Senior Associate Application Engineer (Front End)

$71,500 - $121,100/Yr

Discover Financial Services - Riverwoods, IL

Full-time - Entry Level

Riverwoods, IL

1,001-5,000 employees

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About the position

The Senior Associate Application Engineer (Front End) at Discover Financial Services focuses primarily on mobile user interface development, contributing to the enhancement of the mobile app and website. This role involves analyzing, coding, testing, and deploying new features while ensuring a delightful user experience. The engineer will also manage risks and customer-impacting issues, participate in agile ceremonies, and support production systems.

Responsibilities

• Completes most features and user stories including test cases and automation with minimal support but may need coaching/guidance for more complex tasks.
• Analyze, code, test, and deploy new user stories and features with high quality (security, reliability, observability) to production.
• Contributes to agile ceremonies, participates in demos and presentations, learns and follows established norms, and participates in technology communities.
• Participates in system design decisions and learns how these decisions impact the product as a whole.
• Learns to support production systems and understands how observed events and failures impact the product.
• Achieves team commitments by using informal leadership & strong communication skills.

Requirements

• Bachelors in Computer Science or related field
• 1+ years of experience in Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related field
• Internal applicants only: technical proficiency rating of Advanced Beginner on the Competency engineering scale.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with React Native (or React JS), Redux, and Frontend application frameworks
• Experience as part of an Agile engineering or development team
• Experience with Java, Spring Boot microservices
• Exposure to distributed cloud solutions with experience in any public cloud like AWS, Azure and/or OCP
• Good understanding of object-oriented principles with an ability to write clean code
• Understanding of software testing principles and methodologies
• Test automation skills with tools such as Appium and RNTL
• Experience with unit testing, Selenium, and/or cucumber
• Fintech/Financial Services experience

Benefits

• Paid Parental Leave
• Paid Time Off
• 401(k) Plan
• Medical, Dental, Vision, & Health Savings Account
• STD, Life, LTD and AD&D
• Recognition Program
• Education Assistance
• Commuter Benefits
• Family Support Programs
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan