Head Of Data Platform Engineering, Md

State Street UK

$170,000 - $267,500 annual py
Cloud-native data platform
Large-scale data systems
Distributed computing
Lead the design, build, and operation of a modern, fully cloud‑native data platform supporting enterprise‑wide analytics, data science, and AI initiatives

Job Summary

  • Lead the design, build, and operation of a modern, fully cloud‑native data platform supporting enterprise‑wide analytics, data science, and AI initiatives.
  • Build, mentor, and scale a multi‑disciplinary engineering organization — attracting top data engineers, infrastructure specialists, and SREs.
  • Employees are eligible to participate in State Street’s comprehensive benefits program, which includes our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match; insurance coverage; paid-time off; and incentive compensation.

Matching Summary

Lead the design, build, and operation of a modern, fully cloud‑native data platform supporting enterprise‑wide analytics, data science, and AI initiatives.

Salary

$170,000 - $267,500 Annual

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Cloud-native data platform
  • Large-scale data systems
  • Distributed computing
  • Modern cloud architectures
  • Azure
  • Data ingestion, transformation, storage, governance, access
  • Data lakehouse, real-time streaming, metadata catalog, observability, security
  • CI/CD, IaC, automated testing, schema versioning, data quality

Nice-to-have

  • AWS or Azure or GCP experience
  • Modern governance frameworks
  • AI/ML enablement
  • Collaboration, continuous improvement

Key Requirements

  • 20+ years software engineering experience
  • 10+ years data infrastructure/platform leadership
  • Leading large-scale cloud migrations or greenfield builds
  • Deep understanding of distributed data systems
  • Hands-on DevOps and DataOps practices
  • Familiarity with security and compliance frameworks
  • Strong people-leadership skills
  • Experience partnering with analytics, ML, and enterprise application teams
  • Exceptional communication skills

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