Payments Tech - Java Developer

Huntington; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Wellness program

Life and disability insurance

Retirement savings plan

Paid leave programs

Paid time off (PTO)

Job summary

Huntington is seeking a Senior Programmer/Analyst with GCP experience to advance the Enterprise Payments platform. You will implement cloud-native Java backends, REST APIs, and event-driven processing while ensuring production stability and security.

You will collaborate with IS Tech Specialists, architects, and business analysts to deliver scalable, highly available payments solutions following enterprise standards and best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience with 1+ year of related work.
• Hands-on Java development with Spring Boot in cloud environments.
• Experience designing and building RESTful APIs and API gateways.
• Proficiency in GCP and IaC (Terraform) tooling and workflows.
• Experience with CI/CD, DevSecOps practices, and cloud security.
• Ability to work in Agile teams and deliver features independently.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain backend services in Java/Spring Boot.
• Design, build, test, and document RESTful APIs for payments ecosystem.
• Implement cloud-native solutions on GCP including serverless/containers.
• Leverage Apigee or GCP API Gateway for APIs and integrations.
• Participate in incidents, change management, and production support.
• Collaborate with offshore/onsite teams and adhere to Huntington standards.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

GCP

REST APIs

Terraform

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Cloud Functions

Kubernetes

Apigee/API Gateway

Education

Bachelor's Degree

1+ year related experience

Tools

Terraform

GKE

Cloud Run

Apigee

Dynatrace

Splunk

Job description

Description Programmer/Analyst-Senior Summary: We are seeking a Senior Programmer/Analyst with GCP experience to support the development and ongoing enhancement of the Enterprise Payments platform. This role focuses on implementing cloud-native solutions across a Java backend (including REST API development), supporting event-driven payment processing, and ensuring application stability in production environments. This role partners closely with IS Tech Specialists, architects, and business analysts to deliver secure, scalable, and highly available payment solutions while following established enterprise standards and best practices. The ideal candidate has strong hands‑on development skills, experience working in agile teams, and the ability to independently deliver features while escalating design decisions and complex issues to senior technical leaders as appropriate.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Analyze business and technical requirements and translate them into effective technical solutions.
• Develop and maintain back‑end services using Java (e.g., Spring Boot).
• Design, build, and version RESTful APIs, including contract-first design, documentation, and integration testing within our payment’s ecosystem.
• Demonstrate knowledge of and can deliver solutions using GCP, CLI, services and integrations.
• Design, develop, test, and maintain cloud‑native applications on GCP.
• Implement serverless and container‑based solutions using Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, and/or GKE.
• Build and maintain APIs using Apigee or GCP API Gateway.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well‑documented code following enterprise standards.
• Participate in incidents, problems, and change management processes.
• Provide production support, including scheduled on‑call rotation.
• Work with offshore/onsite teams to ensure timely and quality delivery of technical and testing artifacts, including code, design documentation, and test deliverables, while ensuring all coding and testing guidelines prescribed by HNB are consistently followed.
• Demonstrate knowledge of and can deliver solutions using DevSecOps tool chains and processes Provides assistance in solving hardware or software problems.
• Diagnoses cause of complex technical problems like performance, availability, internal and external application integrations, databases, middleware, network, etc.
• Possesses an in‑depth knowledge of and works with the technical tools available for systems development and support.
• Maintains and demonstrates knowledge of technical industry trends, particularly as they apply to Huntington.
• May assist with identifying training needs or with training of less experienced staff.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree 1+ year of related experience or qualified candidates who successfully complete Huntington’s Technical Youth training or a part of the apprenticeship training program, in lieu of related experience

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands‑on experience developing and supporting cloud‑native applications on GCP.
• Strong proficiency in Java (Spring/Spring Boot) and GCP.
• 3+ years of experience with GCP, AWS, and/or Azure
• 3+ years of experience supporting IaC automation, preferably Terraform
• 3+ years of coding/scripting experience, preferably Java Experience building and supporting secure RESTful APIs and asynchronous, event‑driven integrations (OAuth2/OIDC or similar authentication approaches preferred)
• Experience with cloud‑based technologies and multiple platform environments, including GCP, AWS, Azure, IaC/Terraform, Agile delivery, Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, Git, cloud security, IAM, and policy validation using Terraform Validator, OPA, or Rego.Experience supporting enterprise‑scale payment or financial systems.
• Knowledge of payment processing concepts (ACH, checks, debit/credit/corporate cards, Zelle, bill pay, etc.)
• Experience using monitoring tools like Dynatrace, Zenoss, Splunk, and log files to evaluate the health of mission critical production applications and to identify root causes for performance and functional issues.
• Exposure to AI‑assisted development or automation tools.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred).
• Ability to balance development and support responsibilities while partnering effectively with business segments, IT teams, vendors, and stakeholders to deliver successful outcomes.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, interpersonal, and customer service skills; self‑motivated problem solver who thrives in dynamic environments and contributes as a strong team player.
• Card product and processing experience, expense management experience, and/or Financial Services industry experience.

Exempt Status: (Yes = not eligible for overtime pay) (No = eligible for overtime pay) Yes

Workplace Type: Office

Our Approach to Office Workplace Type Certain positions outside our branch network may be eligible for a flexible work arrangement. We’re combining the best of both worlds: in‑office and work from home. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. Remote roles will also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for moments that matter. Specific work arrangements will be provided by the hiring team.

Huntington will not sponsor applicants for this position for immigration benefits, including but not limited to assisting with obtaining work permission for F‑1 students, H‑1B professionals, O‑1 workers, TN workers, E‑3 workers, among other immigration statuses. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full‑time basis.

Compensation Range: The compensation range represents the anticipated low and high end of the base compensation range for this position. Actual compensation will vary based on various factors including but not limited to location, experience, and education. Colleagues in this position are also eligible to participate in an applicable incentive compensation plan.

Huntington provides a variety of benefits to colleagues, including health insurance coverage, wellness program, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plan, paid leave programs, paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).

Huntington is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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