Software Engineer III

Bank of America; Chandler (AZ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of America is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, develop, and lead automation platforms for enterprise storage and backup infrastructure. You will build scalable APIs and backend services using Python, mentor teams, and drive engineering excellence across delivery lifecycles.

The role emphasizes architecture, maintainability, and secure, reliable solutions, collaborating with infra, operations, and business stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Expert-level proficiency in Python and RESTful API design.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, OO design, and distributed systems.
• Experience leading technical initiatives and mentoring other engineers.
• Experience with Linux-based environments and modern development workflows.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing practices.

Responsibilities

• Codes solutions and unit tests to deliver a story per acceptance criteria and compliance.
• Designs, develops, and modifies architecture components and interfaces.
• Mentors engineers and coaches CI/CD practices and automation tooling.
• Estimates work and refines requirements through the delivery lifecycle.
• Performs spike/proof of concept to mitigate risk or explore ideas.
• Automates manual release activities and maintains automated test suites.

Skills

Python

REST APIs

Software Architecture

CI/CD

Linux

Git

Mentoring

Go (Golang)

AI Assisted Development

MongoDB

Tools

MongoDB

Git

CI/CD tooling

Job description

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! 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, and solutions are well designed with maintainability/ease of integration and testing built-in from the outset. Job expectations include a strong knowledge of development and testing practices common to the industry and design and architectural patterns. We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to design, develop, and lead the next generation of automation solutions supporting enterprise storage and backup infrastructure. This role combines deep software engineering expertise with technical leadership responsibilities and is ideal for an engineer who enjoys solving large-scale infrastructure challenges while mentoring others and driving engineering excellence. The successful candidate will play a key role in designing and delivering automation platforms that simplify infrastructure provisioning, configuration, operational management, and self-service capabilities for internal customers. The role requires a strong Python development background, experience with modern software engineering practices, and the ability to collaborate effectively with infrastructure engineers, operations teams, architects, and business stakeholders. As a senior member of the team, this individual is expected to provide technical leadership, influence architectural decisions, promote engineering best practices, and help guide the team's technical direction.

Responsibilities:

• Codes solutions and unit test to deliver a requirement/story per the defined acceptance criteria and compliance requirements
• Designs, develops, and modifies architecture components, application interfaces, and solution enablers while ensuring principal architecture integrity is maintained
• Mentors other software engineers and coach team on Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI-CD) practices and automating tool stack
• Executes story refinement, definition of requirements, and estimating work necessary to realize a story through the delivery lifecycle
• Performs spike/proof of concept as necessary to mitigate risk or implement new ideas
• Automates manual release activities
• Designs, develops, and maintains automated test suites (integration, regression, performance)

Key Responsibilities

• Software Development Architecture Design, develop, test, and maintain automation platforms and services used to manage enterprise storage and backup environments
• Build scalable APIs, backend services, and automation workflows using Python
• Develop and maintain integrations with enterprise infrastructure, operational tooling, and management platforms
• Design solutions that are secure, reliable, maintainable, and operationally efficient
• Create reusable frameworks and components that accelerate automation delivery across the organization

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Expert-level proficiency in Python
• Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and backend services
• Strong understanding of software architecture, object-oriented design, and distributed systems
• Experience with MongoDB or other NoSQL database technologies
• Experience working with Linux-based environments
• Strong experience with source control systems such as Git and modern development workflows
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing practices
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and initiatives simultaneously
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives and influence outcomes across teams
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or similar platforms in professional software development workflows

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience developing software in Go (Golang)
• Experience with enterprise storage technologies (NetApp, Dell, Pure Storage, IBM, or similar platforms)
• Experience with enterprise backup technologies such as Cohesity, Commvault, Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup, or similar solutions
• Experience building automation for infrastructure management and operations
• Experience developing internal self-service platforms and service catalogs
• Familiarity with event-driven and microservice-based architectures
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and configuration management tools
• Knowledge of enterprise security, authentication, authorization, and compliance requirements
• Experience working in highly regulated or large-scale enterprise environments

Skills:

• Application Development
• Automation
• Influence
• Solution Design
• Technical Strategy Development
• Architecture
• Business Acumen
• DevOps Practices
• Result Orientation
• Solution Delivery
• Process
• Python
• MongoDB

Shift: 1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week: 40

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At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We're devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being. Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization. Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us! Partnering Locally Learn about some of the ways Bank of America is making a difference in the communities we serve. Global Impact Learn about the six areas that guide Bank of America's efforts to help make financial lives better for customers, clients, communities and our teammates. Opportunity and Inclusion Each employee brings unique skills, background and opinions. We see opportunity and inclusion as our platform for innovation and a key component in our success. Our Values Learn about our four values that represent what we believe. Pay Transparency: https://careers.bankofamerica.com/en-us/pay-transparency