Software Engineer I

USAA•Phoenix, AZ

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

USAA's mission is to empower its members to achieve financial security through highly competitive products, exceptional service, and trusted advice. The company aims to be the #1 choice for the military community and their families. This role offers a fulfilling career where core values of honesty, integrity, loyalty, and service define interactions. USAA supports active-duty military spouses with potential remote or hybrid flexibility. The Software Engineer I will identify and manage risks, design, develop, code, and test technical solutions, lead code/design reviews, organize work, resolve complex production issues, mentor junior engineers, and work with architecture to influence technology directions. The role involves supporting the enterprise and contributing to organizational growth through technology solutions, engaging in all phases of the software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, design, testing, documentation, implementation, and responding to outages. May telecommute.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Software, Computer Engineering, Applied Sciences, Mathematics, Physics or related field and 4 years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
REST frameworks
API Development
Agile methodology
Clean Code Methodology
Javascript
Springboot
Kafka
IBM MQ
OpenShift, Docker, and Kubernetes
IBM Websphere
BMC Control M
Relational database design and optimization with Oracle DB2, Snowflake, MySQL, Hive and Couchbase
Designing and developing automated test framework
Implementing Microservice designs with integrations to AI/ML workflows
Integrating with backend services like JMS, J2C, ORM frameworks, Hibernate, and JDBC
Creating dashboards in Datadog & Splunk for Application Diagnostics and Debugging

Responsibilities

Identify and manage existing and emerging risks that stem from business activities and the job role.
Ensure risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled.
Follow written risk and compliance policies and procedures for business activities.
Design, develop, code, and test significant technical solutions collaborating with senior and lead engineers.
Lead code/design reviews to ensure smooth daily operations and accurate planning at a team level.
Organize work and lead team to deliver features and solutions.
Resolve complex production issues and lead troubleshooting of end-to-end solutions that span multiple applications and systems.
Mentor and coach junior engineers.
Work with architecture to help influence directions for key technologies within a specific domain.
Provide support to the Enterprise and impact organizational growth and effectiveness through delivering best in class technology solutions.
Engage in all phases of the software systems and application development lifecycle, which include gathering and analyzing requirements, designing, testing, documenting, and implementing software, responding to outages.