Software Engineer - III

Cloud Software Engineer

When you join Client Bank of Minneapolis, you will play a key role, collaborating with leading tech professionals to strengthen and protect our economic, financial and payments systems.

Bring your passion and expertise, and we will provide the opportunities that will challenge you and propel your growth along with a wide range of benefits and perks that support your health, wealth, and life.

Client Bank of Minneapolis is seeking an experienced Cloud Software Engineer to focus on our journey to re-platform our applications to AWS Cloud.

This position is posted at two levels: Software Engineer III and Software Engineer IV. The selected candidate will be based on the strength of the applicant pool and the needs of the business unit.

This position will be responsible, as a contributor, in the analysis, design, development, and implementation of application modernization. You will work with a delivery team of software engineers to ensure end-to-end delivery is achieved. Additionally, you will utilize your thought leadership expertise and cloud experience to help us execute against a modernization strategy to build products that achieve business-driven outcomes.

An essential function of this position is working onsite; this position qualifies for a hybrid working arrangement that supports remote work, but generally requires being onsite at least 2 days per week.

Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership, mentoring, and assist in the facilitation of team management by directing the work of and setting technical direction for other team members in an open, positive, and collaborative manner.
• Provide cross functional leadership by influencing technology decisions across the district and/or the greater Client System.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of new products, processes, standards or operational plans that will have impact on the achievement of functional results based on business requirements.
• Work with complex and diverse technologies and can effectively support multiple projects, business lines and platforms. Collaborate with business areas to identify application development solutions, enhance new or modified programs, and to integrate purchased or system solutions to meet business requirements.
• Familiarity with industry software development methodologies, standards, and architecture frameworks.
• Demonstrate proficiency with unit testing.
• Document, analyze, and test to resolve problems. Implement solutions and provide on-going support.
• Respond to audit reviews and findings for existing applications/software.
• Apply appropriate software/system development life cycle methodology and collaborates with others in development work to achieve desired results.
• Provide comprehensive consultations and analysis at the highest technical level on all phases of application programming and processes for diverse development platforms, computing environments including identifying portions of the organization's IT platform/infrastructure with the highest potential return for cloud deployment.
• Research, evaluate, and recommend solutions, identifies ways to reuse existing code, and designs prototypes using current or emerging technologies.
• Lead technology initiative projects of moderate up to the highest complexity which include new development, purchased solutions, and other automation efforts.
• Manage the implementation of cloud services and integrations with in-house applications and systems.
• May provide input to department management for business planning and decision making.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Qualifications for a Cloud Software Engineer III:

• Bachelor's degree: major or coursework in Computer Science or Management Information Systems (MIS) preferred and three (3) years of experience in application development using current technology trends and architectural development solutions or relevant work experience OR
• An AA degree in computer science or a closely related field and five (5) years of experience in application development using current technology trends and architectural development solutions or relevant work experience.

Qualifications for a Cloud Software Engineer IV:

• Bachelor's degree: major or coursework in Computer Science or Management Information Systems (MIS) preferred and five (5) years of experience in application development using current technology trends and architectural development solutions or relevant work experience OR
• Associate degree in computer science or a closely related field and seven (7) years of experience in application development using current technology trends and architectural development solutions or relevant work experience.

Lead experience is highly desired.

Applicable at both levels:

• Proven technical competency in two or more industry standard application development languages, frameworks, patterns or platforms required.
• Experience with cloud platform Amazon Web Services (AWS) is required. Knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or Azure would be nice to have.
• Experience in information assurance, security management, security policy, security architectures, identity management, access control solutions, and/or enterprise application integration required.
• Proficiency with the following or similar technologies: AWS cloud native services, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), Python, PostgreSQL, GitLab, Git, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Maven, Nexus, Fortify, Sonar, etc. is required.
• Experience using containerization technologies like, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS ECS and AWS EKS is a plus.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Agile software development principles and frameworks preferred.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills combined with creative thinking and ability to work on abstract concepts.
• Must possess excellent written and oral communication skills; ability to communicate and collaborate effectively across the team as a leader.

Total rewards program offers benefits that are the best fit for you at every stage of your career:

• Comprehensive healthcare options (Medical, Dental, and Vision)
• 401(k) match, and a fully funded pension plan
• Paid time off and holidays
• Generously subsidized public transportation
• Annual educational assistance
• On-site fitness facility
• Professional development programs, training and conferences