Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (CFG) seeks a Software Engineer II for its Short Hills, New Jersey location.
Responsibilities:
• Contribute to design and architecture for the technology solutions.
• Responsible for Designing, modifying, developing, and implementing technology solutions.
• Build modern, architecturally sound components, tools, and applications to meet mission-driven strategic business goals.
• Participate in an environment rapidly transforming to the Agile methodology, adhering to best practices, and collaborating effectively with teammates.
• Analyze technology needs and gather technical requirements.
• Infuse quality of service characteristics, such as scalability, manageability, and maintainability, into distributed service-based framework to create or expand business or technical capabilities.
• Participate in code and design reviews to ensure that solutions meet the enterprise standards and best practices.
• Document development iterations; ensuring the quality of technical documentation; creating progress reports.
• Collaborate with cross functional team members as necessary and come up with optimal solutions that meet solution demands.
• Execute unit test of the developed functionality in target environment, validate expected result and ensure quality & accuracy.
• Coordinate with business users for user acceptance test and with operations team for code deployment to upper environments.
• Follow change management team stipulations on path to production requirements and strictly adhere to the compliance and regulatory needs.
Qualifications:
Requires a Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field and two (2) years of experience as Software Developer, Software Engineer, or related position involving software development.
Full term of experience must include:
• Architecting, designing, developing, implementing, and managing AWS Cloud solutions;
• Utilizing highly automated CI/CD pipelines , including Confluence, Jira, Jenkins, GIT, Nexus, Maven and Bitbucket;
• Developing software in object oriented programming languages, including C, C++, VC++, and JAVA;
• Web application development utilizing HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSON, & XML;
• Utilizing IDE and development tools, including IntelliJ, Eclipse, Visual Studio Code, SVN, GIT, Bitbucket, Putty, WinSCP, Maven, and Nexus repository; and
• Utilizing RDBMS and NOSQL databases, including MySQL.
Remote work permitted 1 day per week.
Worksite: 101 John F Kennedy Pkwy., Short Hills, NJ 07078 United States, 40 hrs/wk. Salary Range: $112,169.40 - 135,000/year. EO employer.
For summary of benefits and to apply visit our website at https://jobs.citizensbank.com and apply online (Job ID: 49577) or email resume and cover letter to [email protected] with subject line: 49577.
Direct applicants only.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Citizens, its parent, subsidiaries, and related companies (Citizens) provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, citizenship, physical or mental disability, perceived disability or history or record of a disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, genetic characteristic, marital or domestic partner status, victim of domestic violence, family status/parenthood, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, pregnancy/childbirth/lactation, colleague’s or a dependent’s reproductive health decision making, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by federal, state and/or local laws. At Citizens, we are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that enables all colleagues to bring their best selves to work every day and everyone is expected to be treated with respect and professionalism. Employment decisions are based solely on merit, qualifications, performance and capability.
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Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the candidate successfully passing a background check, which may include initial credit, motor vehicle record, public record, prior employment verification, and criminal background checks. Results of the background check are individually reviewed based upon legal requirements imposed by our regulators and with consideration of the nature and gravity of the background history and the job offered. Any offer of employment will include further information.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
- Two years of experience as a Software Developer, Software Engineer, or in a related software development position
- Experience architecting, designing, developing, implementing, and managing AWS Cloud solutions
- Experience with automated CI/CD pipelines using Confluence, Jira, Jenkins, Git, Nexus, Maven, and Bitbucket
- Experience developing software in object-oriented programming languages, including C, C++, VC++, and Java
- Experience with web application development using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSON, and XML
- Experience using IntelliJ, Eclipse, Visual Studio Code, SVN, Git, Bitbucket, PuTTY, WinSCP, Maven, and Nexus Repository
- Experience with RDBMS and NoSQL databases, including MySQL
Citizens Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Citizens and has not been reviewed or approved by Citizens.
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Parental & Family Support — Policies include six weeks of fully paid parental leave for all parents, up to 16 weeks for birthing parents, 10 days of emergency back‑up care, and adoption assistance of more than $25,000. Recognition for adoption support underscores a strong family‑friendly posture.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off includes 11 paid holidays and up to 27 PTO days. The breadth of leave is presented as generous versus many peers.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision options pair with an HSA that includes a company contribution, plus mental‑health access via Spring Health (eight no‑cost sessions), Hinge Health, wellness programs, and discounted gyms. Eligibility at 20+ hours per week broadens access to these resources.
Citizens Insights
What We Do
As one of the oldest and largest financial services firms in the United States with a history dating back to 1828, we’re committed to providing solutions and expertise that support our customers, clients, colleagues, and communities in what’s next on their own unique journey. We invest in the humans who build the logic, ideas, and innovations that bring new technologies to life. Investments in AI, cloud computing, machine learning and automation provide our engineers the tools that enable us to remain competitive and win in today’s environment. At Citizens, we recognize that the journey to accomplishment is no longer linear and that individuals are made of all they have done and all they are going to do. Whether you’re considering banking with us or looking to work with us, you’ll find a customer-centric culture and a supportive, collaborative workforce at Citizens. You’re made ready and so are we. If you're ready to advance your career in technology and security, learn more about opportunity's Citizens offers here: https://jobs.citizensbank.com/digital-transformation
Why Work With Us
We empower the colleagues that power our tech. With growth & upskilling opportunities and sought-after benefits, plus a diverse culture of people and perspectives, we help our colleagues achieve career goals. Because innovation can’t happen without the minds and hearts of our people. Technology is constantly evolving, and we believe you can too.
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