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Job Summary

The Engineer II uses code to create APIs and/or micro-services to connect core platforms to experiences. This role is responsible for understanding business problems and designing, developing, configuring, testing, and deploying software to provide the solution. The Engineer II most often use agile techniques and are a part of a larger, cross-functional team. Depending on the team, this role's responsibilities may include building pipelines, building test strategy, and building cloud environments to be used in part of the development processes. The Engineer II's responsibility is to ensure the delivery of the software is high quality and automated.

 

Essential Job Functions

• Utilize the software development lifecycle to implement technology solutions that create and enhance applications. Inspect, analyze, and translate functional and non-functional requirements into technical design, application code, and configuration parameters.

• Produce design specifications, including screen layouts, graphical user interfaces, and printed outputs developed for self and others. Convert technical design and specifications into functioning components through the development of application code and configuration. Provide technical on-call support as defined within team and role expectations.

• Create and execute unit tests to ensure issues are proactively identified within the software development lifecycle. Analyze code to identify cause of errors and defects. Remediate known errors within development and production support contexts. Review application code for self and others.

• Define, support, and enforce code standards and guidelines relevant to the applications and technologies being supported. Estimate and size work based upon high-level requirements. Continuously improve applications and processes with a focus on quality, efficiency, and user experience.

• Cultivate relationships across roles and organizations to maximize collaboration, partnership, and efficiency. Provide peer coaching and feedback formally and informally. Request and utilize feedback to foster personal development.

• Work autonomously, providing technical supervision to peers while demonstrating appreciable business knowledge within the general financial services and marketing domains. Strive to influence the team to generate support to achieve desired business outcomes.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or related area or equivalent, relevant work experience

• 2+ years of related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• React development experience

• JavaScript and TypeScript proficiency

• Cloud experience with AWS and Azure

• Agile methodology familiarity

• Understanding of client-server architecture

• Knowledge of Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern and front-end architecture/design

• Web development skills including HTML and CSS

• Experience working with REST APIs

• Exposure to microservice architecture and Kafka

• Familiarity with Ruby on Rails, Kubernetes, Docker, and containerization technologies

• Experience with Node.js

• Knowledge of Golang

• Collaboration

• Curiosity

• Communication

• Willingness to grow

• Ability to coach, lead, and mentor other engineers (E2 level and above)

• 4+ years of related work experience.

Skills

• Agile Methodology

• DevOps

• Java

• JavaScript

• Microsoft Azure Functions

• Microsoft Azure SQL

• Full Stack Development

• Amazon Web Services (AWS)

• Flutter Software Development Kit (SDK)

Reports To: Manager and above

Direct Reports: 0

Work Environment

• Normal office environment. (Remote or Hybrid), 3 to 4 days per month are required in office if within 60 miles of a posted Bread Financial location.

Travel

• Ability to travel up to 5% annually

Physical and Mental Requirements
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satis