Principal Application Engineer (Python)

Discover; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 107,000 - 181,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company where you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact from day one. This role involves overseeing the design and implementation of innovative products and features within a collaborative team environment. You'll work closely with engineers and product owners, driving the technical direction and ensuring high-quality solutions. With a focus on data engineering, you'll help shape the future of digital banking and payments, contributing to a culture that values compliance and risk management. If you're ready to advance your career and be part of a team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Paid Parental Leave

Paid Time Off

401(k) Plan

Medical, Dental, Vision

Short and Long Term Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Recognition Program

Education Assistance

Commuter Benefits

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in IT or Software Engineering required.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field is essential.

Responsibilities

• Oversee design and implementation of products and features.
• Collaborate with teams to finalize requirements and interfaces.
• Manage risks and customer-impacting issues effectively.

Skills

Information Technology

Software Engineering

Collaboration

Problem Solving

Technical Proficiency

Agile Methodologies

Data Engineering

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Bachelor's Degree in Information Security

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology

Tools

Python

Java

AWS

Kubernetes

Snowflake

Jenkins

DataDog

ElasticSearch

Job description

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 and features capabilities assigned to their team.
• Work on POCs to identify possible solutions and recommend the best solution based on architecture design decisions and tradeoffs.
• Collaborate with other teams and product owners to finalize the requirements and interfaces between applications.
• Work with other engineers on the team to drive the implementation and testing efforts to guide them to achieve key results for products assigned to them.
• Actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management.
• The Data and Analytics Engineering organization is responsible for building the data ecosystem of Discover across all Lines of Business. This involves a range of applications that allow for data curation, ingestion, empower large scale ELT transactions and data egress.
• On a day-to-day basis, you'll be part of a small, close-knit team of engineers that are agile, driven and highly collaborative. You'll help analyze application performance trends, propose ideas and solutions during sprint planning with your team, implement big ideas and then measure the results. Engineers on our team have moved on to bigger roles within Discover and are influencing decision making at various levels.
• Our team is responsible for architecting and building the platform that empowers Data Engineering. The platform we are creating directly impacts the quality of data that is available to build models and campaigns. The team focuses on the automation of code generation and deployment across various platforms, trying to figure out the best way to interact with disparate systems and maintain optimum performance.

How You'll Do It

• Achieves team commitments (and influence others to do the same) through collaboration with other engineers, architects, product owners and chapter leads.
• Creates and enforces IT standards within the system/application infrastructure and compatibility with the architecture of the platform.
• 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.
• Achieves team commitments (and influence others to do the same) through collaboration with other engineers, architects, product owners and chapter leads.
• 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 Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Informatics, Information Security, Information Technology, or related
• 6+ years of experience in Information Technology, (Software) Engineering, or related
• Internal applicants only: technical proficiency rating of Proficient on the Dreyfus Engineering scale.

Physical & Cognitive Requirements

• 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, telephone, printer, and calculator.
• Ability to communicate verbally; Ability to communicate in written form.

Bonus Points If You Have

• Python, FastApi, PyTest and the python ecosystem
• Java, SpringBoot and OOPS Concepts
• Experience with AWS components such as DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, SSM
• Experience with Kubernetes and familiarity with application build deployment concepts
• Experience with using Snowflake and ETL optimization practices.
• Experience with CICD Tools such as Jenkins and code management software such as Nexus, SonarQube
• Backend API development experience
• Experience with Microservices and tools like DataDog/ElasticSearch for APM.
• Datawarehouse Design and Concepts
• Experience with building Platform applications
• Familiarity with Agile Development methodologies like Scrum

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.
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Application Deadline:
The application window for this position is anticipated to close on Apr-15-2025. 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 $107,000.00 to $180,200.00. 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.
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