Junior Software Engineer

USAA • San Antonio, TX

17h • Hybrid

About The Position

At USAA, our mission is to empower our members to achieve financial security through highly competitive products, exceptional service and trusted advice. We seek to be the #1 choice for the military community and their families. Embrace a fulfilling career at USAA, where our core values – honesty, integrity, loyalty and service – define how we treat each other and our members. Be part of what truly makes us special and impactful. The Opportunity The Public Cloud Enablement unit is responsible for defining, delivering, and supporting enterprise-ready capabilities that allow teams to confidently run workloads in the public cloud with the same quality of service, operational rigor, and security posture traditionally associated with on‑premises environments. This unit provides a unified, paved path for securely deploying and managing modern cloud-native workloads, particularly AWS Lambda, AWS EKS, and similar Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services. A key aspect of this role is the delivery and lifecycle stewardship of enterprise application archetypes, such as Serverless, developed in close partnership with Operations and Security, and other cross-functional units. These archetypes serve as repeatable templates that accelerate cloud adoption, simplify integration, and promote consistent engineering practices across business domains. As one of the four Centers of Excellence within the broader public cloud portfolio, PI aligns to the evolving cloud platform capability roadmap and helps drive the long-term vision for scalable, compliant, and developer-friendly cloud services. The outcomes driven by this unit include enabling agile teams with compliant pipelines with supported runtimes, and safe landed capabilities; accelerating public cloud adoption through proven architectural patterns; and ensuring compliant application delivery through secure and standardized approach. We offer a flexible work environment that requires an individual to be in the office 4 days per week. This position will be based in San Antonio. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or 4 additional years of experience beyond the minimum requirement can be used in lieu of a degree OR Approved certification from CodeUp, Galvanize, VetFIT (Veterans for IT) or eFIT (Employees for IT).
• Up to 2 years of software development experience.
• Foundational and conceptual knowledge of function/discipline and demonstrated application of knowledge, skills, and abilities towards work products.
• Basic Understanding of one or more of the following: Java, Swift, Objective-C, Cobol, JavaScript, Kotlin, C++, HTML, CSS, SQL, Go, and Python
• Ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions
• Basic understanding of cloud technologies and tools.

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on experience with GitLab CI/CD, including creating, modifying, and troubleshooting pipelines for application builds, testing, and deployments.
• Foundational understanding of Amazon Web Services (AWS), with exposure to core compute, networking, IAM, serverless, or container services (e.g., Lambda, EKS, VPC, Security Groups, IAM policies).
• Basic networking knowledge, including concepts such as VPCs, subnets, CIDR, routing, load balancing, DNS, and secure connectivity patterns.
• Familiarity with Test-Driven Development (TDD) principles and experience writing unit tests, integration tests, or validation scripts as part of the delivery lifecycle.
• Exposure to performance monitoring and observability tools, such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, X-Ray, or similar technologies.
• General understanding of cloud engineering concepts, including infrastructure-as-code, least-privilege access, containerization, and cloud-native application patterns.
• Experience working with pipeline-driven workflows, including build automation, quality gates, artifact management, and automated deployment strategies.
• Understanding of Agile delivery practices, such as iterative development, sprint planning, retrospectives, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Strong problem‑solving and analytical skills, with the ability to troubleshoot issues across multiple layers of the stack.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering, operations, and security teams in a fast-moving environment.
• A growth mindset and desire to learn, with enthusiasm for evolving cloud technologies, platform engineering concepts, and enterprise-scale cloud adoption patterns.

Responsibilities

• Under direct supervision, design, develop, code, and test technical solutions.
• Write code to deliver features, and improvements, on a regular basis
• Verify and resolve technical problems and production issues through troubleshooting techniques.
• Improve application stability and scalability
• Create and maintain technical documentation
• Create and improve automated tests and code quality
• Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

Benefits

• At USAA our employees enjoy best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellness. These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, 401(k), pension, life insurance, parental benefits, adoption assistance, paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours, and various wellness programs. Additionally, our career path planning and continuing education assists employees with their professional goals.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level