Application Engineer

Posted:
8/21/2024, 2:30:54 PM

Location(s):
Illinois, United States

Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level

Field(s):
Software Engineering

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 an Application Engineer (Full Stack ) youll 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. And, in this specific role, you will be part of a product team and will collaborate with a cross-functional team to design and develop technical solutions and review the work of their peers. Position will support core financial functionality of the Card business and will work on breaking apart monolithic into modern, cloud-based microservices.

Responsibilities:

  • Contribute to product team deliverables using Java/Angular programming technology
  • Diagnose opportunities for automation and efficiency in end to end product delivery cycle
  • Solve complex technical problems and explore new ways to bring value
  • Collaborate with our business partners to understand all business requirements
  • Analyze, design, program, test, and deploy new user stories and features with high quality (security, reliability, operations) to production 
  • Achieves team commitments (and influence others to do the same) by using informal leadership & highly developed communication skills 
  • Oversight on design decisions and guides team to achieve key results for products assigned
  • Remediates issues using engineering principles and creates proactive design solutions for potential failures 
  • Contributes to and leads technology communities at Discover 

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

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

Preferred Qualifications, bonus points if you have:  

  • Experience with front-end web development with JavaScript frameworks such as React
  • Cloud Technology – AWS, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, OpenShift
  • Experience developing and implementing API service architecture
  • Extreme automation mindset as it pertains to testing and build/deploy concepts
  • CI/CD Pipeline experience via Jenkins, Github Actions, Chef, Ansible, Nexus
  • Experience with Gradle, SonarQube, Hoverfly, Junit or Cucumber
  • Techstack includes Java, Spring, Kafka, Openshift, and Jenkins

Application Deadline:

The application window for this position is anticipated to close on Aug-26-2024. 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 $86,500.00 to $146,100.00. 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:

  • Paid Parental Leave

  • Paid Time Off

  • 401(k) Plan

  • Medical, Dental, Vision, & Health Savings Account

  • STD, Life, LTD and AD&D

  • Recognition Program

  • Education Assistance

  • Commuter Benefits

  • Family Support Programs

  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Learn more at mydiscoverbenefits.com.

What are you waiting for? Apply today!

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.

Discover is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Discover is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other legally protected status. (Know Your Rights & Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision)

Discover complies with federal, state, and local laws applicable to qualified individuals with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to search for a position, to complete an application, and/or to participate in an interview, please email [email protected]. Any information you provide regarding your accommodation needs will be kept confidential and will only be used to determine and provide necessary accommodation.