About this role
Director, Architecture Lead
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 and champions of inclusion, 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.
We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Director, Architecture Lead within the Digital Channels Platform. This role is in Jersey City, NJ or New York, NY.
In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:
- Play a key role in aligning internal and external stakeholders on the architecture/infrastructure aspect of the Platform strategy and delivery roadmap
- Own Architecture specific policies, roles and responsibilities within the Platform
Review application/system designs to approve based on alignment to enterprise standards. Advise on how best to design overall solutions - Monitor and report the status of the products/projects and applications within Platform to ensure alignment with the strategic direction of BNY, industry standards and best practices
- Responsible for aggregating and analyzing architecture operational reports, KPIs and KRIs
- Consider cross platform dependencies in the overall platform technical architecture
To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline, or equivalent work experience
- 15 plus years of experience in architecture, systems design, infrastructure architecture and cybersecurity leadership
- Operate in and influence a federated ecosystem of design, product and engineering teams
- Experience architecting large scale portal experiences including data architecture, API design and entitlement management
- Core Java, JAVA 11 and above, Object Oriented Programming concepts, Spring, Spring boot, hibernate, RDBMS (Oracle), SQL, Gitlab, Docker, CI/CD, S3
- Understanding of JVM, memory usage, performance testing and tuning
- Understand microservices based, scalable architecture (previous experience with Kafka)
- Hands-on experience in micro-frontend architecture and frameworks like Angular or ReactJS
- Design, implement and maintain Java-based applications that can be high-volume and low-latency. Experience implementing caching (using Hazelcast/ ehcache / Memcached/others)
- Basic Understanding of the concepts of MVC (Model-View-Controller) Pattern, JDBC (Java Database Connectivity), and RESTful web services
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Here’s a few of our recent awards:
• America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2025
• World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2025
• “Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2025
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 assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package for our employees. The base salary for this position is expected to be between $142,000 and $250,000 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.
BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.
Other facts
About BNY Mellon
For more than 240 years BNY has partnered alongside clients, using its expertise and platforms to help them operate more efficiently and accelerate growth. Today BNY serves over 90% of Fortune 100 companies and nearly all the top 100 banks globally. BNY supports governments in funding local projects and works with over 90% of the top 100 pension plans to safeguard investments for millions of individuals. As of December 31, 2025, BNY oversees $59.3 trillion in assets under custody and/or administration and $2.2 trillion in assets under management.
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What you'll do
- The Director, Architecture Lead will align stakeholders on the architecture strategy and oversee the approval of application designs. They will monitor project statuses and ensure alignment with BNY's strategic direction and industry standards.
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