At Sunrise Banks we are committed to a culture of trust and transparency that welcomes all.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Software Engineering Manager manages and oversees the design and development of software applications and directs the work of software engineers to ensure the best practices around software development. This position will use your skills, experience, and talents to be a part of groundbreaking thinking and visionary organization. Project work requires the ability to execute well across the entire development lifecycle and within each of the application layers: presentation, business logic, and data. This position will both direct and work on application design, and development utilizing a thorough understanding of applicable technology, tools and existing designs and provide guidance and direction to less experienced staff in resolution of highly complex technical problems; and ensure quality, security and compliance requirements are met. Local applicants - onsite hybrid work requirement.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Accountable for the design, development and delivery of features that are necessary to support new developments and enhancements in our product lines
- Accountable for delivery of applicable tests with all code to prove correctness, robustness, and scalability
- Serve as an expert resource to help create and improve standards and best practices to ensure high-performance, scalable, repeatable, and secure deliverables
- Provide the team with thought leadership to promote re-use and develop consistent, scalable patterns
- Interface with third party vendors to enable bank operations
- Provide innovative ideas and solutions in an ever-changing environment
- Accountable for the delivery and maintenance of applications, both built in-house and vendor provided
- Address issues and mitigate risks, communicate status to business stakeholders, IT leaders and other IT teams impacted by the project
- Demonstrate strong leadership by developing healthy team culture via coaching, mentoring, training and hiring
- Support teams in managing cross product/cross-team technical dependencies
- Provide hands-on support with the implementation, as needed
- Contribute to development and testing automation practices and frameworks, including unit, functional, integration, end to end, load, and performance
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
This position supervises the software engineering positions.
Responsible for the hiring, performance management, and development of these employee(s).
COMPETENCIES
- Sunrise Core Values
- Adaptability
- Communication
- Compliance
- Dependability & Flexibility
- Initiative
- Integrity
- Judgement
- Organizational Skills
- Productivity
- Professionalism
- Quality Service
- Teamwork
- Technical /PC Skills
- Work Quality
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, MIS, or related technical field; or, a minimum of 4 years of equivalent professional experience and high school diploma/GED
- 1 – 3 years of supervisory experience
- 5+ years of full-stack web platform software engineering experience
- Strong experience with one of the following: C#, JavaScript, Golang, Python
- Experience with modern UI web development i.e. ReactJS, Angular, Vue
- Strong experience with database design: SQL/NoSQL/Snowflake
- Messaging experience with RabbitMQ/Kafka/etc
- Azure experience including Azure Functions, microservices and containerization
- Experience building distributed and scalable applications utilizing REST services and messaging technologies
- Collaborative team player/servant leader, comfortable working in agile environment and balancing both forward-looking and practical concerns
- Experienced with event-driven, resilient, scalable, and performant architectures
- Approachable and optimistic leader, who exhibits a positive attitude and supports team growth through change
- Experience with CI/CD Pipelines Harness (preferred), GitHub, Azure DevOps
- Experience with successful implementation of automated testing development practices, including some of the following: unit, functional, integration, front-end, e2e, load & performance, security, canary
- Strong understanding of authorization and authentication
- Knowledge of domain driven design, software design patterns and design principles
- Self-starter with strong desire to learn new concepts, processes, and technologies
- Demonstrates the ability to work effectively with AI tools and maintains an open, curious approach to emerging technologies.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Salary range DOQ: $106,419 - $182,432
Eligible Benefits: Health, dental, vision, FSA, life, AD&D, STD, LTD, Pet, PPL, PTO, PVTO, 401k and more. Visit www.sunrisebanks.com for more details.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, MIS, or related field; or 4 years equivalent experience with high school diploma/GED
- 1-3 years of supervisory or people management experience
- 5+ years of full-stack web platform software engineering experience
- Strong experience with one of: C#, JavaScript, Golang, Python
- Experience with modern UI web development (ReactJS, Angular, or Vue)
- Strong experience with database design: SQL, NoSQL, Snowflake
- Messaging experience (RabbitMQ, Kafka, or similar)
- Azure experience including Azure Functions, microservices, and containerization
- Experience building distributed, scalable applications using REST services and messaging
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools (GitHub, Azure DevOps); Harness experience preferred
- Experience implementing automated testing practices (unit, functional, integration, front-end, e2e, load/performance, security)
- Strong understanding of authorization and authentication
- Knowledge of domain-driven design, software design patterns, and design principles
- Proven ability to coach, mentor, hire, and develop engineering teams; servant leader in agile environments
- Demonstrates ability to work effectively with AI tools and adapt to emerging technologies
What We Do
At Sunrise Banks, our success relies on the success of the communities we serve. We believe that where you bank matters. That’s why it’s our mission to be the most innovative bank empowering financial wellness. As a socially responsible bank, we offer financial products that aim to better the lives of our clients in Minnesota, South Dakota, and beyond. Since 1986, we have been committed to working with the communities we serve using innovative tools and resources that provide opportunities to gain stability, build generational wealth or start a business. Sunrise Banks was founded by David Reiling, a social entrepreneur and innovator on the cutting edge of fintech and financial wellness. He strives to forge meaningful partnerships that drive sustainable economic growth. The bank, driven by David’s vision, focuses on positive community engagement and partners with like-minded companies to extend its mission nationally and around the world. Our membership and certifications are one way we demonstrate our ethical banking standards. Our mission is embedded in the products we offer and the services our customers receive. We provide innovative services throughout our core banking and fintech offerings. These certifications and memberships show our commitment to values-based banking: • Certified B Corporation • Certified Community Development Financial Institution • Member of the Global Alliance for Banking on Values Member FDIC | Equal Housing Lender | Equal Opportunity Provider | NMLS # 640909 | AA/EOE
