Vice President; Software Engineer

Bank of America•Newark, NJ

1d•Hybrid

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!

Requirements

Master's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, CIS, MIS, Engineering (any), or related: and 3 years of experience in the job offered or a related IT occupation.
Must include 3 years of experience in each of the following: Working across all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including requirements and design through development, testing, deployment, and maintenance, ensuring compliance with WCAG 2.1/2.2, and PDF/UA standards
Architecting and implementing accessibility solutions and automated testing frameworks using tools including axe-core, Pa11y, Lighthouse, integrated into CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and CI/CD
Developing and reviewing accessible components and applications for web, mobile platforms using React, Angular, Swift, Kotlin and Java, ensuring semantic structure, ARIA compliance, and keyboard/focus management
Performing advanced manual accessibility testing with NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver, and TalkBack and remediating issues in PDFs and Office documents using Adobe Acrobat Pro, PAC 2024, and CommonLook
Participating in accessibility advocacy and driving cultural shift by embedding accessibility-first principles into design and engineering practices, influencing stakeholders, and promoting inclusive development across the organization
Providing strategic direction, creating Accessibility champions, championing shift-left accessibility practices, and driving continuous improvement and innovation in accessibility automation and compliance.

Responsibilities

Design and develop complex requirements to accomplish business goals.
Ensure that software is developed to meet functional, non-functional, and compliance requirements.
Ensure solutions are well designed with maintainability, ease of integration, and testing built in from the outset.
Contribute to story refinement and define requirements.
Participate in estimating work necessary to realize a story or requirement through the delivery lifecycle.
Perform spike or proof of concept as necessary to mitigate risk or implement new ideas.
Code solutions and unit tests to deliver a requirement or story per the defined acceptance criteria and compliance requirements.
Utilize multiple architectural components in the design and development of client requirements.
Design, develop, or modify architecture components, application interfaces, and solution enablers while ensuring principal architecture integrity is maintained.
Design, develop, or maintain automated test suites.
Set up and develop a continuous integration/continuous delivery pipeline.
Automate manual release activities.