Software Engineer lll

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

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary incentive

Benefits eligible

Job summary

Bank of America is seeking a Tech Lead to drive end-to-end design, engineering, and maturation of the GBP strategic payments tracking and observability platform. You will focus on .NET services and data pipelines ingesting, enriching, and correlating payment events at scale.

The role requires strong C#/.NET and ASP.NET Core expertise, Python for data processing, SQL and MongoDB proficiency, and experience with streaming pipelines (Kafka).

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in C#/.NET and ASP.NET Core for scalable backend services.
• Hands-on Python for data processing and automation scripting.
• Deep SQL knowledge for large relational databases and query optimization.
• Experience with MongoDB and schema design for document data models.
• Proven data engineering with batch and streaming pipelines (Kafka).

Responsibilities

• Codes C#/.NET solutions and unit tests to meet acceptance criteria.
• Designs and evolves architecture components and interfaces while preserving architectural integrity.
• Builds and maintains batch and streaming pipelines for payment data across systems.
• Mentors engineers and promotes CI/CD practices and automation tooling.
• Executes requirements gathering, estimation, and spike/proof of concept when needed.
• Automates release activities and maintains automated test suites.

Skills

C#/.NET backend

Python data processing

SQL data modeling

React frontend

Microservices architecture

Observability & fault tolerance

CI/CD practices

Data modeling

Problem solving

Team mentorship

Tools

MongoDB

Kafka

ASP.NET Core

React

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 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.

• Tech Lead is responsible for the end-to-end design, engineering, and maturation of the GBP strategic payments tracking and observability tool, with a focus on .NET services and the data engineering pipelines that ingest, enrich, and correlate payment events at scale.

Responsibilities:

• Codes solutions in C#/.NET 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

• Designs, builds, and maintains batch and streaming data pipelines that ingest, transform, and correlate payment lifecycle data from multiple upstream systems, ensuring data quality, lineage, and timeliness

• 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), including data validation and reconciliation checks

Required Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in C# and modern .NET (including ASP.NET Core) with experience building scalable, high performance backend services and APIs
• Hands on experience with Python for data processing, ETL/ELT, automation, and integration scripting
• Deep understanding of SQL with ability to design, optimise, and query large, complex relational databases
• Experience working with MongoDB including schema design, performance tuning, and document oriented data modelling
• Proven data engineering experience designing and operating batch and streaming pipelines (e.g. Kafka), including data modelling, data quality controls, and lineage
• Strong capability in modern frontend development using React, including reusable component design and API integration
• Solid understanding of microservices architectures, API design, and distributed systems patterns
• Experience building and maintaining enterprise grade platforms with high throughput and reliability requirements
• Ability to design resilient systems with appropriate error handling, observability, and fault tolerance
• Strong debugging and problem solving skills across complex integrated systems
• Experience delivering technical roadmaps, setting engineering standards, and guiding development best practices

Skills:

• Application Development
• .NET Development
• Automation
• Influence
• Solution Design
• Technical Strategy Development
• Architecture
• Business Acumen
• DevOps Practices
• Result Orientation
• Solution Delivery Process
• Analytical Thinking
• Collaboration
• Data Engineering
• Data Management

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.