Software Engineer Lead - Treasury Solutions Java, Kafka, MongoDB, Restful API

Position: Software Engineer Lead - Treasury Solutions - (Java, Kafka, MongoDB, Restful API)

Position Overview

At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company’s success. As a Software Engineer Lead within PNC’s C&I B organization, you will be based in Pittsburgh, PA or Strongsville, OH or Dallas, TX or Birmingham, AL.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead a team of developers as a tech lead and involved in coming up with technical designs, mentoring developers, quarterly reviews, possibly presenting technical solutions and architectures to the team.
• Participate in hands on development.
• Individual needs to be comfortable leading technical presentations, design reviews and architecture evaluations and able to mentor and guide junior developers, perform code reviews, and ensure high quality code standards.
• Individual needs to have proven experience in leading architecture design discussions, creating technical roadmaps, and driving adoption of best practices.
• Participate in production deployments.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, fault tolerance, event-driven architecture, and performance optimization.

Technical Skills

• Proficient in Java with strong knowledge of object-oriented programming principles and design patterns.
• Hands‑on experience with Microservices architecture, including design, development, deployment, and scaling of microservices‑based applications.
• Strong experience with containerization and orchestration technologies, especially Open Shift and Docker.
• Solid knowledge of Apache Kafka with experience in Kafka optimizations.
• Experience working with Mongo
  
  DB, with a good understanding of schema design, indexing and aggregation pipelines.
• Experience in designing scalable, resilient, and secure system architectures using cloud‑native principles.
• Knowledge of RESTful API design and using tools like Swagger and Postman.
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines, automation tools and proficiency with version control tools such as Git.
• Agile/Scrum experience.

Job Description

• Creates and leads the technical design and development of software solutions.
• Proposes & designs software solutions to address complex business needs. Prepares technical and procedural documentation required.
• Facilitates complex problem resolution.
• Provides technical guidance and support to colleagues. Reviews coding, testing, and documentation of software.
• Applies modern principles, methodologies and tools to advance business initiatives and capabilities.

PNC Employees take pride in our reputation and to continue building upon that we expect our employees to be:

• Customer Focused – Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
• Managing Risk – Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support PNC's Enterprise Risk Management Framework.

Qualifications

Successful candidates must demonstrate appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities for a role. Listed below are skills, competencies, work experience, education, and required certifications/licensures needed to be successful in this position.

Preferred Skills

Application Development, Business Management, Customer Solutions, Design, Group Problem Solving, Process Improvements, Release Management, Software Solutions, User Experience (UX) Design

Competencies

Application Delivery Process, Application Design, Architecture, Application Development Tools, Application Testing, Packaged Application Integration, System Development Life Cycle, Technical Troubleshooting

Work Experience

Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree, with 3+ years of relevant / direct industry experience. Certifications are often desired. In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience…