About the position
The software engineer will play an integral role in the execution of the bank's application and API development initiatives. The software engineer will implement and support technologies and solutions that will integrate with internal and external APIs as well as extend developed applications and services. Skills in designing backend, high performance services will set apart the successful candidate for this position. The engineer will have experience using one of more programming languages developing web applications, RESTful and SOAP based APIs. Knowledge of the full software development life cycle is required and experience with dev/ops concepts such as source control, continuous integration and containerization is desirable as is experience in the financial services sector. Additionally, hands on experience with relational databases will also be needed to be successful in this role. The software engineer will work closely with other team members to deliver enterprise-wide solutions. The software engineer will communicate effectively with other team members and management to deliver results in a timely fashion.
Responsibilities
- Technical, hands-on candidate whose primary responsibility will be designing, developing, enhancing, testing, and deploying solutions to integrate business services and APIs
- Lead API lifecycle development
- Responsible for software development and code quality
- Establish development standards and dev/ops process and procedures
- Develop and maintain required documentation for all stages of the software development lifecycle
- Work to promote code reuse across the organization
- Provide ongoing maintenance, support, and enhancements to existing systems and platforms
- Participate in peer reviews for code analysis
- Works closely with operational business units, architect, and technical groups to review, design, and implement requirements and strategy
- Other duties as assigned by the Software Engineering Manager
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field
- 3+ years application development (PHP - preferred, JavaScript, C#, NodeJS)
- 2+ years developing SOAP/RESTful web services
- 2+ years working experience with agile project development
- Strong understanding of source/version control platforms (GIT)
- Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Programming
- Working knowledge with continuous integration technologies (Jenkins)
- Working knowledge with containerization (Docker)
- Hands on experience with the creation and execution of test scenarios and testing (unit, UAT, integration)
- Solid experience with relational databases (SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle)
- Solid experience with creation of technical requirements, user documentation and operations guides
- Familiarity with front-end frameworks (VueJS) and backend frameworks (Laravel)
- Familiar with the following tools or technologies: (Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Outlook, and Visio)
- Required non-technical skills include: solid communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills, complex problem solving, results orientation, adaptability, self-motivated, able to see the big picture while delivering tangible results
