Software Engineer III

Bank of America • Jersey City, NJ

13d • 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 is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve. Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations. At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us! Job Description: This job is responsible for developing and delivering complex requirements to accomplish business goals. Key responsibilities of the job include ensuring that software is developed to meet functional, non-functional and compliance requirements, and solutions are well designed with maintainability/ease of integration and testing built-in from the outset. Job expectations include a strong knowledge of development and testing practices common to the industry and design and architectural patterns. Responsibilities: Codes solutions and unit test to deliver a requirement/story per the defined acceptance criteria and compliance requirements Designs, develops, and modifies architecture components, application interfaces, and solution enablers while ensuring principal architecture integrity is maintained Mentors other software engineers and coach team on Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI-CD) practices and automating tool stack Executes story refinement, definition of requirements, and estimating work necessary to realize a story through the delivery lifecycle Performs spike/proof of concept as necessary to mitigate risk or implement new ideas Automates manual release activities Designs, develops, and maintains automated test suites (integration, regression, performance) Managerial Responsibilities: This position may also have responsibilities for managing associates. At Bank of America, all managers at this level demonstrate the following responsibilities, in addition to those specific to the role, listed above. Opportunity & Inclusion Champion: Creates an inclusive team where members are treated fairly and respectfully. Manager of Process & Data: Demonstrates and expects process knowledge, data driven decisions, simplicity and continuous improvement. Enterprise Advocate & Communicator: Delivers clear and concise messages that motivate, convey the “why” and connects contributions to business results. Risk Manager: Leads and encourages the identification, escalation and resolution of potential risks. People Manager & Coach: Knows and develops team members through coaching and feedback. Financial Steward: Manages expenses and demonstrates an owner’s mindset. Enterprise Talent Leader: Recruits, on-boards and develops talent, and supports talent mobility for career growth. Driver of Business Outcomes: Delivers results through effective team management, structure, and routines. Desired Qualifications: 2+ years of relevant work experience Proficiency in programming language(s) required for the role Skills: Application Development Automation Influence Solution Design Technical Strategy Development Architecture Business Acumen DevOps Practices Result Orientation Solution Delivery Process Analytical Thinking Collaboration Data Management Risk Management Test Engineering LOB Specific Job Description Position Summary Responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering a set of defined deliverables which usually requires engagement from multiple teams such as a project or smaller program. Key responsibilities include communicating the work objectives, coordinating delivery, managing risks, ensuring compliance to set standards, and providing end-to-end visibility into the health of deliverables. This role ensures that the execution and delivery meets the client’s expectations in terms of functionality, quality, timeline, and cost. Facilitates sync points across multiple organizations to enable on-time, accurate delivery. Coordinates and facilitates routines to support delivery – across multiple teams and stakeholders. Gathers/facilitates status updates for the deliverables to stakeholders and leadership pertaining to deliver, risks/issues, and schedule. These application program solutions may involve diverse development platforms, software, hardware, technologies and tools. May provide technical direction and system architecture for individual initiatives. Serves as a fully seasoned/proficient technical resource. Will not have direct reports but may lead projects and direct activities of a team related to special initiatives or operations. May have responsibility for a project and project budget. May collaborate with external programmers to coordinate delivery of software application. Primary Skill Jira Secondary Skill Compliance, Internal Control and Risk Tertiary Skill Analytical Thinking Minimum Years of Experience 10+ Required Qualifications 10+ years of End-2-End Project and Program Management experience Strong Project Management Skills, ability to lead a team and drive to results Must possess analytical and problem solving skills Excellent oral and written communication skills Strong project financial management skills Guides projects through all phases, ensuring required standards and processes are followed, required documents are completed, and required tracking systems are kept updated Understands all roles and responsibilities within their team, and uses the tool sets within the software lifecycle. Working knowledge of products, services, business flows and understanding of financial context in which technology and operating principles are used within their business area. Has knowledge of software development and general awareness of testing Basic knowledge of automation and continuous delivery practices Basic awareness of architecture and design Ability to comply with bank standards for information security and business architectures. Ability to provide project status on deliverables or escalate issues to sr. leaders and executives Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) proficient Understands all roles and responsibilities within their team, and uses the tool sets within the software lifecycle. Strong awareness of products, services, business flows and strategy. Contributes to artifacts needed for governance forums, QA, Audit, Risk. Understands stakeholder expectations and creates regular updates to keep stakeholders informed. AI Tools - Copilot Desired Qualifications Bachelor's degree in technical field CISA, CISSP / CISM background Reporting, presentation, MS Suite, Communication, Jira / Kanban, Technology and Risk understanding. Weekly Report generation, ITIL process Familiarity with business resiliency processes and concepts, risk management principles, technology change management, and/or audit response and preparation methods Familiar with remedy / nexus ticketing systems, Patch deployment / management process, CI/CD, DevOps. Application Management Bachelor's degree Certifications ITILV2, CISA, CISSP, RHEL Shift: 1st shift (United States of America) Hours Per Week: 40 Pay Transparency details US - NJ - Jersey City - 101 Hudson St - 101 Hudson (NJ2101) Pay and benefits information Pay range $102,900.00 - $179,900.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set. Discretionary incentive eligible This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company. Benefits This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve. Bank of America is committed to help employees through the transition period when they’re displaced as a result of a workforce reduction, realignment or similar measure. Please review the resume writing and interviewing tips provided below to help prepare you for your next career opportunity. 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Requirements

