Principal Application Engineer

Discover Financial Services, Inc.; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a talented software engineer to join their dynamic team. In this role, you will be responsible for creating high-impact technology solutions that drive business priorities. Your expertise in software development, problem-solving, and coaching will be crucial as you collaborate with various teams to deliver innovative solutions. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a leading digital banking and payments company, where your skills will help shape the future of financial services. Join a collaborative culture that values growth and diversity, and make a meaningful impact from day one.

Benefits

Health Insurance

On-site Fitness Center

Flexible Work Environment

Professional Development Opportunities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and experience in software engineering required.
• Proficient in multiple technical domains and able to coach others.

Responsibilities

• Create technology solutions addressing high impact business priorities.
• Analyze, design, code, test, and deploy solutions with high quality.

Skills

Software Development

Problem Solving

Technical Analysis

Agile Methodologies

Coaching

Education

Bachelor’s in Computer Science

Bachelor’s in Engineering

Bachelor’s in Information Technology

Job description

With us, you’ll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our collaborative culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day & We Succeed Together. And we mean it — we want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world's leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine.

Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.

Job Description:

What You’ll Do

• Uses vast repertoire of delivering high impact software solutions to work intuitively. Speed comes from intuition. If something breaks you know where to look. Typically does the tough parts – e.g. (re)design and spends more time documenting than coding. Actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management.

How You’ll Do It

• Creates technology solutions addressing high impact business priorities. Demonstrates the ability to analyze, design, code, test and deploy solutions and product features with high quality to production. Level of technical expertise enables solutions with high complexity and depth.

• Competent in multiple technical domains, including programming languages, security, automation, testing, and business domains. As a result, is the go-to person for many people outside of their team.

• Participates in strategic technology decisions and understands how these decisions impact Discover as a whole.

• Proactively identifies and mitigates issues based on intuition and experience in multiple domains. Is a thought leader amongst team members and drives problem solving to determine root cause.

• Coaches technology communities at Discover in areas of specific technology domain, design-thinking, agile software development way of working, security, architecture and/or data engineering.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Engineering, Informatics, Information Security, Information Technology, or related

• Experience in Information Technology (software), Engineering, or related

• Internal applicants only: technical proficiency rating of proficient on the Dreyfus engineering scale

Physical and Cognitive Requirements

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable a qualified individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position as required by federal, state, and local laws:

• Primarily remain in a stationary position.

• No required movement about the work environment to complete the major responsibilities of the job.

• Primarily performed indoors in an office setting.

• Ability to operate office equipment such as but not limited to computer.

• Ability to communicate verbally; Ability to communicate in written form.

External applicants will be required to perform a technical interview.

*** Discover will not sponsor or transfer employment work visas for this position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United Kingdom on a full-time basis.***

Application Deadline: The application window for this position is anticipated to close on Apr-09-2025. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. The posting may be available past this date, but it is not guaranteed.

With our benefits, life’s easier – which means you’re free to grow

Join us and you can expect a whole lot of rewards. From Health and insurance to on-site fitness centers, there’s everything you need to thrive – in and out of work.

Discover is an equal opportunity employer

Discover does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other legally protected status. (Know Your Rights)

Discover complies with federal, state, and local laws applicable to qualified individuals with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to search for a position, to complete an application, and/or to participate in an interview, please email [e-mail]. Any information you provide regarding your accommodation needs will be kept confidential and will only be used to determine and provide necessary accommodation.

Positions marked as remote eligible are limited to remote locations within the country in which the position is based.

Applicants must be 18 or older at the time of hire.