Associate Application Developer

When joining Elevations, you can expect to work for a company with:

• A leadership team that strives to make this the best place you've ever worked!
• A focus on supporting our employees' mental, physical, and financial well-being
• A commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion recognized by the Denver Business Journal and Colorado Association of Realtors
• A highly engaged workforce devoted to innovation, continuous improvement, and collaboration
• A reputation for excellence, as evidenced by being a two-time recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
• A passion for consistently providing amazing experiences and creating raving fans

If you join our team, here are some of the perks you can expect:

• A competitive total rewards package with 4 weeks paid time off for full-time employees, work anniversary paid time off, paid volunteer time off, and 12 paid holidays
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans with employer contributions to supercharge your Health Savings Account
• Up to a 4% match on 401(k) contributions
• Up to twelve weeks of fully paid parental leave
• An extensive Employee Assistance Program that provides personalized care options for your whole household
• Ample opportunity to learn, develop and grow with access to LinkedIn Learning, career and leadership development programs, job shadowing, a mentor program, and tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year

Location:

Broomfield, CO - Elevations Basecamp

This role can be performed on site at the location above, or remotely for any individual who resides in the state of Colorado.
Summary/Objective:

The Associate Application Developer works under the guidance of the Application Development team to provide top quality solutions that meet application solution needs of Elevations Credit Union business line departments. This is an early career role responsible for translating software requirements into well-designed solutions; working with 'off the shelf' software, modifying it and integrating it into the existing architecture; and maintaining programs for business applications.
Essential Functions:

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to identify opportunities for system enhancements and optimizations.
• Analyze business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Create, analyze, review, and modify programs for data processing and applications using JHA Symitar PowerOn programming language.
• Utilizes sound software development life cycle (SDLC) practices and accurately follows established procedures for delivering application solutions that support critical business strategies.
• Collaborates with third-party vendors to ensure the seamless implementation, maintenance, and support of software and hardware that integrates with Symitar and other applications.
• Commits application configuration updates to stage / test environment and plans for rollbacks.
• Troubleshoots issues and resolving incidents in support of existing production applications and initiates action to correct quality problems or notifies others of issues as appropriate.

Reports to:

Application Development Manager
Manages:

This role does not have supervisory responsibility.
Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems or other related field or equivalent work experience.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages supporting enterprise financial institution platforms.
• Experience in a financial institution developing and supporting business applications environments.
• Experience in systems analysis, application development, testing, technical documentation, job scheduling, and report writing.
• Fundamental understanding of and experience with at least one of the following areas: Retail Operations, Lending Operations, Financial Backoffice Operations.

Preferred Skills, Education, and Experience:

• One (1) year experience with financial institution technologies: FIS, Fiserv, FIS - Corelation KeyStone, Finastra, Jack Henry (Symitar, Synapsys, Synergy, SymXchange, ARCU), Alkami, COTS, Image Center, OpCon, etc.
• Technical hands-on experience with Jack Henry Symitar proprietary programming (PowerOn/RepGen), SQL development for relational databases, HTML, and Java Script.
• Ability to program in at least one programming language, such as C#, Java, PHP, COBOL, or RPG, HTML, JavaScript etc.
• Command of one or more scripting languages (PowerShell, Bash).
• Familiarity with the Unix operating system, Unix shell scripting, or similar.
• Project management experience in an iterative project management methodology. Ie. Agile, Scum, Kanban.
• Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) certification, or previous work within an ITIL environment.

Work Environment:

Elevations uses multi-factor authentication to keep our data safe. As such, a personal smart phone is a requirement for employment with us. This job operates in an office setting and routinely uses standard office equipment.
Physical Requirements:

Sitting frequently, walking occasionally, use of hands frequently, hearing constantly, talking frequently, exerting up to 10 lbs of force occasionally to lift, carry, push, pull, or move objects.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

Full time / 40 hours per week
Classification:

Exempt
Compensation:

The person hired into this position will likely earn between $65,430.37 and $81,788.09, plus annual bonus.

Actual compensation offered may vary from the posted hiring range based on factors such as relevant experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business sector, licensure requirements and/or skill level, and will be finalized at the time of offer.
Anticipated Application Window:

This role is anticipated to close within 45 days from the date of posting. However, if the position has not been filled, Elevations may keep the application period open longer.
Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

About Us: Elevations Credit Union is a member-owned not-for-profit financial institution serving Colorado's Front Range. Founded in 1952, we've grown from 12 members and less than $100 in assets to an institution with 15 branches and more than 170,000 members that manages over $3 billion in assets and is the No. 1 credit union mortgage lender in Colorado. At Elevations, we've made a commitment to move away from a product-centered business model and focus instead on creating consumer solutions. Our objective is to provide our members, as well as the entire community, with unbiased consumer information.

EEO Statement: The Credit Union is dedicated to the principles of equal employment opportunity. We prohibit unlawful discrimination against applicants or employees on the basis of age 40 and over, race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and length, protective hairstyles), sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, disability, military status, genetic information, marital status, or any other status protected by applicable state or local law.

Candidates for certain positions may be required to submit to a credit history report in determining qualification for employment with Elevations Credit Union. If the position you are applying for requires a credit history report, any information received in such a report will not be the sole factor in making an employment decision. A history of personal financial irresponsibility may be reason for disqualification insofar as it relates to your potential job duties. Elevations Credit Union is aware that occasionally there are extenuating circumstances that may affect an individual's credit history. We comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Colorado Employment Opportunity Act.

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