Senior Java Engineer

Role Description

This is a remote role that may only be hired in the following location(s): AZ, NC and TX. We are looking for a hands-on Senior Software Engineer to join our growing Online Banking delivery team, which provides technology solutions and integration services in the following areas:

• Digital Banking
• Core Banking
• Credit/Charge/Debit Cards
• Foreign Exchange

The ideal candidate should have the necessary skills and experience to:

• Provide technical guidance and estimation of efforts.
• Understand and decide upon the optimal technology solution to achieve desired business needs.
• Support day-to-day application operations.
• Navigate differing levels of gray/unknowns.
• Communicate effectively with IT management, individual contributors, and business stakeholders.
• Move rapidly to deliver requests and capitalize on opportunities.
• Consider both short- and long-term strategic views when deciding on technical approaches.
• Develop code and oversee distributed development team members.

As a Sr. Software Engineer, primary responsibilities will include:

• Development and support of Digital Banking solutions/projects.
• Research, design, technology insertion, development, testing, and support of software.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop technical solutions that meet user needs regarding functionality, performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Oversee proactive maintenance on existing IaaS/SaaS and on-premise applications within Digital Banking, Mobile, and integrations with Cards, Merchant Services, Payments, Foreign Exchange, Core Banking, and Trade Finance.
• Coordinate and assist with troubleshooting of code defects, data errors, and configuration problems.
• Support business-critical/complex applications.
• Exercise judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate actions.
• Nice to have technical lead experience for small to medium-sized projects.
• Drive departmental best practices and adhere to standards.
• Demonstrate expertise in designing and developing real-time and file-based integrations.
• Empathize with developers and create a superlative developer experience.
• Build elegant, maintainable, well-documented, secure code.
• Passion for abstracting and refactoring code.
• Drive to learn new things and support the team constructively.
• May mentor junior engineers and contribute to the team's technical growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 4 years of experience in Software application development and maintenance OR High School Diploma or GED and 8 years of experience in Software application development and maintenance.
• Excellent ability to communicate technical information clearly and work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Strong design & development experience with JEE & 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.
• Preferred experience on public API development and using API Gateway like APIGEE.
• 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.
• Prior experience with regulated financial organizations is a plus.

Benefits

• Benefits are an integral part of total rewards.
• First Citizens Bank is committed to providing a competitive, thoughtfully designed, and quality benefits program to meet the needs of our associates.
• More information can be found at .