Software Engineer III

Hobbsnews; Chandler, Northern (AZ, KY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of America is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, develop, and lead automation platforms for storage and backup infrastructure. You will mentor teams, implement scalable Python solutions, and align with enterprise architecture.

The role focuses on building secure, maintainable systems, delivering high‑quality code, and influencing engineering direction across teams in a large financial organization.

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.

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 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).
• Builds scalable APIs, backend services, and automation workflows using Python.
• Develops and maintains integrations with enterprise infrastructure, operational tooling, and management platforms.
• Designs solutions that are secure, reliable, maintainable, and operationally efficient.

Skills

Python

RESTful APIs

Distributed systems

Git

CI/CD

Linux

Analytical thinking

Communication

Tools

MongoDB

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:

408 years experience