Head of Developer Experience & AI Engineering, VP

Looking For State Street Investment Management is seeking a Vice President, Head of Developer Experience & AI Engineering to lead our strategic Engineering Platform initiative, Atlas. This is a senior technology leadership role responsible for defining and executing the vision, strategy, and roadmap for developer experience, engineering productivity, platform engineering, and AI-enabled software development across the organization. The successful candidate will help shape the future of software engineering within State Street Investment Management by combining platform engineering, modern developer experiences, and artificial intelligence to fundamentally improve how technology solutions are designed, built, tested, deployed, and operated. This leader will work closely with engineering, architecture, cloud, infrastructure, security, and business technology leaders globally to establish scalable engineering platforms, drive adoption of AI-assisted development capabilities, and accelerate the delivery of business value across Investment Management. The ideal candidate is a strategic technology leader with a strong engineering foundation, deep understanding of modern software delivery practices, and demonstrated experience building engineering platforms, developer productivity solutions, and AI-powered engineering capabilities at enterprise scale. Why This Role Is Important to Us Technology excellence is a critical enabler of State Street Investment Management's long-term growth strategy. As software development rapidly evolves through advances in cloud computing, automation, and artificial intelligence, Atlas serves as a strategic engineering platform that enables our teams to deliver software faster, with higher quality, greater reuse, and improved operational resilience. This role will play a key leadership position in transforming how engineering is performed across Investment Management by establishing modern developer experiences, enabling AI-assisted engineering practices, increasing engineering effectiveness, and building reusable capabilities that can scale globally. We offer a highly collaborative environment where innovation, technology leadership, and continuous learning are valued. This is an opportunity to shape the next generation of engineering within one of the world's leading investment management organizations. What You Will Be Responsible For Lead the vision, strategy, roadmap, and execution of Atlas, the Engineering Platform for State Street Investment Management. Define and drive the Developer Experience (DevEx) strategy to improve engineering productivity, reduce delivery friction, and accelerate time-to-market. Establish and evolve platform engineering capabilities, including reusable services, engineering accelerators, self-service capabilities, developer tooling, and reference implementations. Lead the development of AI-powered engineering capabilities that improve software design, coding, testing, documentation, API development, deployment, and operational support. Drive adoption of AI-assisted software engineering practices across the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). Evaluate and operationalize emerging AI technologies, agent-based solutions, and large language model capabilities to enhance engineering effectiveness. Build and scale shared engineering platforms that promote reusability, consistency, governance, and engineering excellence. Partner with Architecture, Security, Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure, and Application Development teams to establish modern software delivery standards and practices. Develop and implement engineering governance frameworks, standards, operating models, and adoption strategies. Define and measure engineering productivity, platform adoption, and business value realization metrics. Lead innovation initiatives focused on engineering automation, developer experience, and AI engineering capabilities. Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of