Software Engineer II

Bank of America•Jersey City, NJ

12d•$88,800 - $144,800•Onsite

About The Position

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits. We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve. Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs. At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us! This role is responsible for developing and delivering complex requirements to accomplish business goals. Key responsibilities of the role include ensuring that software is developed to meet functional, non-functional, and compliance requirements. This role codes solutions, unit tests, and ensures the solution can be integrated successfully into the overall application/system with clear, robust and well-tested interfaces. They are familiar with development and testing practices of the bank.

Requirements

Strong ability to develop and deliver complex technical requirements that align with business objectives.
Proficiency in ensuring solutions meet functional, non-functional, and compliance requirements, particularly within a regulated banking environment.
Solid software development experience, including writing clean, efficient, and maintainable code.
Hands-on expertise in unit testing, with a focus on delivering high-quality, reliable solutions.
Ability to design and build solutions with robust, well-defined interfaces that integrate effectively into larger application and system architectures.
Experience working with end-to-end system integration, ensuring seamless interaction across multiple components.
Working knowledge of development and testing standards and practices commonly used in the banking industry (e.g., secure coding, audit readiness, risk controls).
Strong understanding of application lifecycle management, including build, deploy, and support processes.

Nice To Haves

Ability to analyze and resolve technical issues, ensuring stability and performance of delivered solutions.
Effective documentation and communication skills to support development, deployment, and ongoing maintenance.
Experience collaborating within Agile or iterative delivery teams, contributing to continuous improvement and delivery excellence.
Attention to detail and commitment to quality, risk management, and compliance standards.

Responsibilities

Contribute to story refinement/defining requirements.
Participate and guide team in estimating work necessary to realize a story/requirement through the delivery lifecycle.
Perform spike/proof of concept as necessary to mitigate risk or implement new ideas.
Code solutions and unit test to deliver a requirement/story per the defined acceptance criteria and compliance requirements.
Utilize multiple architectural components (across data, application, business) in design and development of client requirements.
Assist team with resolving technical complexities involved in realizing story work.
Contribute to existing test suites (integration, regression, performance), analyze test reports, identify any test issues/errors, and triage the underlying cause.
Document and communicate required information for deployment, maintenance, support, and business functionality.
Participate, contribute and can coach team members in the delivery/release (CI-CD) events, e.g. branching timelines, pull requests, issue triage, merge/conflict, resolution, release notes.