Senior UI Engineer (Remote)

Overview

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

About the Role : We are looking for a full-stack

Sr

Node / React

Engineer

to help design and build

Client Assist

Pages

of

our Online Banking application. The ideal candidate should have the necessary skills and experience to

provide

technical guidance, estimation of efforts,

understanding

and decide upon the

optimal

technology solution to achieve the desired business needs. You should be able to navigate differing levels of gray / unknowns, have excellent communication skills with other IT management levels, individual contributors, and business stakeholders, and be ready to provide

day to day

application support. You will 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. You must take both the short-term tactical and long-term strategic view when deciding on the best technical approach. You must be able to develop code and effectively oversee distributed development team members.

Responsibilities

Once Here You Will : Join an Agile pod of developers and automation engineers supported by a product manager and scrum

master and

collaborate with other Online Banking pods. Collaborate with Product and business owners to understand the business domain & products sufficiently to suggest best design / implementation to meet user needs with respect to functionality, performance, scalability, and reliability. Spend most of your time on the design of systems, while

maintaining

a substantial percentage of time dedicated to hands-on implementation activities. Gain a solid hands-on knowledge of our client-facing web application, our microservices, our data architecture and databases, and our internal supporting systems and how they integrate with each other. Become a subject matter expert in one or more technical environments and deliver frameworks or standards to help other engineers follow best practices. Estimate (t-shirt) large features and releases as needed. Break down large feature sets in a way that other team members can understand, lead them to a successful implementation / release, and train them to do this themselves. Drive technical designs to consensus and approval by

Architecture

Review Team. Design and develop enterprise solutions for specific business

need

that provide frameworks, interfaces and services that can be extended and reused for future requirements.

Additional Duties : Perform impact analysis of proposed changes on existing architecture, capabilities, system priorities, and technology solutions. Look for

additional

solution options or

trade-offs and

identify

cost / benefit implications

of

proposed solutions. (

e.g.

people, processes, technology, strategy, finance) Conduct group training sessions or lunch and

learns

Come up with

ideas for refreshing old processes and

work

with product manager or team

lead

to get these approved and document all updates to processes.

Identify

opportunities for refactoring and other tech debt remediation efforts throughout the code base that can be included in normal delivery activities. Leverage your extensive experience in

previous

projects to guard code quality and take opportunities to mentor junior engineers. Lend a hand in architecture and design discussions for other engineers, considering knowledge of the existing code base. Help mentor other team members in large scale feature planning. Express what you know comfortably and confidently, especially during code reviews. Drive to learn new things and go

above and beyond

the call of duty. Always work to improve yourself and constructively support the team around you. Accept feedback with eagerness to learn more. We value continued learning and development, so you will learn a lot. The above duties and responsibilities are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and are not necessarily all-inclusive.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree and

years of experience in Software Application Development and Maintenance OR High School Diploma or GED and

years of experience in Software Application Development and Maintenance

Preferred Skills :

Current contractor / contingent worker for First Citizens Bank

Knowledge of First Citizens Bank systems and processes

6+ years of Front End / UI focused Software Engineer experience

Solid experience with React 16+, Redux,

Mobx

Store Management, Node.js, Typescript, ES6, CSS3, CSS Preprocessors, Grid Layout Knowledge, Jest Test

Very well versed and practical experience with Agile / Iterative delivery methodologies

Deep love of building elegant, maintainable, well-documented, secure code – Abstracting and refactoring should be a passion, not a chore

Ability to influence the architecture and design

Ability to analyze and trouble shoot production issues

Experience

with TDD and CICD delivery.

Experience with distributed systems

and

Micro-

services

architecture.

Hands-on experience with RESTful web services, web applications, transactional databases

Experience with enterprise integration services / solutions Experience and exposure to API gateways

Experience with Jira, Confluence, Gitlab, Docker and Jenkins

Bonus points for experience with regulated financial organizations

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

If you need special assistance or an accommodation in applying for employment at First Citizens Bank, please contact our Human Resources department.