Senior Backend Java Developer

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GENERAL FUNCTION:

As a member of an agile squad, responsible for implementing new features and enabling

capabilities using modern software engineering tools and practices. Adheres to practices and

standards, set by communities of practice, and contributes to a culture of  continuous improvement.

Shares responsibility and accountability for risk by openly exchanging ideas and opinions,

elevating concerns, and personally following policies and procedures as defined. Doing the right

thing for customers and colleagues ensures that actions and behaviors drive a positive customer experience.

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:

• Implement new features while maintaining overall quality of software

• Contribute to a culture of learning by documenting and sharing technical knowledge as a

• developer on an agile squad

• Participate in developer communities of practice by following best practices, participating in

• code reviews, and sharing knowledge

• Remain current on relevant technology trends

• Design and develop scalable, secure RESTful APIs used by iOS/Android mobile apps
• Build and maintain microservices in a cloud-native environment
• Integrate backend services with mobile-specific capabilities (authentication, push notifications, analytics pipelines, etc.)
• Perform code reviews, debugging, monitoring, and performance tuning
• Ensure reliability, scalability, and observability across backend services
• Collaborate with mobile, web, DevOps, and product teams
• Maintain technical documentation and ensure adherence to engineering best practices
• Participate in full SDLC including requirements, design, development, testing, and production support

MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Systems or comparable with 0-3 years of software development experience

• Strong expertise in Spring Boot, RESTful API design, and microservices architecture

• Experience with Apache Kafka for event-driven systems

• Proficiency with AWS (Lambda, ECS/EKS, S3, API Gateway, RDS/DynamoDB, etc.)

• Experience with Kubernetes and containerized deployments

• Familiarity with Terraform for infrastructure-as-code

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins (or similar tools)

• Experience using Dynatrace and/or Splunk for monitoring and logging

• Understanding of backend support for mobile apps (authentication, performance, scalability)

• Proven experience designing backend systems that support mobile applications

• Strong knowledge of Java, microservices, and cloud-native architectures

• Hands-on AWS experience

• Solid understanding of distributed systems, message queues, and API security

Position not available for immigration sponsorship.

At Fifth Third, we understand the importance of recognizing our employees for the role they play in improving the lives of our customers, communities and each other. Our Total Rewards include comprehensive benefits and differentiated compensation offerings to give each employee the opportunity to be their best every day.

The base salary for this position is reflective of the range of salary levels for all roles within this pay grade across the U.S. Individual salaries within this range will vary based on factors such as role, relevant skillset, relevant experience, education and geographic location. In addition to the base salary, this role is eligible to participate in an incentive compensation plan, with any such payment based upon company, line of business and/or individual performance.

Our extensive benefits programs are designed to support the individual needs of our employees and their families, encompassing physical, financial, emotional and social well-being. You can learn more about those programs on our 53.com Careers page at: https://www.53.com/content/fifth-third/en/careers/benefits.html or by consulting with your talent acquisition partner. 

Attention search firms and staffing agencies: do not submit unsolicited resumes for this posting.  Fifth Third does not accept resumes from any agency that does not have an active agreement with Fifth Third.  Any unsolicited resumes – no matter how they are submitted – will be considered the property of Fifth Third and Fifth Third will not be responsible for any associated fee.

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