack development including Java 11, Spring 5, Spring Boot 3, HTML, CSS, JSON, Angular 10+, and JavaScript is highly desirable

• Advanced SQL skills, including PL/SQL development and performance tuning in Oracle and/or PostgreSQL.

• DevOps knowledge along with Gitlab CI/CD automation 

• Security Authentication/ Authorization Knowledge (OIDC OAuth, Azure MFA)

• Experience with automation and AI-driven solutions is a plus.

At BNY, our culture allows us to run our company better and enables employees’ growth and success. As a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, we influence nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day, our teams harness cutting-edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients, driving transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide.

Recognized as a top destination for innovators, BNY is where bold ideas meet advanced technology and exceptional talent. Together, we power the future of finance – and this is what #LifeAtBNY is all about. Join us and be part of something extraordinary.