Position Overview

At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company’s success. As a Software Engineer Principal within PNC's technology organization, you will be based in Pittsburgh, PA, Cleveland, OH, Birmingham, AL or Dallas, TX. The position is primarily based in a PNC location. Responsibilities require time in the office or in the field on a regular basis. Some responsibilities may be performed remotely, at the manager’s discretion.

As a Software Engineer Principal, you will work on our Data Streaming Platform (DSP). In this position, you will be responsible for making sure that data is uploaded properly to the DSP and available as soon as it’s sent. You will develop tools and processes that will enhance availability, as well as optimize the streaming apps, APIs, SQL, etc. Additionally, you will work with our technology partners to perform upgrades to various underlying platforms, as well as work with the business and development teams that are adding data and functionality that requires DSP work. The developer is one of the most critical roles on the Data Streaming Platform team.

The ability to build java applications for data pipelines using Kafka, and Oracle is essential to the platform. Due to the nature of this position, we are seeking experienced developers who have a background with the following:

· Core Java Skills
o Strong understanding of Java

· Apache Kafka Basics
o Understanding of Kafka architecture (brokers, partitions, topics,
producers, consumers)
o Experience with Kafka Producers and Consumers using the Kafka
Java client
o Knowledge of Kafka topic configurations (retention, replication,
partitioning) (High level)
o Understanding of the Kafka Streams

· Distributed Processing Concepts
o Familiarity with event-driven architecture
o Knowledge of exactly-once processing vs at-least-once processing
o Understanding of stream-table duality (Kafka Streams vs. KTables)
o Schema Management
o Experience with Avro, Protobuf, or JSON for structured messages

· Integration with External Systems
o Connecting Kafka Streams with databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB,
Cassandra)
o Using Kafka Connect for external data integration
o Knowledge of REST APIs and how to expose data from Kafka
Streams

· DevOps and Deployment
o Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes for containerized
deployment
o Using CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI)
o Logging and tracing using ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) or
OpenTelemetry (High level understanding)

· Testing Kafka Streams Applications
o Writing unit tests with Mockito and JUnit
o Using TestContainers for integration testing with Kafka
o Validating Kafka Streams topologies using TopologyTestDriver

· API development:
o Experience building REST APIs using Spring Boot
o Experience with Spring Data/Spring Data JPA for connecting to and
reading from databases via APIs
o Experience writing unit tests using JUnit/Spock
o Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins
o Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases

PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.

Job Description

• Aligns business strategy with software solutions.
• Proposes, designs & codes software solutions to address complex business needs. Oversees technical and procedural documentation required.
• Leads complex problem solving.
• Provides technical guidance and support to colleagues and solution development.
• Displays an innovative approach to apply modern principles, methodologies and tools to advance business initiatives and capabilities.

PNC Employee