Software Engineer II

Bank of America; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 88,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking a Software Engineer II in Chicago. This role involves developing complex software solutions while driving responsible growth and ensuring compliance with industry standards. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in application development and a relevant degree.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software development experience.
• 1+ years of Object-Oriented Programming experience.
• Strong knowledge of version control (e.g., git).

Responsibilities

• Developing and delivering complex requirements to accomplish business goals.
• Ensuring software meets functional and compliance requirements.
• Performing Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI-CD) activities.

Skills

Application Development

Automation

Collaboration

DevOps Practices

Analytical Thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Job description

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Base pay range

$88,800.00/yr - $145,000.00/yr

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

Job Description:

This job is responsible for developing and delivering complex requirements to accomplish business goals. Key responsibilities of the job include ensuring that software is developed to meet functional, non-functional and compliance requirements, coding solutions, unit testing, and ensuring the solution can be integrated successfully into the overall application/system with clear, robust, and well-tested interfaces. Job expectations include an awareness of development and testing practices in the industry.

Position Summary:

Global Technology and Operations (a division of Bank of America Merrill Lynch) seeks a software engineer to assist in the developing and supporting of a Transaction Reporting Regulatory Application across multiple jurisdictions and asset classes for OTC Derivatives and FX products. Experience in regulatory transaction reporting for CFTC, EMIR, or MiFID II is a plus.

Responsibilities:

• Codes solutions and unit test to deliver a requirement/story per the defined acceptance criteria and compliance requirements
• Utilizes multiple architectural components (across data, application, business) in design and development of client requirements
• Performs Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI-CD) activities
• Contributes to story refinement and definition of requirements
• Participates in estimating work necessary to realize a story/requirement through the delivery lifecycle
• Contributes to existing test suites (integration, regression, performance), analyze test reports, identify any test issues/errors, and triage the underlying cause
• Performs spike/proof of concept as necessary to mitigate risk or implement new ideas
• Analyze technical requirements and interpret them into code
• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code
• Work closely with lead developers and team members to implement projects
• Maintain existing code and applications to support operations
• Produce documents including design documents and class diagrams
• Perform testing with technical peers and functional end users to ensure successful launch of development projects
• L3 production support, including off-hours support when needed
• Promote quality engineering and good coding practices across the company
  
  

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or similar
• 3+ years of software development experience
• 1+ years of Object-Oriented Programming experience
• Strong knowledge of version control (i.e. git, svn, etc.)
• Testing (unit, integration, etc.), along with test automation
• Excellent written & oral communication skills
• Agile development life-cycle experience with a strong knowledge of SDLC
• Ability to problem solve, apply reason, take initiative, use judgment, and perform multiple concurrent tasks
  
  

Desirable Qualifications:

• 1+ years Python programming experience in a development facility like Quartz, SecDB or Athena
• Distributed message system design/development
• Working knowledge of Unix/Linux
• Knowledge of how to build and use RESTful APIs
  
  

Skills:

• Application Development
• Automation
• Collaboration
• DevOps Practices
• Solution Design
• Agile Practices
• Architecture
• Result Orientation
• Solution Delivery Process
• User Experience Design
• Analytical Thinking
• Data Management
• Risk Management
• Technical Strategy Development
• Test Engineering
  
  

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:

40

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Banking

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