Senior Java Engineer (Remote)

First Citizens Bank; Arizona; On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits program

Career growth opportunities

Flexible working environment

Job summary

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for a remote role supporting Digital Banking solutions. Key responsibilities include designing technical solutions, maintaining applications, mentoring junior engineers, and driving best practices. Candidates should have a Bachelor's Degree and at least 4 years of experience in software application development or 8 years with a high school diploma. Preferred skills include Java, React.js, SpringBoot, and Agile methodologies.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in software application development and maintenance with a Bachelor's or 8 years with a Diploma.
• Ability to communicate technical information clearly and work with cross-functional teams.
• Experience in developing real-time integrations and optimizing database processing.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop technical solutions that meet user needs.
• Oversee maintenance of key applications in Digital Banking.
• Coordinate troubleshooting efforts for application errors.

Skills

JEE & Enterprise Technologies

Agile methodologies

JavaScript (ES6+)

SpringBoot Microservices

React.js

Container architecture with Kubernetes

REST APIs

GitLab

Jira

Oracle Database

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

JUnit

Hibernate

APIGEE

Redux or MobX

Jest or Mocha

Job description

Overview

This is a remote role that may only be hired in the following location(s): AZ, NC, and TX. We are looking for a hands‑on Senior Software Engineer to join our growing Online Banking delivery team, which provides technology solutions and integration services in the following areas: Digital Banking, Core banking, Credit/Charge/Debit Cards, and Foreign Exchange. The ideal candidate should have the necessary skills and experience to provide technical guidance, estimation of efforts, understanding and deciding upon the optimal technology solution to achieve the desired business needs, day‑to‑day application support, should be able to navigate differing levels of gray/unknowns, and have excellent communication skills with other IT management levels, individual contributors and business stakeholders. They must be able to move at a rapid rate of execution to deliver requests and take advantage of any opportunities as they present themselves and navigate through any resource constraints. They must have both the short‑ and long‑term strategic view when deciding on the best technical approach. They must be able to develop code and effectively oversee distributed development team members.

As a Sr. Software Engineer, primary responsibility will be towards the development and support of Digital Banking solutions/projects. The Senior Software Engineer will be responsible for all software aspects within the team including research, design, technology insertion, development, testing and supporting.

Responsibilities

• 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 Banking, Mobile and integrating with Cards, Merchant Services, Payments, Foreign Exchange, Core banking and Trade Finance space 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.
• Strong experience in supporting Business critical/ complex applications.
• Exercise judgement within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
• Nice to have technical lead experience for small to medium sized projects.
• Drive departmental best practices, guidelines implementation and adhere to standards.
• Demonstrated expertise in designing and developing real‑time integrations, file‑based integrations and be able to optimize the use of database level processing.
• Empathy with developers. Innate desire to create a superlative developer experience down to the last detail.
• Deep love of building elegant, maintainable, well‑documented, secure code.
• Abstracting and refactoring should be a passion, not a chore.
• Drive to learn new things and go above and beyond the call of duty.
• Always working to improve yourself and constructively support the team around you.
• May mentor junior engineers and contribute to the team’s technical growth.

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 Skills

• Excellent ability to communicate technical information clearly and work effectively with cross‑functional teams.
• Strong design & development experience with JEE & Enterprise Technologies: JMS, JDBC, Web development, Transactions, WS-*, JVM, JSP, Servlets, EJB, JNDI, JMX, JTA, Spring, JUnit, Hibernate.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Experience building SpringBoot Microservices.
• Experience building applications using container architecture with Kubernetes orchestration.
• Preferred experience on public API development and using API Gateway like APIGEE.
• In‑depth understanding of JavaScript, including ES6+ features, Loopback, closures and asynchronous programming.
• Worked on Agile projects and has complete knowledge of day‑to‑day Agile routines.
• Proven experience in building user interfaces with React.js.
• Familiarity with state‑management libraries like Redux or MobX.
• Understanding of the React component lifecycle and its best practices.
• Experience with testing frameworks like Jest or Mocha.
• Ability to interact with REST APIs and handle data fetching and manipulation.
• Proficient in using GitLab for version control.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence and Oracle Database systems.
• Understanding of basic UI/UX design principles.
• Prior experience with regulated financial organization is a plus.

Benefits

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.