Developer (Payments)

Navy Federal•Pensacola, FL

50d

About The Position

The Developer will oversee the design, development, testing, and deployment of Digital Payments products and features working in collaboration with architecture, platform, product, operations, and business teams to accelerate the delivery of innovative money movement solutions and capabilities aligned with member-centric business initiatives and corporate strategies. This role ensures adherence to SDLC, operational, architectural, and security standards, and provides technical guidance to both leadership and less-experienced team members. The Developer specializes in delivering cloud-based compute services and applications, requires extensive knowledge of integration technologies, and works independently on complex projects. Familiarity with Navy Federal's core banking platform, payment products, cloud, and platform strategy is preferred.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, or a related degree, or an equivalent combination of training, education, and experience
Significant experience in one or more of the following disciplines: systems engineering, software engineering, technology management
Significant experience with object-oriented programming languages with specific emphasis on Java / J2EE
Significant experience developing web services using spring boot and other, microservices, APIs using REST and SOAP architecture patterns.
Significant experience in Event driven Architecture using Kafka, Confluence , Apache Flink and Event Streaming.
Significant experience developing and deploying applications to private, public, and hybrid cloud infrastructure (e.g., Azure)
Advanced experience with enterprise cloud data platforms (e.g., Azure SQL, Azure Cosmos, Azure Data Lake)
Advanced experience and knowledge of Continuous Integration & Delivery practices and tools.
Strong experience in database skills.
Advanced knowledge and experience of software development practices including defining, developing, testing, and implementing system requirements; designing, coding, debugging applications deployed to on-prem and cloud platform environments
Advanced knowledge of engineering principles, practices, theories, and methods to identify and solve complex problems and perform sophisticated analyses
Advanced knowledge and understanding of the end-to-end IT process, including architecture, design & engineering, implementation, and operations
Significant experience in developing scripts or applications to automate system/application deployment, configuration, or management
Advanced experience with Agile software development practices
Advanced knowledge of the product management lifecycle
Advanced skill troubleshooting and resolving technical problems
Advanced skill in systems analysis, workflow, and procedural analysis
Advanced skill applying innovative approaches to solve technical design issues
Advanced skill influencing and guiding strategic thinking
Advanced skill resolving conflicting requests and meeting changing requirements
Advanced skill designing and deploying new, upgraded and/or existing systems
Advanced skill analyzing and organizing problems or work processes for technical solutions
Advanced problem solving, collaboration, critical thinking, team building, and presentation skills
Advanced skill applying innovative approaches to solve technical design issues
Expert verbal and written communication skills
Expert organizational, planning and time management skills
Advanced database and presentation software skills
Advanced research, analytical, and problem-solving skills
Experience working with all levels of staff, management, stakeholders, vendors
Significant experience leading, guiding, and mentoring others
Self-motivated and proactive, able to learn quickly and apply new concepts, tools, and applications
Demonstrated ability to solve complex system/integration problems through innovative solutions

Nice To Haves

Advanced knowledge of financial/banking industry standards, open banking standards, regulations, and practices
Advanced knowledge of Navy Federal products, services, programs, policies, and procedures
Advanced knowledge and experience implementing and/or supporting payment processing systems (e.g., Real-Time Payments, FedNow, International Payments, Zelle, ACH, Wires).

Responsibilities

Collaborate with Technical Product Owner / Manager, Project Manager, and Scrum Master to lead the planning and delivery of products and features
Collaborate with architects, engineers, and developers to analyze, define, and document the technical design for logical processes, workflows, system integrations, data, system environment, internal / external controls
Perform analysis of technical challenges and advise team on mitigation and corrective action
Maintain the product backlog including business and technical requirements in collaboration with developers, architects, Scrum Master, and business product owner
Drive definition of technical enablers and non-functional requirements
Perform peer design and code reviews; provide guidance on standards and best practices
Develop implementation plans, coordinate with dependent teams, and drive the release and change management processes
Manage the Continuous Integration & Delivery pipeline and toolchain
Troubleshoot build / deployment, system, and application issues
Oversee resolution of system and application defects
Maintain and monitor systems, applications, services post-implementation
Develop and maintain product documentation
Develop in-depth domain knowledge of products, platforms, and technologies
Conduct research and analysis on new and emerging technologies and share with the team
Provide guidance and mentorship for less experienced team members
Build and maintain relationships with leadership, team members, and key internal / external stakeholders including vendors
Perform other duties as assigned