First Citizens Bank is a financial institution seeking a Software Engineer II to join their agile team. The role involves developing and maintaining software solutions to enhance customer experience and support financial operations, with responsibilities spanning the entire software development lifecycle.
Design, develop, and maintain user interface components and web applications using React.js
Write clean, efficient, well-documented, and maintainable code following best practices
Participate in all phases of the Agile development lifecycle, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives
Collaborate with product managers, analysts, developers, testers, and other cross-functional teams to define and implement solutions
Apply knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) toolchain to improve automation and efficiency
Analyze and solve technical problems, debugging and troubleshooting code issues
Identify and implement strategies to optimize application performance
Conduct unit testing, integration testing, and potentially contribute to automated testing frameworks
Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and knowledge sharing
Create and maintain documentation for the codebase and its functionality
May mentor junior engineers and contribute to the team's technical growth
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree and 2 years of experience in Application software programming OR High School Diploma or GED and 6 years of experience in Application software programming
Preferred
Preferred Area of Study: Computer Science
Excellent ability to communicate technical information clearly and work effectively with cross-functional teams
Strong design & development experience with JEE & Enterprise Technologies: JMS, JDBC, Web development, Transactions, WS-*, JVM, JSP, Servlets, EJB, JNDI, JMX, JTA, Spring, JUnit, Hibernate
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Experience building SpringBoot Microservices
Experience building applications using container architecture with Kubernetes orchestration
Preferred experience on public API development and using API Gateway like APIGEE
In-depth understanding of JavaScript, including ES6+ features, Loopback, closures and asynchronous programming
Worked on Agile projects and has complete knowledge of day to day Agile routines
Proven experience in building user interfaces with React.js
Familiarity with state management libraries like Redux or MobX
Understanding of the React component lifecycle and its best practices
Experience with testing frameworks like Jest or Mocha
Ability to interact with REST APIs and handle data fetching and manipulation
Proficient in using GITLAB for version control
Experience with Jira, Confluence and ORACLE Database systems
Understanding of basic UI/UX design principles
Prior experience with regulated financial organization is a plus
Benefits
Benefits are an integral part of total rewards and First Citizens Bank is committed to providing a competitive, thoughtfully designed and quality benefits program to meet the needs of our associates.
First Citizens Bank provides banking services, essential business and professional services, wealth management capabilities, and more.
