ADS Software Engineer

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

When you join the Federal Reserve—the nation's central bank—you’ll play a key role, collaborating with leading tech professionals to strengthen and protect our economic, financial and payments systems. We dedicate more than $1 billion to technology each year to support the Federal Reserve and our economy, and we’re building a dynamic and diverse team for our future.

Important Information

• Open to US Citizens, Green Card holders or Permanent Residents with at least 3 years of residency.

• No sponsorship is available (no OPT, STEM OPT, F-1, H-1B, etc.). Candidates must have valid work authorization, without an end date to be considered.

• This position requires working on-site with 5 days per month work from home flexibility.

About the Role

The Application Development Services (ADS), in support of Federal Reserve Financial Services (FRFS), is seeking a Software Engineer with senior to advanced-level skills in Java, C#, Python, AWS Cloud, and full-stack development. This role will primarily focus on full-stack development and delivery, though front-end development experience is a plus. Responsibilities include contributing to our architecture and technology roadmap, mentoring junior developers, and collaborating closely with cross functional teams.  

Key Activities

• Apply software engineering principles to design, implement, configure, and optimize solutions for applications, databases, test automation tools, and Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) products.

• Partner with product owners and customers to develop innovative solutions that meet business goals.

• Review and analyze business and technical requirements and implement technical solutions to fulfill those requirements.

• Work with a multidisciplinary team of full-stack developers.

• Create unit tests as part of Continuous Development practices.

• Conduct peer code reviews, provide recommendations, and collaborate with peers to enhance software coding practices.

• Fix bugs and support QA, UAT, and Production phases of releases.

• Stay current with the latest and emerging Cloud, Java, and related technologies.

• Foster and apply an agile mindset enabling high-performing teams.

• Provide coaching, education, and advocate for development best practices.

• Offer support, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, incident management, and service request management for supported products and environments.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications

• Typically requires a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience.

• Bachelor’s degree specializing in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) or a closely related field from an accredited institution, or equivalent combination of directly related education and experience.

• Senior understanding of subject matter with in-depth and/or breadth of knowledge in the discipline.

• Proficiency with Git (merging, conflicts, cherry picking), Java, AWS, Python, and SQL.

• Subject matter expertise with Cloud and Java coding.

• Ability to work independently with limited supervision, coach, delegate, and review work of less experienced staff, and serve as a knowledge resource and mentor.

• Work efficiently under tight deadlines and adapt quickly to change.

• Exceptional attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality work.

• Experience creating modern CI/CD pipelines using DevOps tooling (i.e., Gitlab)

• Knowledge of AWS services and security best practices.

• Experience with cloud networking across numerous accounts, environments, and vendors, and zero trust principles.

• Proficiency with Terraform and CDK for deploying AWS cloud services and infrastructure.

• Understanding of API infrastructure and development, and associated tools and best practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced experience with multiple programming languages (Java, JavaScript, Python, etc.).

• Advanced knowledge of cloud-based platforms like AWS and the ability to learn new platforms.

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