Assistant Vice President; Feature Lead- Technology

Bank of America; Plano (TX); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of America seeks a senior software engineer to lead design and implementation of enterprise Java applications. You will guide secure authentication flows, build scalable architectures, and drive automated testing within an Agile Scrum environment. Hybrid work with in-office collaboration supports innovation and career growth.

Role emphasizes security, performance, and continuous delivery, with responsibility across design, development, and release cycles in a large financial systems context.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science or related field.
• 5 years of progressive IT experience.
• Designing, automating, and maintaining large-scale, enterprise web apps using Java and Spring Boot.
• Implementing secure user authentication flows including MFA, credential maintenance, and step-up mechanisms.
• Designing test-driven automation frameworks using JAVA, SOAPUI, REST, XML, JSON.

Responsibilities

• Review designs and code to ensure adherence to best practices, security requirements, and architectural guidelines.
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, and daily stand-ups to support delivery.
• Design end-to-end architecture for scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions across complex systems.
• Coordinate end-to-end performance testing across multiple projects and release cycles.
• Design and implement automated unit test solutions to meet acceptance criteria and compliance standards.
• Build reusable components, shared libraries, and platform capabilities to accelerate development.
• Implement and integrate security modules including encryption, key management, TLS/HTTPS.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

OAuth2/OIDC

JWT

CI/CD

JUnit

TDD

Agile Scrum

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

SOAPUI

REST

XML

JSON

XML

Job description

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates' physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits. We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve. Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs. At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

Job Description:

This job is responsible for providing leadership, technical direction and oversight to a team delivering technology solutions. Key responsibilities of the job are to provide oversight of the design, implementation, and maintenance of complex computer programs, align technical solutions to business objectives, and ensure that coding practices/quality comply with software development standards. Job expectations include conducting multiple software implementations and applying both depth and breadth in knowledge of several technical competencies.

Responsibilities:

• Review design approaches and code to ensure adherence to best practices, coding standards, security requirements, and architectural guidelines.
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand ups, and iterative delivery cycles to support predictable and high-quality output.
• Work on end to end architecture design, ensuring scalable, secure, and high performing solutions across complex systems.
• Coordinate end-to-end performance testing activities across multiple projects and release cycles.
• Design and implement automated unit test solutions to deliver requirements and user stories in alignment with acceptance criteria and compliance standards.
• Build reusable components, shared libraries, and platform capabilities to accelerate development across teams.
• Implement and integrate hardware-based security modules including Symmetric/asymmetric, encryption, Key management, Digital signatures, TLS/HTTPS and certificate management to support cryptographic key management and secure system operations.
• Implement industry-standard authorization protocols to assess secure user identities using OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, JWT, FIDO2/WebAuthn.
• Engineer, optimize, and maintain CI/CD pipelines, including build automation, version control workflows, and TDD processes using Java based tooling.
• Remote work may be permitted within a commutable distance from the worksite.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Management Information Systems, Engineering (any), or related: and
• 5 years of progressively responsible experience in the job offered or a related IT occupation.
• Must have 5 years of progressively responsible experience in the job offered or a related IT occupation. Must include at least 5 years of experience in all the following:
• Designing, automating, and maintaining large scale, enterprise-wide web applications using Java and SpringBoot;
• Implementing secure user interaction flows including MFA, credential maintenance, and authentication step-up mechanisms;
• Preparing demo materials including test data, example scenarios, or small UI/backend changes for sprint reviews;
• Supporting database-related tasks such as writing simple queries, checking data integrity, or helping test database changes;
• Designing test-driven automation frameworks using JAVA, SOAPUI, REST, XML, JSON;
• Utilizing testing frameworks including JUnit to write high-coverage unit tests; and,
• Using Agile Scrum environment and participating in sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily stand ups, and iterative delivery cycles.

EMPLOYER: Bank of America N.A.

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:

40