Principal Application Engineer(Full Stack)

Company: Discover Financial Services
Location: Deerfield
Posted on: May 23, 2023

Job Description:

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 DescriptionAt 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.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.We are looking to hire you, a proficiently skilled Principal Application Engineer (Full Stack), to be part of our department. As part of the team, you may be leading and developing new products and enhancing others while working with newer technologies. Some of the products and areas of focus of the department are eWallets (Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay), balance transfer and credit management initiatives, card member engagement, and card promotions. Our teams work in a dynamic environment with mythologies such as pair programming, test driven development, and agile.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 DiscoverMinimum QualificationsAt 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 scalePreferred Qualifications* Experience developing Java, Python and Scala services in a highly available environment using proper design patterns* Proven experience in software development methodologies.* Strong analytical skills.* The ability to multi-task* Experience as part of an Agile engineering or development team* Experience with application development and DevOps best practices* Familiar with Pair Programming (XP) methodologies* Strong understanding of object-oriented principles with an ability to write clean code* Strong experience working with a relational database and NoSQL database* Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins or similar; Git/GitHub; Artifactory* Experience with Test Driven Development (TDD)* Experience writing unit and service level tests to ensure adequate code coverage* Proven skills in high availability and scalability design, as well as performance monitoring* Experience developing and implementing API service architecture* Experience in working in a cloud environment such as AWS, GCP or Azure.* Understanding of messaging systems like MQ, Rabbit MQ, Kafka, or Kinesis.* Strong experience of developing multi-threaded and synchronization application* Build secure web applications with user authentication* Ability to adapt communication for effectiveness with business partners and other technical teams.* Proficient in monitoring, alerting, analyzing and troubleshooting large scale distributed systems* Understanding of software testing principles and methodologiesExternal applicants will be required to perform a technical interview .What are you waiting for? Apply today!#LI-LJ1 #RemoteWhat are you waiting for? Apply today!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, or veteran status in consideration for a career at Discover.

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