Senior Software Engineer - Java (Remote)

First Citizens Bank•Raleigh, NC

10h•Remote

About The Position

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a division of First Citizens Bank, is seeking a hands-on Senior Software Engineer to join their SVB Go Online Banking delivery team. This team provides technology solutions and integration services in areas such as Digital Banking, Core banking, Credit/Charge/Debit Cards, and Foreign Exchange. The role requires technical guidance, effort estimation, optimal technology solution determination, day-to-day application support, and the ability to navigate ambiguities. The ideal candidate must possess excellent communication skills to interact with IT management, individual contributors, and business stakeholders. They need to execute rapidly, leverage opportunities, manage resource constraints, and maintain both short-term and long-term strategic views in technical decisions. The role also involves developing code and overseeing distributed development team members.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree and 4+ years of experience in Application software programming OR High School Diploma or GED and 8+ years of experience in Application software programming
Strong experience in supporting Business critical/ complex applications.
Demonstrated expertise in designing and developing real-time integrations, file-based integrations and be able to optimize the use of database level processing.
Excellent ability to communicate technical information clearly and work effectively with cross-functional teams
Strong design & development experience with Java EE & Enterprise Technologies: JMS, JDBC, Web development, Transactions, WS-, JVM, JSP, Servlets, EJB, JNDI, JMX, JTA, Spring, JUnit, Hibernate
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Experience building SpringBoot Microservices
Experience building applications using container architecture with Kubernetes orchestration
In-depth understanding of JavaScript, including ES6+ features, Loopback, closures and asynchronous programming
Worked on Agile projects and has complete knowledge of day to day Agile routines
Proven experience in building user interfaces with React.js
Familiarity with state management libraries like Redux or MobX
Understanding of the React component lifecycle and its best practices
Experience with testing frameworks like Jest or Mocha
Ability to interact with REST APIs and handle data fetching and manipulation
Proficient in using GITLAB for version control
Experience with Jira, Confluence and ORACLE Database systems
Understanding of basic UI/UX design principles

Nice To Haves

Nice to have technical lead experience for small to medium sized projects.
Preferred experience on public API development and using API Gateway like APIGEE
Prior experience with regulated financial organization is a plus

Responsibilities

Primary responsibility will be towards the development and support of Digital Banking solutions/projects.
Responsible for all software aspects within the team including research, design, technology insertion, development, testing and supporting them.
Design and develop technical solutions that meet user needs with respect to functionality, performance, scalability, and reliability.
Oversee proactive maintenance on our existing Iaas/SaaS and on-premise applications within the Digital Banking, Mobile and integrating with Cards, Merchant Services, Payments, Foreign Exchange, Core banking and Trade Finance space to ensure our mission critical systems remain stable, are able to scale as our business grows, and remain fit-for-purpose.
Coordinate and assist with troubleshooting of code defects, data errors and configuration problems to determine the origin of application error.
Exercises Judgement within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
Drive departmental best practices, guidelines implementation and adhere to standards.
Empathy with developers. Innate desire to create a superlative developer experience down to the last detail.
Deep love of building elegant, maintainable, well-documented, secure code.
Abstracting and refactoring should be a passion, not a chore.
Drive to learn new things and go above and beyond the call of duty.
Always working to improve yourself and constructively support the team around you.
May mentor junior engineers and contribute to the team's technical growth.