Senior Software Engineer

First Citizens Bank; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading bank seeks a hands-on Senior Software Engineer to provide technology solutions and integration services. This remote role involves designing, developing, and maintaining core banking software, requiring a mix of technical skills and experience in distributed systems.

Qualifications

• 4 years of experience in software application development OR 8 years with High School Diploma.
• Experience with distributed systems and enterprise-level projects.
• Knowledge of payment technology solutions highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop technical solutions that meet user needs regarding functionality, performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Supervise release processes and take responsibility for software aspects within the team.
• Provide development leadership on Emerging Payments platforms.

Skills

AWS Cloud Infrastructure

Docker

OpenShift

Terraform

Node

React

Java/J2EE

Restful Webservices

SpringBoot Microservices

Agile

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering or related field

High School Diploma or GED

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Overview

We are looking for a hands-on Senior Software Engineer who provides technology solutions and integration services in following areas: Core banking, Payments & Money movement. 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. 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. Needs both short- and long-term strategic view when deciding on the best technical approach. Must be able to develop code and effectively oversee distributed development team members.

Overview

We are looking for a hands-on Senior Software Engineer who provides technology solutions and integration services in following areas: Core banking, Payments & Money movement. 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. 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. Needs both short- and long-term strategic view when deciding on the best technical approach. Must be able to develop code and effectively oversee distributed development team members.

Responsibilities

This is a remote role that may only be hired in the following location(s): AZ, GA, NC and TX

This role will be responsible for all software aspects within the team including research, design, technology insertion, development, testing and support

• Design and develop technical solutions that meet user needs with respect to functionality, performance, scalability, and reliability
• Provide development leadership (Architecture, Design, Development) on our Emerging Payments platforms
• Drive department best practices, guidelines implementation and adhere to standards
• 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.
• Drive technical designs to consensus and approval by Architecture Review Team. Design and develop enterprise solutions for specific business need that provide frameworks, interfaces and services that can be extended and reused for future requirements.
• Perform impact analysis of proposed changes on existing architecture, capabilities, system priorities, and technology solutions; looks for additional solution options or trade-offs. Identifies cost/benefit implications of proposed solutions (e.g. people, processes, technology, strategy, finance)
• Creates and maintains application architecture and related assets. Be the go-to person for development team on architecture discussions. The above duties and responsibilities are representative of the nature and level of work assigned
• Supervise release processes (some after-hours/weekend work may be required)
  
  

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

• System development experience for medium to large sized enterprise projects
• Ability to analyze and troubleshoot production issues.
• Must have Working knowledge on AWS Cloud Infrastructure, Docker, OpenShift, Terraform
• Strong proficiency and hands on experience in Design and Development of distributed systems
• Development experience with Node, React, Java/J2EE, Restful Webservices
• Experience building SpringBoot Microservices
• Preferred experience on public API development and using API Gateway like APiGEE
• File-based transfer applications (e.g. Sterling, SFTP, etc)
• Strong proficiency and hands on experience in Design and Development RDBMS architecture and performance tuning systems like Oracle/MS- SQL/SQL Server and NoSQL databases
• Worked on Agile projects and has complete knowledge of day to day Agile routines
  
  

Nice To Have

• Experience with Core Payment Technology solutions using products Zelle, Real Time Payments (TCH and/or FedNow, integration) SWIFT integration or similar platforms.
• Banking/Payments Industry knowledge with experience delivering on large modernization/transformative efforts.
  
  

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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Banking and Financial Services

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