First Citizens Bank · 8 hours ago
Lead Software Engineer - Direct Transactions
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
6+ years expFirst Citizens Bank is seeking a hands-on Lead Software Engineer to provide technology solutions and integration services in Payments and Money movement. The ideal candidate will lead all software aspects within the team, including research, design, development, and support, while ensuring the delivery of high-quality technical solutions that meet user needs.
BankingInsuranceLendingPaymentsWealth Management
Responsibilities
Design and develop technical solutions that meet user needs with respect to functionality, performance, scalability, and reliability
Provide development leadership (Architecture, Strategy, Design, Development) on our Client facing Payments platforms
Drive department best practices, guidelines implementation and adhere to standards
Innate desire to create a superlative developer experience down to the last detail
Deep love of building elegant, maintainable, well-documented, secure code
Abstracting and refactoring should be a passion, not a chore
Drive to learn new things and go above and beyond the call of duty
Always working to improve yourself and constructively support the team around you
Drive technical designs to consensus and approval by Architecture Review Team
Design and develop enterprise solutions for specific business need that provide frameworks, interfaces and services that can be extended and reused for future requirements
Perform impact analysis of proposed changes on existing architecture, capabilities, system priorities, and technology solutions; looks for additional solution options or trade-offs
Identifies cost/benefit implications of proposed solutions (e.g. people, processes, technology, strategy, finance)
Creates and maintains application architecture and related assets
Be the go-to person for development team on architecture discussions
Supervise release processes (some after-hours/weekend work may be required)
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree and 6 years of experience in Software application development and maintenance OR High School Diploma or GED and 10 years of experience in Software application development and maintenance
Preferred
Bachelor's Degree and 8+ years of experience
Technical leadership experience for medium to large sized enterprise projects with strong communication, driving technical strategy and roadmap
Ability to moderate, analyze and troubleshoot production issues on both on Prem and vendor solutions
Must have Working knowledge on AWS Cloud Infrastructure, Docker, OpenShift
Strong proficiency and hands on experience in Design and Development of distributed systems
Development experience with Node, React, Java/J2EE, Restful Webservices
Experience building Spring Boot Microservices
Preferred experience on public API development and using API Gateway like APIGEE
File-based transfer applications (e.g. Sterling, SFTP, etc.)
Strong proficiency and hands on experience in Design and Development RDBMS architecture and performance tuning systems like Oracle/MS- SQL/SQL Server and NoSQL databases
Worked on Agile projects and has complete knowledge of day-to-day Agile routines
Experience with Payment Technology, ISO 20022, file formats such as NACHA, PAIN, BAI2, CAMT, Real Time Payments, SWIFT integration, or similar platforms
Banking/Payments Industry knowledge with experience delivering on large modernization/transformative efforts
Company
First Citizens Bank
First Citizens Bank provides banking services, essential business and professional services, wealth management capabilities, and more.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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$33M2021-05-07Post Ipo Debt· $10M
2018-08-29Post Ipo Debt· $23M
1986-10-31IPO
Leadership Team
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Craig Nix
Chief Financial Officer
Samantha Bureau - Johnson
SVP & Director, Customer Contact Center
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