Application Engineer (Open Banking)

Discover Financial Services • Riverwoods, IL

298d • $89,000 - $150,200 • Hybrid

About The Position

Discover. A brighter future. With us, you'll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our collaborative culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day & We Succeed Together. And we mean it — we want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world's leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine. Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Informatics, Information Security, Information Technology, or related.
• 3+ years of experience in Information Technology, (Software) Engineering, or related.
• Technical proficiency of Competent on the Dreyfus Engineer scale for internal applicants.

Nice To Haves

• Relevant hands-on experience with building highly scalable and reliable Java applications.
• Knowledge on OAUTH 2.0/OIDC framework.
• Experience with Java development on back-end, client facing application.
• Experience working with an Agile software development methodology.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented design principles.
• Self-motivated and openly challenging the team to continuously improve.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for oversight on design and implementation of products assigned to their team.
• Take user stories and new features from idea to production unattended.
• Actively manage and escalate risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management.
• Collaborate with product managers and peers to execute on a broad range of projects for the digital products that power Discover's Open Banking Platform.
• Analyze, design, code, test, and deploy new user stories and product features with high quality.
• Guide early-career engineers by providing learning tasks and directing their work.
• Remediate issues using engineering principles and create proactive design solutions for potential failures.
• Achieve team commitments through collaboration with other engineers, architects, product owners, and data scientists.
• Contribute to and lead technology communities of practice at Discover.
• Create and enforce IT standards within the system/application infrastructure.

Benefits

• Paid Parental Leave
• Paid Time Off
• 401(k) Plan
• Medical, Dental, Vision, & Health Savings Account
• Short and Long Term Disability, Life, and Accidental Death & Dismemberment insurances
• Recognition Program
• Education Assistance
• Commuter Benefits
• Family Support Programs
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree