Principal Application Engineer (Full Stack)

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:

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 Principal Full Stack Application Engineer, you’ll build and release reliable software systems at scale. By partnering with enterprise-wide) teams, you’ll develop and maintain full stack 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. By independently innovating and advocating for best practices, you’ll solve complex problems and guide the team on implementing solutions from inception to production. Actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management. Responsibilities 

• Creates solutions addressing high impact technology and business priorities  
• Competent in multiple contexts, including programming languages, security, automation, testing, and business domains and is the go-to person for many people (inside and outside of their team) 
• Participates in strategic technology decisions and learns how these decisions impact Discover as a whole 
• Proactively identifies and mitigates issues based on intuition and experience in multiple domains 
• Coaches' technology communities at Discover 

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

• Bachelors – Computer Science or related 
• 6+ Years -- Information Technology, (Software) Engineering, or related 
• Internal applicants only: technical proficiency rating of proficient on the Dreyfus engineering scale 

Preferred Qualifications Bonus Points If You Have: 

• Experience as part of an Agile engineering or development team
• Experience with ReactJS, Redux, and Frontend application frameworks
• Experience with Java and Spring Boot
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins or similar
• Strong 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 RTL and Playwright
• Ability to solve problems
• Mentor junior team members

External applicants will be required to perform a technical interview. What are you waiting for? Apply today! And by the way, while you're waiting to hear from us, don't forget to check out the great benefits Discover offers. All Discover employees place our customers at the very center of our work.  To deliver on our promises to our customers, each of us contribute every day to a culture that values compliance and risk management. The same way we treat our employees is how we treat all applicants – with respect. Discover Financial Services is an equal opportunity employer (EEO is the law). We thrive on diversity & inclusion. You will be treated fairly throughout our recruiting process and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law in consideration for a career at Discover. #LI-AS1

Application Deadline:

The application window for this position is anticipated to close on Aug-24-2024. 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 $104,000.00 to $175,600.00. 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:

• Paid Parental