• 2+ years of relevant work experience
• Proficiency in programming language(s) required for the role
• 10+ years of End-2-End Project and Program Management experience
• Strong Project Management Skills, ability to lead a team and drive to results
• Must possess analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong project financial management skills
• Guides projects through all phases, ensuring required standards and processes are followed, required documents are completed, and required tracking systems are kept updated
• Understands all roles and responsibilities within their team, and uses the tool sets within the software lifecycle.
• Working knowledge of products, services, business flows and understanding of financial context in which technology and operating principles are used within their business area.
• Has knowledge of software development and general awareness of testing
• Basic knowledge of automation and continuous delivery practices
• Basic awareness of architecture and design
• Ability to comply with bank standards for information security and business architectures.
• Ability to provide project status on deliverables or escalate issues to sr. leaders and executives
• Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) proficient
• Understands all roles and responsibilities within their team, and uses the tool sets within the software lifecycle.
• Strong awareness of products, services, business flows and strategy.
• Contributes to artifacts needed for governance forums, QA, Audit, Risk.
• Understands stakeholder expectations and creates regular updates to keep stakeholders informed.
• AI Tools - Copilot

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in technical field
• CISA, CISSP / CISM background
• Reporting, presentation, MS Suite, Communication, Jira / Kanban, Technology and Risk understanding.
• Weekly Report generation, ITIL process
• Familiarity with business resiliency processes and concepts, risk management principles, technology change management, and/or audit response and preparation methods
• Familiar with remedy / nexus ticketing systems, Patch deployment / management process, CI/CD, DevOps.
• Application Management
• Bachelor's degree
• Certifications ITILV2, CISA, CISSP, RHEL

Responsibilities

• Codes solutions and unit test to deliver a requirement/story per the defined acceptance criteria and compliance requirements
• Designs, develops, and modifies architecture components, application interfaces, and solution enablers while ensuring principal architecture integrity is maintained
• Mentors other software engineers and coach team on Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI-CD) practices and automating tool stack
• Executes story refinement, definition of requirements, and estimating work necessary to realize a story through the delivery lifecycle
• Performs spike/proof of concept as necessary to mitigate risk or implement new ideas
• Automates manual release activities
• Designs, develops, and maintains automated test suites (integration, regression, performance)

Benefits

• This role is currently benefits eligible.
• We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.
• Bank of America is committed to help employees through the transition period when they’re displaced as a result of a workforce reduction, realignment or similar measure.
• This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan.
• Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees