Senior Java Engineer

First Citizens Bank; Scottsdale (AZ); Remote; USD 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Sr Software Engineer to join their Corporate Credit Card delivery team. This remote role offers the opportunity to work with a highly engaged team, developing innovative technology solutions that drive success in Corporate Credit Cards and Merchant Services. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software development, particularly in Java and related frameworks, and a knack for leading teams to successful project completions. Join a dynamic environment where your contributions will make a significant impact on the future of banking technology!

Qualifications

• 4+ years of software application development experience.
• Experience leading development teams and mentoring junior developers.

Responsibilities

• Lead SCRUM Agile development teams and oversee software development.
• Design and develop technical solutions to meet user needs.

Skills

Java 11+

Standard Design Patterns

Object-Oriented Design/Analysis

Spring Framework

REST APIs

Unit Testing

Git

Automation Testing

React UI Development

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Postman

Docker

Kubernetes

GitLab

Job description

Overview

This is a remote role that may be hired in several markets across the United States.

We are looking for a hands-on Sr Software Engineer to join our growing Corporate Credit Card delivery team, which provides technology solutions and integration services in following areas: Corporate Credit Cards, Credit Card Risk Underwriting, Credit Card Portfolio Management, and Merchant Services.

We have a highly engaged team of engineers and are driving a new custom developed platform and implementing automated testing on all newly developed projects. Come join us as part of this exciting space where you can dig in the details with other developers and the business, as well as have fun sharpening your technical skills and designing solutions for problems that don't yet have answers. We are looking for people who have a passion for development and leading teams.

The ideal candidate is a seasoned software developer with a history of operating in large enterprise environment. Banking experience is preferred, but not necessary. This individual would have tangible examples of how they have led development teams to successful deployments, coached and mentored junior developers, and have contributed to enterprise level design of a system(s). They will also be able to clearly communicate and express complex ideas not only with development team members, but also business product owners, while establishing a working relationship built on trust through delivery.

Responsibilities

The Sr Software Engineer will be responsible for all software aspects within the team including research, design, technology insertion, development, testing and support.

• Lead SCRUM Agile development teams
• Partner with architects and solution engineers to design and develop technical solutions that meet user needs with respect to functionality, performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Oversee proactive maintenance on our existing Iaas/SaaS and on premise applications within the Digital, Cards, Risk, and Merchant Services to ensure our mission critical systems remain stable, are able to scale as our business grows, and remain fit-for-purpose.
• Coordinate and assist with troubleshooting of code defects, data errors and configuration problems to determine the origin of application error.
• Know how to support Business critical/ complex applications.
• Exercises Judgement within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
• Drive departmental best practices, guidelines implementation and adhere to standards.
• Show expertise in designing and developing real-time integrations, file-based integrations and be able to optimize the use of database level processing.
• Demonstrate empathy with developer and poses an innate desire to create a superlative developer experience down to the last detail.
• Have a deep love of building elegant, maintainable, well-documented, secure code.
• Always work to improve oneself and constructively support the team around them.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree and 4 years of experience in Software application development and maintenance OR High School Diploma or GED and 8 years of experience in Software application development and maintenance

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of FCB Systems and Processes
• Strong knowledge and experience with Java 11+
• Strong knowledge and experience with Standard Design Patterns such as Factories, Command, Facade, Adapter, and more.
• Strong knowledge and experience with OOD/OOA
• Strong knowledge and experience with Spring and Spring Boot frameworks
• Strong knowledge and experience with REST and APIs
• Strong knowledge and experience with Unit Test and Mocking frameworks
• Strong knowledge and experience with git
• Basic knowledge and experience with Postman
• Basic knowledge and experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Basic knowledge and experience with Scrum and Agile
• Basic knowledge and experience with wikis

Preferred Experience

• Automation Testing
• React UI Development
• Gitlab Pipeline Development
• Experience leading development teams

This job posting is expected to remain active for 14 days from the initial posting date listed above. If it is necessary to extend this deadline, the posting will remain active as appropriate. Job postings may come down early due to business need or a high volume of applicants.

The base pay for this position is generally between $95,000 and $150,000. Actual starting base pay will be determined based on skills, experience, location, and other non-discriminatory factors permitted by law. For some roles, total compensation may also include variable incentives, bonuses, benefits, and/or other awards as outlined in the offer of employment.

Benefits are an integral part of total rewards and First Citizens Bank is committed to providing a competitive, thoughtfully designed and quality benefits program to meet the needs of our associates. More information can be found at https://jobs.firstcitizens.com/benefits.

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