Senior Software Engineer

Citizens; Woodbridge Township (NJ); Hybrid; USD 107,000 - 161,000; Full time

Job summary

Citizens is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to mentor a team of engineers and pursue a broad range of initiatives across consumer banking applications. You will design, develop and implement software solutions, focusing on scalable and maintainable components to drive market leadership.

In this role you will collaborate in an Agile setting, contribute to high-quality software, and leverage diverse programming languages and frontend frameworks to deliver impactful results.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software development.
• 3+ years gathering requirements and designing software solutions.
• Strong teamwork and communication skills.
• Familiarity with multiple programming languages and frontend frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design, modify, develop and implement technology solutions for consumer banking apps.
• Mentor a group of engineers and collaborate across teams in an Agile environment.
• Build scalable, maintainable software components and tools.
• Contribute insights from prior experience to design decisions.

Skills

Software development

Frontend frameworks

Communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

AWS/Azure/GCP

Job description

Description

4 Days in the office from any of our locations in Johnston RI, Iselin NJ, Westwood or Medford MA, or Phoenix AZ and couple other locations. Role is not relocation eligible. Job Title: Senior Software Engineer.

Responsibilities

As a software engineer, you will work alongside and mentor a group of talented engineers as you pursue a broad range of initiatives. By leveraging your technical skills and thirst for innovation, you will produce disruptive technologies that will ensure Citizens market leadership. As a future leader, you will work on multiple solutions spanning our consumer banking applications.

• Designing, modifying, developing and implementing technology solutions. Building modern, architecturally sound components, tools and applications to meet mission-driven strategic business goals.
• Participating in an environment rapidly transforming to the Agile methodology, adhering to best practices and collaborating effectively with your team mates.
• Designing, modifying, developing and implementing software solutions. Building modern, architecturally sound components, tools and applications to meet mission-driven strategic business goals.
• Infusing quality of service characteristics, such as scalability, manageability and maintainability, into distributed service-based framework to create or expand business or technical capabilities.
• Contributing insight from prior experiences when considering design specifications, considering the goals of the consumer-facing product.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software development, with a proven record of successfully launching commercial products
• 3+ years of experience with collecting requirements, creating software designs and developing efficient implementations
• Demonstrated ability to operate in a team environment, strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Understanding of multiple programming languages, including at least one front end framework (Angular/React/Vue), such as Python3, Java, JavaScript, Ruby, Golang, C, C++, etc.

Desired Qualifications

• Understanding of flow and orchestration systems like Flowable
• Understanding of the banking industry, specifically the functions of custodial and consumer banking
• AWS/AZURE/GCP experience
• Bash and Linux experience
• Familiarity with full-stack development
• Experience with CICD pipeline (CircleCI, Jenkins, or equivalent)
• Cloud certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect
• Understand data structure concepts such as linked lists, dictionaries, arrays, custom object creation, etc.

Education and Certifications

• Required: Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related discipline

Pay Transparency

The salary range for this position is $ 107,360 - $ 161,000 per year plus an opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus. Actual pay is based on various factors including but not limited to the work location, and relevant skills and experience. We offer competitive pay, comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, maternity/paternity leave, flexible work arrangements, education reimbursement, wellness programs and more. Note, Citizens’ paid time off policy exceeds the mandatory, paid sick or paid time-away policy of very local and state jurisdiction in the United States. For an overview of our benefits, visit https://jobs.citizensbank.com/benefits. Some job boards have started using jobseeker-reported data to estimate salary ranges for roles. If you apply and qualify for this role, a recruiter will discuss accurate pay guidance.

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.

Why Work for Us

At Citizens, you'll find a customer-centric culture built around helping our customers and giving back to our local communities. When you join our team, you are part of a supportive and collaborative workforce, with access to training and tools to accelerate your potential and maximize your career growth.

Posting End Date: 09/15/2026