Application Developer

Overview At Community Financial System, Inc. (CFSI), we are dedicated to providing our customers with friendly, personalized, high-quality financial services and products. Our retail division, Community Bank, N.A., operates more than 200 customer facilities across Upstate New York, Northeastern Pennsylvania, Vermont and Western Massachusetts. Beyond retail banking, we also offer commercial banking, wealth management, investment management, insurance and risk management, and benefit plan administration. Just as our employees are committed to helping our customers manage their finances, we’re committed to our employees. After all, they make it happen for our customers every day. To ensure our people can enjoy long and successful careers here at CFSI, we offer competitive compensation, great benefits, and professional development and advancement opportunities. As an equal‑opportunity workplace and affirmative‑action employer, we celebrate and support a diverse workplace for the benefit of all: our employees, customers and communities. Responsibilities Contribute to the design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of software development projects including desktop, web, and cloud applications. Assist the application development team with architecture, design, implementation, testing, debugging, and ongoing maintenance of new and existing software solutions. Collaborate with various cross‑functional teams to determine, define and analyze software requirements. Provide technical subject matter expertise and work with a wider team to ensure development activities are aligned with project scope, schedule, priority, and business objectives. Analyze, evaluate, and integrate 3rd‑party vendor interfaces; perform gap and performance analysis of 3rd‑party vendor interfaces. Generate technical detailed design documentation for audit compliance. Contribute to the team’s long‑term vision by identifying and incorporating methodologies and procedures pertaining to industry standards, modern technical innovations, and best practices. Maintain proficient knowledge of, and demonstrate ongoing compliance with all laws and regulations applicable to this position, ensure ongoing adherence to pertinent policies, procedures, and internal controls, and meet all job‑specific training requirements in a timely fashion. Perform other related duties as assigned or directed. Qualifications Education, Training and Requirements Applicant pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in Computer Science, Software Development, or related field with programming related courses or equivalent. Strong knowledge and understanding of application development principles, including design, documentation, and programming skills. All applicants must be 18 years of age or older. Skills Strong communication and collaboration skills. Ability to work effectively in a team environment and to multi‑task in a fast paced environment. Ability to work independently and remain on task. Experience with database design/development, application life‑cycle management, user interface frameworks, and web/web services/cloud development would be beneficial. Experience A minimum of two (2) years of relevant coursework. Other Job Information Compensation: Commensurate with experience plus potential for annual merit increase. In addition to your competitive salary, you will be rewarded benefits including: 11 paid holidays, paid vacation, Medical, Vision & Dental insurance, 401K with generous match, Pension, Tuition Reimbursement, Banking discounts and the list goes on! Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to stand, walk or sit. Use hands and fingers, handle or feel, reach with hands or arms, and speak and hear. The employee may occasionally be required to lift and or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and the ability to focus. The Company is an Affidavité Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law. The Company will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with a disability. If you have a physical or mental impairment and would like to request an accommodation with respect to the application process, please contact the Human Resources Department. Minimum Salary USD $62,400.00 per year. Maximum Salary USD $88,000.00 per year. #J-18808-Ljbffr