Principal Software Engineer - Payments

Citizens•Pittsburgh, PA

10h•$147,000 - $192,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Principal Software Engineer works with engineering teams and architecture to produce high-quality technology solutions. The role provides autonomy to lead, design, and develop innovative solutions to technical challenges in the banking industry. As a peer leader, the Principal pursues cutting-edge initiatives and solutions across a variety of projects as Citizens focuses on innovation and customer experience. The role is based in the office four days per week at one of the listed Citizens locations: Johnston, RI; Dallas, TX; Pittsburgh, PA; Nashville, TN; Short Hills, NJ; Westwood or Medford, MA; Phoenix, AZ; or other listed locations. The position is not relocation eligible.

Requirements

At least 7 years of hands-on software development experience, including developing and supporting commercial software products sold to non-technical customers in vertical markets.
Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor software engineers.
At least 5 years of experience querying, analyzing, and managing big data.
Mastery of multiple programming languages, including at least one front-end framework such as Angular, React, or Vue; examples of languages include Python 3, Java, JavaScript, Ruby, Golang, C, and C++.
Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP, including managing sensitive assets.
Bash and Linux experience.
Experience with a CI/CD pipeline such as CircleCI, Jenkins, or equivalent.
Strong oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
Cloud certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect.
Understanding of data structure concepts such as linked lists, dictionaries, arrays, and custom object creation.
Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related discipline.

Nice To Haves

At least 3 years of experience in financial services, developing solutions for consumer banking, portfolio management, trading, compliance, or wealth management.
Understanding of banking systems and custodial and consumer banking operations.
Experience with Apache, Lucene, Memcache, RabbitMQ, and NoSQL.
Experience designing API layers and service orchestration between legacy and modern payment platforms, and maintaining solution architecture documentation.
Experience with change and release management, including CAB approvals, implementation and backout planning, and post-release hypercare; CI/CD tools such as Bitbucket and Harness; privileged access management such as CyberArk; and vulnerability remediation such as Qualys.
Experience with Oracle Exadata and Tessell database platforms.
Ability to analyze Oracle AWR and PerfHub reports to diagnose and resolve database performance issues such as lock contention and transaction latency.
Hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure such as EC2, EFS, S3, and load balancers; Linux performance diagnostics such as SAR; and observability tools such as Datadog.
Experience with IBM MQ, including high-availability configurations and certificate management; middleware integration with mainframe systems; and Kafka- and API-based integrations. Familiarity with sanctions screening tools such as Firco is a plus.
Knowledge of ACH payment processing and NACHA file standards, including SEC codes, IAT, returns and NOCs, memo and hard posting, settlement, GL reconciliation, and Same Day ACH.
Master's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

Participate in an environment transitioning rapidly to Agile, follow best practices, and collaborate effectively with teammates.
Collaborate and contribute insight to solution design, supporting product success and adherence to enterprise architecture principles.
Design, modify, develop, and implement software solutions, including modern, architecturally sound components, tools, and applications for strategic business goals.
Build scalability, manageability, and maintainability into distributed service-based frameworks to create or expand business and technical capabilities.
Use industry best practices to evaluate, correct, and prevent vulnerabilities during software development.
Serve as a peer leader, encouraging innovation and accountability while following Agile best practices.
Lead and mentor software engineers.

Benefits

Competitive pay and opportunity to earn additional incentive earnings, if applicable.
Comprehensive medical coverage.
Dental coverage.
Vision coverage.
Retirement benefits.
Maternity and paternity leave.
Flexible work arrangements.
Education reimbursement.
Wellness programs.
Paid time off policy exceeding mandatory paid sick or paid time-away policies in every U.S. local and state jurisdiction.