Software Engineer II

Description

Job Title: Software Engineer

Location: Buffalo, NY

Employment Type: Temp (9 months)

Industry: Banking

Compensation: $70.00/hr.

Schedule: 40 hours/week

About the Opportunity:

• We're looking for an experienced Software Engineer to play a key role in designing, developing, and enhancing applications that support important business objectives.
• You'll work across the full development lifecycle, partnering with technology teams, business stakeholders, and vendors to deliver reliable, scalable solutions while providing technical guidance to less experienced team members.

Why You'll Love Working Here:

• Supportive, team-driven culture that values collaboration, transparency, and accountability.
• Opportunity to grow your career with a global workforce solutions leader serving multiple industries.
• People-first environment that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves to work.
• Strong focus on partnership, innovation, and delivering meaningful results for clients and candidates.

Why This Opportunity is Exciting:

• This role offers the chance to join a company that prioritizes both people and performance-where your contributions directly impact client success while giving you room to grow and develop professionally.

About Acara Solutions

• Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider-we help companies compete for talent. With a legacy of experience in various industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and customize visionary talent solutions that drive desired business outcomes. We leverage decades of experience to deliver contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.

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What You'll Do:

• Lead and contribute to complex systems analysis, application design, development, testing, debugging, and implementation activities.
• Translate business and technical requirements into clear, effective solutions, specifications, diagrams, and supporting documentation.
• Coordinate development activities across projects, including planning technical work, estimating effort, monitoring progress, and supporting user acceptance testing.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to less experienced team members while collaborating with technology, operations, business, and vendor teams.
• Evaluate technologies, processes, and application performance, recommending improvements that strengthen efficiency, reliability, security, and business outcomes.

Job Requirements

What You'll Bring:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Minimum of 7 years of systems analysis/application development experience.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience coordinating between Applications and business units.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience recommending and implementing systems solutions.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience driving project milestones and delivery dates.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in C# & VB.NET (Web, desktop, and API).
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in Angular.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in SSIS.

What Sets You Apart:

• Associate Degree.
• Familiar with application development software and hardware platforms.
• Proficiency with personal computers as well as pertinent project management, word processing and spreadsheet software.
• Capable of working on multiple projects of a complex nature.
• Excellent problem-solving skills to assist in issue resolution.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with prior experience presenting to the target audience.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Detail-oriented.
• Strong lateral thinking skills.
• Good understanding of the Bank's application framework.
• Subject matter expert in business with knowledge or experience utilizing application/system being supported.
• Advanced understanding of applications supported with a sound knowledge of interfacing/integrated applications.
• Ability to work in a team environment as well as autonomously.
• Ability to multitask for various components of complex projects.
• Action-oriented.
• Pro-active.
• Advanced knowledge and focus of the entire system to work on projects outside of normal business-as-usual (BAU).

Additional Information:

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check.

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Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.

Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.