Software Engineer II

About The Role

Provide technical leadership in the production of high-quality, secure, custom software for internal and external end users. Help with the establishment of coding guidelines and technical designs, including writing well‑designed, testable code that adheres to coding guidelines and technical design. Create documentation (e.g., specifications, flowcharts, etc.) to capture technical application details. Build quality into the application by providing unit tests for existing and new code and by participating in peer code reviews.

Collaborate with UX teams to design solutions that provide an outstanding user experience.

• Develop high‑quality, secure solutions for new features as well as modifications of existing features in existing custom applications.
• Analyze existing issues and provide solutions to remediate; use issue resolution as an opportunity to improve supportability of the custom software.
• Document and demonstrate solutions by developing design documentation (e.g., analysis, flowcharts, sequence diagrams, etc.), code comments and clear code.
• Partner with Columbia QA and 3rd‑party engineers to drive high‑quality, on‑time deliverables, assist in the QA effort by providing reviews of QA documentations and/or test cases, and participating in the testing effort, when necessary.
• Partner with internal and external customers or representatives to understand problem statements, desired outcomes and requirements; contribute to the refinement of requirements and/or User Stories.
• Assist in promptly resolving deployment and/or production issues; use issue resolution as an opportunity to improve supportability of the custom software.
• Contribute to operational and engineering excellence and continuous process improvement initiatives; partner with cross‑functional teams to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the software development process, deployment and support.
• Understand and adhere to the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and development standards and guidelines.
• Demonstrate compliance with all bank regulations for assigned job function and apply to designated job responsibilities – knowledge may be gained through coursework and on‑the‑job training. Keep up-to-date on regulation changes.
• Follow all bank policies and procedures, compliance regulations, and complete all required annual or job‑specific training.
• Maintain a working knowledge of bank’s written policies and procedures regarding the Bank Secrecy Act, Regulation CC, Regulation E, bank security and other regulations as applicable to this job description.
• May be asked to coach, mentor, or train others and teach coursework as subject‑matter expert.
• Actively learn, demonstrate, and foster Columbia corporate culture in all actions and words.
• Take personal initiative and be a positive example for others to emulate.
• Embrace our vision to become Business Bank of Choice.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent field preferred.
• 4‑7 years of software industry experience required.
• Knowledge of Microsoft technology stack, including Visual Studio, .NET, and Git Hub (or other source control).
• Extensive knowledge of HTML5, CSS, JQuery and JavaScript.
• Experience with UI frameworks and technologies (Bootstrap, AngularJS, or Blazor preferred).
• Experience with SOA, API, and Web services.
• Extensive experience with testing frameworks (e.g., NUnit, Xunit, JUnit, etc.), standard build tools and version control systems.
• Intermediate working knowledge of Object‑Oriented Programming best practices, Object‑Oriented Analysis, Object‑Oriented Design, design patterns, and software development methodologies; experience in Agile development practices utilizing Scrum, Kanban and/or Scrumban.
• Ability to work independently as well as lead collaborative working sessions with internal teams. Strong interpersonal skills needed to work with cross‑functional teams.

The pay range for this role is $80,000.00 to $.

The pay rate for the selected candidate is dependent upon a variety of non‑discriminatory factors including, but not limited to, job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience, education, and geographic…