Full-stack Engineer 4 (Bank Tech)

Description

You will work on complex business problems in a collaborative setting where delivery is iterative.

This bank technology role sits at the front of a major technology transformation across the company.

The team builds with open source frameworks and emerging technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead several technology projects and a team of developers who build distributed microservices and full-stack systems, with solutions that meet the company's regulatory needs.
• Work with digital product managers to deliver robust cloud-based solutions that help millions of Americans reach financial empowerment.
• Set design, development and operational standards across Agile teams and give them technical direction.
• Work with architects to define service boundaries, integration patterns and reusable frameworks.
• Build with Java, Scala, Python, Go, Node.js, JavaScript and TypeScript, open source relational and NoSQL databases, Docker and Kubernetes for container orchestration, and a range of AWS tools and services.
• Find areas to improve, refactor where it is targeted, and contribute to reducing technical debt and improving system performance.
• Shape long-term technology strategy by assessing new tools and practices, in a setup where teams own what they build.
• Keep up with technology trends, try new tools, take part in internal and external communities, and mentor engineers.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or a related quantitative field such as statistics, economics, operations research, analytics, mathematics or engineering.
• At least 4 years of software engineering experience. Internships do not count.
• At least 2 years of experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), cloud-based productivity tools, or virtualization technologies.
• Preferred: a master's degree in computer science or a related field.
• Preferred: 7+ years of coding experience in more than two of Go, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Rust, C and Scala.
• Preferred: 3+ years working with databases and database management systems.
• Preferred: 3+ years with AWS, GCP, Azure, cloud-based productivity tools or virtualization technologies.
• Preferred: 4+ years contributing to open source frameworks.
• Preferred: 3+ years with front-end JavaScript or TypeScript frameworks.
• Preferred: 4+ years building synchronous and asynchronous APIs.
• Preferred: 3+ years with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code and automated testing frameworks.
• Preferred: 3+ years using Git-based version control such as Git, GitHub or Bitbucket.
• Preferred: 3+ years troubleshooting technical issues in cloud environments.
• Preferred: experience using modern AI-based coding tools and IDE copilots.
• Preferred: 1+ year mentoring engineers and supporting their professional development in technical teams.
• Preferred: 1+ year using observability to find and fix performance bottlenecks in distributed systems.
• Preferred: experience using interactive AI tools for productivity beyond basic code completion.
• Preferred: experience leading cross-functional engineering efforts or large-scale technical initiatives.
• Preferred: experience setting and enforcing coding standards and design patterns across teams.

Conditions

The company will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization or offer any immigration-related support for this role, including H-1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, E-3 and O-1, or any other work authorization that requires employer immigration support.

Full-time annual salary ranges by location are Richmond, VA: $179,400 - $204,700 and Wilmington, DE: $179,400 - $204,700, for the Full-stack Engineer 4 role.

These figures apply only to candidates hired to work in those locations and show what the company is willing to pay when the posting goes live.

Candidates hired in other locations get that location's pay range, and the actual salary is stated in the offer letter.

Part-time pay is prorated based on the agreed number of regular hours.

Applications will be accepted for at least 5 business days.

Agency submissions are not accepted.

Roles posted in Canada, the United Kingdom or the Philippines are employed by the local entity of the company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants with criminal histories in line with applicable laws, and it promotes a drug-free workplace.

Benefits

• Eligible employees receive health, financial and other benefits that support overall well-being. Eligibility depends on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status and management level.
• This role is eligible for performance-based incentive pay, which may include cash bonuses and or long-term incentives, and may be discretionary or non-discretionary depending on the plan.