Lead Software Engineer

Overview

Overview We are looking for a hands-on Lead Software Engineer who provides technology solutions and integration services in the following areas:
Core banking, Payments (US, UK) & Money movement. The ideal candidate should have the necessary skills and experience to provide technical guidance, estimation of efforts, understanding and deciding upon the optimal technology solution to achieve the desired business needs, day-to-day application support, and the ability to navigate differing levels of gray/unknowns. The candidate should have excellent communication skills with other IT management levels, individual contributors, and business stakeholders.

They must be able to move at a rapid rate of execution to deliver requests and take advantage of opportunities as they present themselves, navigating through resource constraints. They must have both the short- and long-term strategic view when deciding on the best technical approach and be able to develop code while effectively overseeing distributed development team members.

• This role will be responsible for all software aspects within the team including research, design, technology insertion, development, testing and supporting them.
• Design and develop technical solutions that meet user needs with respect to functionality, performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Provide development leadership (Architecture, Design, Development) on our Emerging Payments platforms.
• Drive department best practices, guidelines implementation and adherence to standards.
• Innate desire to create a superior 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 the Architecture Review Team. Design and develop enterprise solutions for specific business needs 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; look for additional solution options or trade-offs. Identify cost/benefit implications of proposed solutions (e.g., people, processes, technology, strategy, finance).
• Create and maintain application architecture and related assets. Be the go-to person for development team on architecture discussions. The duties and responsibilities are representative of the nature and level of work assigned.
• Supervise release processes (some after-hours/weekend work may be 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.

• Technical leadership experience for medium to large sized enterprise projects
• Ability to analyze and troubleshoot production issues
• Working knowledge of AWS Cloud Infrastructure, Docker, Open Shift
• Strong proficiency and hands-on experience in design and development of distributed systems
• Development experience with Node, React, Java/J2EE, RESTful Web services
• Experience building Spring Boot Microservices
• Preferred experience in 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 of RDBMS architecture and performance tuning systems like Oracle/MS-SQL/SQL Server and No
  
  SQL databases
• Worked on Agile projects and has complete knowledge of day-to-day Agile routines
• Proficiency in event-driven architecture using Kafka or other messaging systems

• Experience with Core Payment Technology solutions using products such as Zelle, Real Time Payments (TCH and/or Fed Now, integration) SWIFT integration or similar platforms
• Banking/Payments Industry knowledge with experience delivering on large modernization/transformative efforts

Benefits are an integral part of total rewards. First Citizens Bank is committed to providing a competitive, thoughtfully designed and quality benefits program to meet the needs of our associates. More information can be found in the benefits section of the careers site.