Fifth Third Bank · 7 hours ago
Principle Software Engineer - Service Development
Cincinnati, OH
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/StaffFifth Third Bank is a financial institution seeking a Principal Software Engineer to drive architectural direction and engineering excellence. This role involves designing scalable systems, mentoring teams, and ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture while collaborating with product owners and engineering leadership.
BankingCommercial LendingFinanceFinancial ExchangesFinancial ServicesLendingMedia and EntertainmentMortgage
Responsibilities
Lead design and implementation of complex, scalable software solutions across multiple squads and domains
Influence and contribute to enterprise architecture to ensure systems are secure, scalable, reliable, and aligned with organizational strategy
Create or extend architecture diagrams, sequence diagrams, and technical flows to support solution design across domains
Provide architectural guidance to squads, helping teams evaluate trade-offs and make sound technical decisions
Serve as the Tech Lead for a development squad when needed, guiding technical execution and ensuring alignment with architectural standards
Drive and uphold engineering standards across the development practice, ensuring consistency, code quality, observability maturity, and best practices adoption
Proactively identify gaps in engineering standards, patterns, or tools; work across teams to define and implement improvements
Mentor engineers across squads and job levels, elevating overall technical capability
Rapidly assess unfamiliar codebases or systems to assist with troubleshooting, architecture evolution, or accelerated delivery
Champion modern engineering methodologies, including microservices, cloud-native design, CI/CD automation, and domain-driven architecture
Act as a trusted leader within the Chapter, helping shape strategic direction and serving as a go-to expert for engineers and leads
Provide technical continuity across squads during transitions, escalations, or delivery challenges
Guide cross-functional teams through complex, multi-squad problem solving and technical decision-making
Act as a stabilizing force during production incidents or outages, supporting recovery efforts across teams
Drive observability standards across squads, ensuring consistent logging, metrics, dashboards, and alerting practices
Collaborate with SRE and monitoring teams to define critical metrics, logging schemas, and operational visibility standards
Promote reliability engineering practices and ensure operational readiness for all delivered solutions
Define and evolve team-wide standards for AI-assisted development
Evaluate AI tooling (including Copilot) for alignment with longer-term architectural goals and engineering quality
Mentor Leads and Senior Engineers on using AI responsibly while maintaining developer growth and architectural integrity
Ensure AI use supports strategic platform direction (e.g., OpenShift, microservices, automation, observability)
Maintain required documentation, architectural decisions, and compliance artifacts
Complete all required training and HR documentation without reminders
Stay current with emerging technologies and industry best practices
Qualification
Required
Expert-level proficiency in software architecture, system design, and integration patterns
Deep experience with cloud-native development using AWS services (Lambda, API Gateway, ECS, RDS, DynamoDB, IAM, VPC)
Strong command of backend frameworks: Java / Spring Boot and JavaScript / NodeJS
Advanced knowledge of microservices, domain-driven design, and event-driven architecture
Skilled with Terraform, CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, and artifact management via JFrog Artifactory
Expertise with observability platforms such as Splunk and Dynatrace, including metric design, logging strategies, and cross-system dashboards
Strong understanding of security, compliance, and performance optimization practices
Excellent communication skills with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts for technical and non‑technical audiences—including executives
Highly collaborative across squads, departments, and external partners
Adaptable and resilient, able to pivot quickly in fast-changing business and technology environments
Proactive mentor and coach who elevates others
Strong advocate for continuous improvement and innovation
Solves complex technical problems spanning multiple squads, domains, or systems
Able to quickly diagnose issues in unfamiliar codebases and lead resolution efforts
Drives architectural design and technical strategy across squads
Leads by example in engineering standards, communities of practice, and cross-squad initiatives
Mentors engineers across job families, fostering a culture of growth and excellence
Acts as a servant leader focused on enabling teams to make strong technical decisions
Demonstrates exceptional situational awareness and adaptability, providing immediate value in new or challenging environments
Acts as a stabilizing force during outages, escalations, or delivery challenges
Serves as a primary technical liaison with Product, Architecture, and engineering leadership
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits
Incentive compensation plan
Extensive benefits programs
Company
Fifth Third Bank
Fifth Third Bancorp is a financial services company that specializes in small business, retail banking, and investments. It is a sub-organization of Fifth Third Bank.
Founded in 1858
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2021 (2)
2020 (43)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown1978-01-13IPO
Leadership Team
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Bryan Preston
Chief Financial Officer
Maria Holmes
VP, Senior Manager Corporate Sponsorship
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