Principal Software Engineer

Citizens Bank; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Citizens Financial Group, Inc. in Phoenix, AZ is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to design, build, and optimize IT solutions for our banking operations. You will work on modern, scalable components and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

You will rely on Java, Python, JavaScript, Golang, and front-end frameworks, mentor junior engineers, and help drive best practices in security and reliability for critical systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering or related field and 6 years of progressive software development experience in financial services.
• 6 years of experience with the listed programming languages, frameworks, and cloud services.
• Experience building secure, scalable, data-driven software for banking or financial services environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop, modify, and implement IT solutions and computer applications software to support our banking operations.
• Build modern, architecturally sound components, tools, and applications to meet mission-driven strategic business goals.
• Ensure security, scalability, manageability, and maintainability of a distributed service-based framework.
• Participate in adopting Agile methodology and adhering to best practices with stakeholders.
• Collaborate and contribute insight to solution design ideation, ensuring product success and adherence to enterprise architecture principles.
• Design, modify, and implement software solutions.
• Apply industry best practices to evaluate, correct, and prevent vulnerabilities during the software development process.
• Continuously monitor and enhance application performance, ensuring minimal latency and high availability for critical banking operations.
• Guide junior engineers and contribute to team development through code reviews, technical workshops, and best-practice advocacy.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and champion initiatives that enhance productivity and customer experience.
• Maintain comprehensive technical documentation and contribute to knowledge-sharing across teams.

Skills

Python3

Java

JavaScript

Golang

Angular

React

Front-end frameworks

Big data analysis

Data structures concepts

AWS

Azure

CI/CD (Jenkins)

Bash

Linux

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

Jenkins

Job description

Description

Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (CFG) seeks a Principal Software Engineer for its Phoenix, Arizona location.

Responsibilities

• Develop, create, modify, and implement IT solutions and computer applications software to support our banking operations.
• Build modern, architecturally sound components, tools, and applications to meet mission-driven strategic business goals.
• Ensure implementation of quality of service characteristics including security, scalability, manageability, and maintainability of a distributed service-based framework to create or expand business and technical capabilities.
• Participate in adopting Agile methodology and adhering to best practices and collaborating with stakeholders.
• Collaborate and contribute insight to solution design ideation, ensuring the success of the product and adherence to enterprise architecture principles.
• Design, modify, and implement software solutions.
• Apply industry best practices to evaluate, correct, and prevent vulnerabilities during the software development process.
• Continuously monitor and enhance application performance, ensuring minimal latency and high availability for critical banking operations.
• Guide junior engineers and contribute to team development through code reviews, technical workshops, and best practice advocacy.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and champion initiatives that enhance productivity and customer experience.
• Maintain comprehensive technical documentation and contribute to knowledge-sharing initiatives across teams.

Qualifications

Requires a Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, or related field and 6 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience as a Software Engineer, Computer Programmer, or related position involving software development for the financial services industry.

Must have 6 years of experience with the following skills:

• Querying, analyzing, and managing big data;
• Utilizing Python3, Java, JavaScript, Golang, and Angular, React, and front end frameworks;
• Applying knowledge of data structure concepts including linked lists, dictionaries, arrays, and custom object creation;
• Managing sensitive assets with AWS and Azure;
• CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins;
• Utilizing Bash and Linux; and
• Utilizing React.

May telecommute 1 day per week.

Worksite: 645 E Missouri Avneue, Phoenix, AZ 85012 United States, 40 hrs/wk. EO employer.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Citizens, its parent, subsidiaries, and related companies (Citizens) provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, citizenship, physical or mental disability, perceived disability or history or record of a disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, genetic characteristic, marital or domestic partner status, victim of domestic violence, family status/parenthood, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, pregnancy/childbirth/lactation, colleague’s or a dependent’s reproductive health decision making, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by federal, state and/or local laws. At Citizens, we are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that enables all colleagues to bring their best selves to work every day and everyone is expected to be treated with respect and professionalism. Employment decisions are based solely on merit, qualifications, performance and capability.