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July 2, 2025
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Senior Associate Application Engineer

Riverwoods, IL
Full-time
Onsite
$74K/yr - $124K/yr
Entry, Mid, Senior Level
Discover is one of the most recognized brands in U.S. digital banking and payments. The Senior Associate Application Engineer will be responsible for programming features and test cases, contributing to agile ceremonies, and supporting production systems while learning complex software engineering practices.
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Responsibilities

  • Responsible for the ability to program most features and test cases unattended, but lacks a complete overview of product development and operations. As a result, handovers to other team members limits productivity.
  • Completes most features and user stories including test cases and automation unattended.
  • Learns more complex software engineering practices such as domain driven design, test driven development, operations, and security.
  • Contributes to agile ceremonies, leads demos and presentations, helps new engineers learn established norms, and participates in technology communities.
  • Participates in system design decisions and learns how these decisions impact the product as a whole.
  • Learns to support production systems and understands how observed events and failures impact the product.

Qualification

Required

  • Bachelors Computer Science, Engineering, Informatics, Information Security, Information Technology, or related.
  • 1+ years Information Technology, (Software) Engineering, or related
  • Internal applicants only: technical proficiency of Advanced Beginner on the Dreyfus Engineering scale.

Preferred

  • Experience with Java and cloud native applications(Preferably AWS)
  • Experience in designing/working with high availability, throughput intensive transaction systems
  • Experience with Payments network/Switch

Benefits

  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Paid Time Off
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Medical, Dental, Vision, & Health Savings Account
  • Short and Long Term Disability, Life, and Accidental Death & Dismemberment insurances
  • Recognition Program
  • Education Assistance
  • Commuter Benefits
  • Family Support Programs
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
We are Discover. As one of the most recognized brands in U.S.
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3.9
Founded in 1985
Deerfield, Illinois, USA
10001+ employees
https://www.discover.com