Application Engineer

Discover Financial Services; Riverwoods (IL); On-site; USD 89,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative financial services company is seeking a talented Application Engineer to join their team. In this role, you'll be responsible for overseeing the design and implementation of various products, ensuring high-quality delivery from idea to production. You'll work within a collaborative environment that values growth and creativity, contributing to cutting-edge solutions in fraud detection and risk management. If you're passionate about modern engineering practices and eager to make a meaningful impact, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join a forward-thinking organization that prioritizes your development and success.

Benefits

Paid Parental Leave

Paid Time Off

401(k) Plan

Medical, Dental, Vision

Short and Long Term Disability

Education Assistance

Commuter Benefits

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Qualifications

• 3+ years in software engineering or related fields.
• Experience with modern engineering practices and full-stack development.
• Ability to mentor early-career engineers.

Responsibilities

• Design, program, test, and deploy new features with high quality.
• Guide and mentor junior engineers to enhance their skills.
• Remediate issues and create proactive design solutions.

Skills

Java

Spring

SpringBoot

Microservices

REST APIs

React Native

JavaScript

Agile

CI/CD

Database Management

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science

Bachelor's in Engineering

Bachelor's in Information Technology

Tools

AWS

Jenkins

Gradle

Oracle

PostgreSQL

Job description

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Discover. A brighter future.

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.

Discover. A brighter future.

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

Responsible for oversight on design and implementation of products assigned to their team. Still needs to think things through but has their driver's license. This means they can take user stories and new features from idea to production unattended. Actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management.

Our Discover Network Fraud and Risk technology family consists of autonomous product teams responsible for designing, developing multiple products for fraud detection, case management tools transaction monitoring, portal services and implementing cutting-edge solutions. Looking for a technical engineer responsible for the build and automation of different processes to help our customer succeed.

If you are good in modern engineering practices with full stack skills, its innovative and secure cloud technology, Design, Micro services and User interfaces, have a passion for solving complex problems and skilled at building engineering skills, apply today.

How You’ll Do It

• Analyze, design, program, test, and deploy new user stories and features with high quality (security, reliability, operations) to production. Understands the software development lifecycle and leverages critical thinking skills to properly evaluate features and functionality.
• Guides early-career engineers by providing learning tasks as well as work related tasks, directs the work of emerging talent, and helps them continue to grow in their technical skillset through mentorship.
• Has an oversight on application, system, and architecture design decisions and guides team to achieve key results for products assigned to them.
• Remediates issues using engineering principles and creates proactive design solutions for potential failures to ensure high reliability of technical solutions.
• Achieves team commitments (and influence others to do the same) by using informal leadership & highly developed communication skills.
• Contributes to and leads technology communities of practice at Discover in areas of design-thinking, tools/technology, agile software development, security, architecture and/or data.
• Creates and enforces IT standards within the system/application infrastructure and compatibility with the architecture of the platform.
  
  

Qualifications You’ll Need

The Basics

• Bachelors – Computer Science, Engineering, Informatics, Information Security, Information Technology or related
• 3+ Years – Information Technology, (Software) Engineering, or related
• Internal applicants only: technical proficiency rating of competent on the Dreyfus engineering scale
  
  

Physical and Cognitive Requirements

Requirements

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.
• This job does not require the ability to transport physical objects.
• Primarily performed indoors in an office setting.
• Ability to operate office equipment such as but not limited to computer, telephone, printer, and calculator.
• Ability to communicate verbally. Ability to communicate in written form.
• No travel required.
  
  

Bonus Points If You Have

• Building applications using Java, Spring, SpringBoot, cloud/container technologies, AWS, and OCP, Microservices, and REST APIs.
• Experience with React Native (or React JS), Redux, Java script and Frontend application frameworks.
• Skilled in CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, Nexus, Gradle or similar skills.
• Experience as part of an Agile engineering or development team.
• Good understanding of object-oriented principles with an ability to write clean code, participating code reviews.
• Understanding of software testing principles, test automation and methodologies and use of frameworks such as Junit/Gatling/Cucumber etc.
• Using Database Management Systems, including Oracle, MariaDB and PostgreSQL.
• Developed cloud native applications, deployment in AWS/cloud platforms
• Good knowledge with Agile, Scrum methodology.
  
  

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 States on a full-time basis.

Application Deadline

The application window for this position is anticipated to close on Apr-30-2025. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. The posting may be available past this date, but it is not guaranteed.

Compensation

The base pay for this position generally ranges between $89,000.00 to $150,200.00. Additional incentives may be provided as part of a market competitive total compensation package. Factors, such as but not limited to, geographical location, relevant experience, education, and skill level may impact the pay for this position.

Benefits

We also offer a range of benefits and programs based on eligibility. These benefits include:

• Paid Parental Leave
• Paid Time Off
• 401(k) Plan
• Medical, Dental, Vision, & Health Savings Account
• Short and Long Term Disability, Life, and Accidental Death & Dismemberment insurances
• Recognition Program
• Education Assistance
• Commuter Benefits
• Family Support Programs
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  
  

Learn more at mydiscoverbenefits.com.

What are you waiting for? Apply today!

All Discover employees place our customers at the very center of our work. To deliver on our promises to our customers, each of us contribute every day to a culture that values compliance and risk management.

Discover is an equal opportunity employer and 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.

At Discover, we are committed to creating an inclusive and equitable workplace through our Fair Chance Hiring practices. Fair Chance Hiring means that we base our hiring decisions on an applicant’s qualifications rather than their criminal record. All our positions are subject to Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. Our applicants go through a background check, and we follow all applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Hiring Ordinance (LA County Fair Chance).

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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Financial Services, Banking, and Hospitality

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