Bank of America · 10 hours ago
Senior Engineer - Wire Payment Platforms
Jersey City
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$122K/yr - $200K/yr
10+ years expBank of America is committed to helping make financial lives better through the power of every connection. The Senior Engineer will lead the engineering approach for complex features in the wire payment processing platform, ensuring alignment with business objectives and technical standards while guiding cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact solutions.
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Responsibilities
Ensures that the design and engineering approach for complex features are consistent with the larger portfolio solution
Define the technology tool stack for the solution and evaluate and adapt new testing tool/framework/practices for team(s)
Enables team(s)/applications with Continuous Integration/Continuous Development (CI/CD) capabilities and engages with other technical stakeholders pertaining to efficient functioning of CI-CD pipeline
Guides and influences team(s) on design and best practices for high code performance –e.g. pairing, code reviews
Provides end-to-end delivery of complex features, including automation, for either a single team or multiple teams, at the program level
Conducts research, design prototyping and other exploration activities such as evaluating new toolsets and components for release management, CI/CD, and features
Works with stakeholders to establish high-level solution needs and with architects for technical requirements
Design and implement cloud-native architectures leveraging AWS services such as EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, and API Gateway
Ensure security and compliance in cloud deployments using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), encryption, and monitoring best practices
Optimize cloud infrastructure for scalability, performance, and cost-efficiency using AWS Auto Scaling, Load Balancer, and Cost Explorer
Implement observability and monitoring with AWS CloudWatch, X-Ray, and integrate with existing tools like Splunk or Prometheus
Enable Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using AWS CloudFormation or Terraform for automated provisioning and environment consistency
Integrate CI/CD pipelines with AWS services (e.g., CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy) for seamless deployments
Design disaster recovery and backup strategies using AWS Backup and multi-region architecture
Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements for cloud-based financial application
Qualification
Required
10+ years' experience with the below:
Ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations
Collaborating with clients and internal teams to gather requirements and develop solutions
Optimizing existing cloud infrastructures for performance and cost-efficiency
Hands-on experience deploying applications on AWS cloud using native services such as EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, and API Gateway
Strong knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using AWS CloudFormation or Terraform
Experience integrating CI/CD pipelines with AWS services (e.g., CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy)
Ability to design secure and compliant cloud architectures leveraging AWS IAM, encryption, and monitoring best practices
Proven experience in optimizing cloud infrastructure for scalability, performance, and cost-efficiency
Providing technical leadership and mentoring to team members
Recent experience tackling complex challenges in distributed data systems using Java (Enterprise Edition), Oracle SQL, and Python
Experience using Java/J2EE technologies to develop scalable enterprise-grade applications, libraries, and frameworks
Designed and developed solution architecture to scale backend systems with Spring framework, Spring MVC, and RESTful APIs
Hands-on experience with messaging systems like Kafka and RabbitMQ
Utilized DevOps technologies for CI/CD including Ansible, Jenkins, JFrog, and Git
Designed and implemented database development on Oracle Exadata
Proven experience in leading and mentoring a team of engineers
Strong understanding of software development, testing, deployment, and support using agile methodologies
Expert-level proficiency in Java Enterprise Edition and related frameworks (e.g., Spring, Hibernate) and advanced SQL
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to write specifications and design documents
Preferred
Domain expertise in payment systems including Wire, ACH, RTP
Knowledge of ISO 20022 messaging standards
Exposure to event-driven architecture and distributed systems
Understanding of regulatory and compliance requirements in financial services
Experience with observability tools like Splunk, Prometheus, and Grafana
Knowledge of financial products data such as Equities, Fixed Income, and Derivatives
Agile/Scrum certification or experience working in agile environments
AWS Certification (Solutions Architect, Developer, or DevOps Engineer)
Familiarity with serverless computing (AWS Lambda) and container orchestration (EKS/ECS)
Experience with event-driven architecture using AWS SNS/SQS
Knowledge of AWS observability tools like CloudWatch and X-Ray
Understanding of multi-region disaster recovery strategies and data migration to AWS
Benefits
Discretionary incentive eligible
This role is currently benefits eligible.
We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.
Company
Bank of America
Bank of America is a financial institution that offers credit cards, home loans, and auto loan services.
10001+ employees
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