Principal Software Engineer

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GENERAL FUNCTION: Designs and implements technology and software solutions as a member of an agile squad. Being assigned to an agile squad means this role also participates in all agile ceremonies driving activities from architecture and design to delivery. Models software development best practices and leads communities of practice to continuously refine and document standards and best practices.

Responsible and accountable for risk by openly exchanging ideas and opinions, elevating concerns, and personally following policies and procedures as defined. Accountable for always doing the right thing for customers and colleagues, and ensures that actions and behaviors drive a positive customer experience. While operating within the Bank's risk appetite, achieves results by consistently identifying, assessing, managing, monitoring, and reporting risks of all types.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design and implement new features while improving quality of technical products and applications
• Create and execute long term vision of technical products and applications
• Act as a technical expert and developer on an agile squad
• Drive the architecture of solutions across multiple services and applications
• Develop software meeting code quality standards and metrics
• Practice test-driven development
• Guide communities of practice by mentoring developers, creating and enforcing standards, reviewing others code, and sharing knowledge
• Achieve operational excellence by automating processes and writing maintainable, supportable, and testable code
• Maintain effective partnerships with operations and engineering teams to drive service improvement
• Remain current on IT trends pertaining to their area of practice
• Assist with problem resolution for end users and customers
• Create and update operations procedures for daily routine management processes
• Maintain appropriate controls and documentation to ensure compliance of audit requirements
• Participate in 24x7 oncall rotation
• Other duties as assigned

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: None

MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Systems or comparable with 8+ years of experience
• Strong knowledge of TSO and Mainframe technology
• Experience with COBOL, SAS and MQ
• Experience with AmTrust accounting system. While not required, candidates with this experience will be given special consideration
• Background in Wealth and Asset Management preferred, but not required
• Knowledge of functional software design
• Knowledge of software development best practices
• Prior experience with knowledge of Git and GitHub
• Understanding of Software Development Methodologies
• Understanding of security best practices
• Strong problem solving skills
• Strong collaboration skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Position not available for immigration sponsorship

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