Senior Software Engineer - Java (Remote)

Overview

This is a remote role that may only be hired in the following location(s) : AZ, FL, GA, NC and TX.

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a division of First Citizens Bank, is the bank of the world’s most innovative companies and investors.

We are looking for a hands-on Senior Software Engineer to join our growing SVB Go Online Banking delivery team, which provides technology solutions and integration services in following areas : Digital Banking, Core banking, Credit / Charge / Debit Cards, and Foreign Exchange. The ideal candidate should have the necessary skills and experience to provide technical guidance, estimation of efforts, understanding and deciding upon the optimal technology solution to achieve the desired business needs, day to day application support, should be able to navigate differing levels of gray / unknowns, and have excellent communication skills with other IT management levels, individual contributors and business stakeholders.  They must be able to move at a rapid rate of execution to deliver requests and take advantage of any opportunities as they present themselves and navigate through any resource constraints. They must have both the short- and long-term strategic view when deciding on the best technical approach.  They must be able to develop code and effectively oversee distributed development team members.

Responsibilities

As a Sr. Software Engineer, primary responsibility will be towards the development and support of Digital Banking solutions / projects. The Senior Software Engineer will be responsible for all software aspects within the team including research, design, technology insertion, development, testing and supporting them.

Responsibilities

Design and develop technical solutions that meet user needs with respect to functionality, performance, scalability, and reliability.

Oversee proactive maintenance on our existing Iaas / SaaS and on-premise applications within the Digital Banking, Mobile and integrating with Cards, Merchant Services, Payments, Foreign Exchange, Core banking and Trade Finance space to ensure our mission critical systems remain stable, are able to scale as our business grows, and remain fit-for-purpose.

Coordinate and assist with troubleshooting of code defects, data errors and configuration problems to determine the origin of application error.

Strong experience in supporting Business critical / complex applications.

Exercises Judgement within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.

Nice to have technical lead experience for small to medium sized projects.

Drive departmental best practices, guidelines implementation and adhere to standards.

Demonstrated expertise in designing and developing real-time integrations, file-based integrations and be able to optimize the use of database level processing.

Empathy with developers. Innate desire to create a superlative developer experience down to the last detail.

Deep love of building elegant, maintainable, well-documented, secure code.

Abstracting and refactoring should be a passion, not a chore.

Drive to learn new things and go above and beyond the call of duty.

Always working to improve yourself and constructively support the team around you.

May mentor junior engineers and contribute to the team's technical growth.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree and 4+ years of experience in Application software programming OR High School Diploma or GED and 8+ years of experience in Application software programming

Preferred Skills

Excellent ability to communicate technical information clearly and work effectively with cross-functional teams

Strong design & development experience with Java EE & Enterprise Technologies : JMS, JDBC, Web development, Transactions, WS-

• , JVM, JSP, Servlets, EJB, JNDI, JMX, JTA, Spring, JUnit, Hibernate

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Experience building SpringBoot Microservices

Experience building applications using container architecture with Kubernetes orchestration

Preferred experience on public API development and using API Gateway like APIGEE

In-depth understanding of JavaScript, including ES6+ features, Loopback, closures and asynchronous programming

Worked on Agile projects and has complete knowledge of day to day Agile routines

Proven experience in building user interfaces with React.js

Familiarity with state management libraries like Redux or MobX

Understanding of the React component lifecycle and its best practices

Experience with testing frameworks like Jest or Mocha

Ability to interact with REST APIs and handle data fetching and manipulation

Proficient in using GITLAB for version control

Experience with Jira, Confluence and ORACLE Database systems

Understanding of basic UI / UX design principles

Prior experience with regulated financial organization is a plus

Benefits are an integral part of total rewards and First Citizens Bank is committed to providing a competitive, thoughtfully designed and quality benefits program to meet the needs of our associates. More information can be found at https : / / jobs.firstcitizens.com / benefits.

Company Description :

Founded in 1898 and headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., First Citizens Bank serves customers in 18 states and the District of Columbia. For over 100 years, customers have trusted First Citizens with their money … and their futures. Today, First Citizens is the largest family-controlled bank in the nation and the sixth-largest bank franchise headquartered in the Southeast with more than $30 billion in assets. We employ more than 6,000 associates who are focused on helping our customers achieve a lifetime of success. First Citizens operates more than 570 branches in Arizona, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, New Mexico, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia.

First Citizens Bank. Forever First®. Member FDIC.

Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer / Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran

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