Application Engineer ( Backend )

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Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.
Job Description:
JOB SUMMARY
Responsible for oversight on design and implementation of products assigned to their team. Still needs to think things through, but has their driver's license. This means they can take user stories and new features from idea to production unattended.
Actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management
Major Responsibilities

• Analyze, design, code, test, and deploy new user stories and product features with high quality (security, reliability, operations) to production.
• Understands the software development lifecycle and leverages critical thinking skills to properly evaluate features and functionality.
• Guides early-career engineers by providing learning tasks as well as work related tasks, directs the work of emerging talent, and helps them continue to grow in their technical skillset through mentorship.
• Has an oversight on application, system, and architecture design decisions and guides team to achieve key results for products assigned to them.
• Remediates issues using engineering principles and creates proactive design solutions for potential failures to ensure high reliability of technical solutions. Achieves team commitments (and influence others to do the same) through collaboration with other engineers, architects, product owners and data scientists. Contributes to and leads technology communities of practice at Discover in areas of design thinking, tools/technology, agile software development, security, architecture and/or data.
• Creates and enforces IT standards within the system/application infrastructure and compatibility with the architecture of the platform.

Minimum Qualifications
At a minimum, here's what we need from you:

• Bachelors - Computer Science, Engineering, Informatics, Information Security, Information Technology or related
• 3+ Years of experience in Information Technology, (Software) Engineering, or related

Internal applicants only: technical proficiency rating of competent on the Dreyfus engineering scale
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Does this job require remaining in a stationary position, including but not limited to, primarily sitting and standing? Primarily remain in a stationary position.
Does this job require the ability to move about inside or outside the work environment to complete the major responsibilities of the job? No required movement about the work environment to complete the major responsibilities of the job.
Does this job require the ability to transport physical objects? If so, provide the weight of the heaviest object the job needs to transport without the aid of machinery or equipment or the weight equivalency with the aid of machinery or equipment. No
Primarily, where is this job performed? Primarily performed indoors in an office setting
Does this job require the ability to operate equipment or machinery? Select all that apply Ability to operate office equipment such as but not limited to computer, telephone, printer, and calculator
Does this job require the ability to communicate verbally or in written form? Select all that apply. Ability to communicate verbally.; Ability to communicate in written form.
Does the job require travel No
MENTAL REQUIREMENTS
Does this role require testing or assessments to measure the ability to perform the job? No
Preferred Qualifications
Bonus Points If You Have:

• Cloud Technology - AWS, OpenShift
• Extreme automation mindset as it pertains to testing and build/deploy concepts
• CI/CD Pipeline experience via Jenkins, Github Actions, Nexus
• Test Driven development knowledge
• Techstack include Java, Spring, Kafka, Openshift, and Jenkins

Preferred Qualifications, Bonus Points If You Have:

• Building applications using Java, SpringBoot, cloud/container technologies, including PCF, AWS, and OCP, Microservices, and REST APIs.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins or similar.
• Experience as part of an Agile engineering or development team.
• Good understanding of object-oriented principles with an ability to write clean code.
• Understanding of software testing principles and methodologies and use of frameworks such as Junit/Gatling/Cucumber etc.
• Using Database Management Systems, including Oracle, MariaDB and PostgreSQL.
• Experience with React Native (or React JS), Redux, and Frontend application frameworks would be nice

External applicants will be required to perform a technical interview.
Discover will not sponsor or transfer employment work visas for this position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Application Deadline:
The application window for this position is anticipated to close on Oct-28-2024. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. The posting may be available past this date, but it is not guaranteed.
Compensation:
The base pay for this position generally ranges between $86,500.00 to $146,100.00. Additional incentives may be provided as part of a market competitive total compensation package. Factors, such as but not limited to, geographical location, relevant experience, education, and skill level may impact the pay for this position.
Benefits:
We also offer a range of benefits and programs based on eligibility. These benefits include:

• Paid Parental Leave
• Paid Time Off
• 401(k) Plan
• Medical, Dental, Vision, & Health Savings Account
• STD, Life, LTD and AD&D
• Recognition Program
• Education Assistance
• Commuter Benefits
• Family Support Programs
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Learn more at mydiscoverbenefits.com .
What are you waiting for? Apply today!
All Discover employees place our customers at the very center of our work. To deliver on our promises to our customers, each of us contribute every day to a culture that values compliance and risk management.
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