Senior Associate Application Engineer

Discover. A brighter future.

With us, you’ll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our collaborative culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day & We Succeed Together. And we mean it — we want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world's leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine.

Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.

Job Description:

At Discover, be part of a culture where diversity, teamwork and collaboration reign. Join a company that is just as employee-focused as it is on its customers and is consistently awarded for both. We’re all about people, and our employees are why Discover is a great place to work. Be the reason we help millions of consumers build a brighter financial future and achieve yours along the way with a rewarding career. 

The Senior Associate Application Engineer is responsible for programming features and test cases as they learn about the broader product development and operations concepts. The Senior Associate role accelerates technical knowledge by working with and learning from engineering teammates.  Actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management. 

  Responsibilities 

• Completes most features and user stories including test cases and automation unattended 

• Learns more complex software engineering practices such as domain driven design, test driven development, operations, and security 

• Contributes to agile ceremonies, leads demos and presentations, helps new engineers learn established norms, and participates in technology communities 

• Participates in system design decisions and learns how these decisions impact the product as a whole 

• Learns to support production systems and understands how observed events and failures impact the product 

Minimum Qualifications 

At a minimum, here’s what we need from you: 

• Bachelors – Computer Science or related 

• 1+ Years – Information Technology, (Software) Engineering, or related 

• Internal applicants only: technical proficiency rating of advanced beginner on the Dreyfus engineering scale 

Preferred Qualifications 

Bonus Points If You Have: 

• Building applications using Java, SpringBoot, cloud/container technologies, including PCF, AWS, and OCP, Microservices, and REST APIs. 

• Experience with React Native (or React JS), Redux, and Frontend application frameworks. 

• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins or similar. 

• Experience as part of an Agile engineering or development team. 

• Good understanding of object-oriented principles with an ability to write clean code. 

• Understanding of software testing principles and methodologies and use of frameworks such as Junit/Gatling/Cucumber etc. 

• Using Database Management Systems, including Oracle, MariaDB and PostgreSQL. 

External applicants will be required to perform a technical interview. 

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Application Deadline:

The application window for this position is anticipated to close on Jun-26-2024. We