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Senior Associate Application Engineer

Riverwoods, IL, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 26 Sept 2024

💰 $121,100/yr($71,500/yr – $121,100/yr)

About the role

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.

Discover will not sponsor or transfer employment work visas for this position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

As a Senior Associate Full Stack Engineer, you’ll build and release reliable software systems at scale within our cloud based modern Digital Payments platform. By partnering with enterprise-wide) teams, you’ll develop and maintain solutions that fit our business needs. You’ll use your holistic view of all products (and their interactions) to design elegant solutions and strategize the future state of our larger technical ecosystem.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for the ability to program most features and test cases unattended, actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management.

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:

The technical stack for this group includes Java, AWS, Kubernetes, Spring, Postgres, Oracle, TomCat
Ideal candidate will have container implementation experience ideally using Docker as well as CI/CD pipeline experience.
Having experience with TDD using cucumber or gatling.
The chosen candidate should have sharp communication and strong problem-solving skills.

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 Oct-01-2024. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. The posting may be available past this date, but it is not guaranteed.

Compensation:

The base pay for this position generally ranges between $71,500.00 to $121,100.00. Additional incentives may be provided as part of a market competitive total compensation package. Factors, such as but not limited to, geographical location, relevant experience, education, and skill level may impact the pay for this position.

Benefits:

We also offer a range of benefits and programs based on eligibility. These benefits include: