Software Engineer III - Java Springboot Developer

Bank of America; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 103,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of America in Jersey City, NJ is seeking a senior software engineer to develop and deliver complex Java applications and microservices using Spring Boot. You will design and implement scalable backend services and participate in architecture reviews.

The role emphasizes CI/CD practices, event-driven architectures with Apache Kafka, and performance optimization of SQL queries for high-throughput systems. A strong focus on reliability and teamwork is expected.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant work experience.
• Strong hands-on Java development with Spring Boot and REST.
• Experience with Apache Kafka and SQL.
• Experience with CI/CD, Git, and modern tooling.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Codes solutions and unit tests per acceptance criteria.
• Designs, develops, and modifies architecture components and interfaces.
• Mentors engineers on CI/CD practices and tool stacks.
• Refines stories and estimates work for delivery lifecycle.
• Develops enterprise-grade Java applications and microservices with Spring Boot.
• Develops event-driven apps using Apache Kafka and integrates with downstream systems.
• Analyzes and optimizes SQL queries for performance.
• Troubleshoots issues across app, messaging, and DB layers; performs root-cause analysis.
• Writes clean, tested code and participates in code reviews.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Kafka

SQL

REST APIs

Distributed systems

Multithreading

Automated testing

CI/CD

Git

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Jenkins

Maven/Gradle

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 and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits.

We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs.

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, 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.

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)


• Design, develop, test, and maintain enterprise-grade Java applications and microservices using Java and Spring Boot.


• Develop and support event-driven applications using Apache Kafka , including producers, consumers, message processing, error handling, and integration with downstream systems.


• Analyze and optimize SQL queries and application-to-database interactions to improve overall application performance.


• Develop applications with a strong focus on performance, scalability, resiliency, availability, and fault tolerance.


• Troubleshoot complex application and production issues across the application, messaging, and database layers and perform effective root-cause analysis.


• Write clean, reusable, well-tested code using appropriate unit, integration, and automated testing practices.


• Participate in code reviews, technical design discussions, and architecture reviews , providing recommendations on implementation approaches.


• Work closely with product owners, business analysts, architects, QA engineers, infrastructure teams, and other developers to deliver end-to-end solutions.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of relevant work experience


• Proficiency in programming language(s) required for the role


• Strong hands-on software development experience using Java, with solid knowledge of object-oriented programming, data structures, design patterns, and software engineering principles.


• Strong experience developing Spring Boot applications, REST APIs, and microservices.


• Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka or similar event-driven messaging technologies, including producers, consumers, and message processing.


• Strong experience working with SQL databases, including writing and optimizing SQL queries and integrating databases with Java applications.


• Experience designing and developing scalable, reliable, and highly available backend applications.


• Strong understanding of RESTful services, distributed systems, and service-to-service integration.


• Experience with multithreading, concurrency, exception handling, and performance considerations in Java applications.


• Experience with automated testing, including unit and integration testing.


• Familiarity with Git, CI/CD pipelines, build tools, and standard software development practices.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience developing or supporting low-latency, high-throughput, or real-time processing systems.


• Experience with performance tuning and optimization of Java/Spring Boot applications.


• Experience analyzing and optimizing JVM, memory, threading, database, and messaging performance.


• Experience working with high-volume transactional or event-driven applications.


• Familiarity with application monitoring, observability, logging, and performance-analysis tools.


• Experience designing applications for resiliency, fault tolerance, recovery, and high availability.

Skills:

• Application Development


• Automation


• Influence


• Solution Design


• Technical Strategy Development


• Architecture


• Business Acumen


• DevOps Practices


• Result Orientation


• Solution Delivery Process


• Analytical Thinking


• Collaboration


• Data Management


• Risk Management


• Test Engineering

Minimum Education Requirement:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:

40

Pay Transparency details

US - NJ - Jersey City - 101 Hudson St - 101 Hudson (NJ2101)

Pay and benefits information

Pay range

$102,900.00 - $179,900.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.

Discretionary incentive eligible

This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.

Benefits

This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.