Get in on the ground floor of the Customer Profile Product Family.  Be part of our flagship initiative to build a centralized solution providing customer data to the whole enterprise.  We are employing the very latest tools and technologies, and the latest software development methodologies to design and deliver Discover's brand new one-stop shop for customer data.  If the development of new, innovative solutions appeals to you, come further your career and join Discover's burgeoning Customer Profile Product Family. 

What you'll do:

As a 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.  

How you'll do it:

• Analyze, design, program, test, and deploy new user stories and features with high quality (security, reliability, operations) to production  

• Tends to Associate Application Engineers by providing learning tasks as well as work related tasks, directs the work of Senior Associate Application Engineers, and helps them continue to grow  

• Achieves team commitments (and influence others to do the same) by using informal leadership & highly developed communication skills  

• Has an oversight on design decisions and guides team to achieve key results for products assigned to them  

• Remediates issues using engineering principles and creates proactive design solutions for potential failures  

• Contributes to and leads technology communities at Discover  

Qualifications you'll need:  

The Basics:  

• Bachelors – Computer Science  

• 3+ Years – Information Technology, (Software) Engineering, or related  

• Internal applicants only: technical proficiency rating of competent on the Dreyfus engineering scale  

Physical and Cognitive Requirements
The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable a qualified individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position as required by federal, state, and local laws:

Does this job require remaining in a stationary position, including but not limited to, primarily sitting and standing? Primarily remain in a stationary position.

Does this job require the ability to move about inside or outside the work environment to complete the major responsibilities of the job? No required movement about the work environment to complete the major responsibilities of the job.

Does this job require the ability to transport physical objects? If so, provide the weight of the heaviest object the job needs to transport without the aid of machinery or equipment or the weight equivalency with the aid of machinery or equipment. No

Primarily, where is this job performed? Primarily performed indoors in an office setting.

Does this job require the ability to operate equipment or machinery? Select all that apply. Ability to operate office equipment such as but not limited to computer, telephone, printer, and calculator.

Does this job require the ability to communicate verbally or in written form? Select all that apply. Ability to communicate verbally; Ability to communicate in written form.

Does the job require travel? No

Bonus Points If You Have: 

• Experience with Java development on client facing application 

• Experience as part of an Agile engineering or development team  

• Prior Bespoke/custom product development from scratch using Java based technologies  

• Strong understanding of object-oriented principles with an ability to write clean code   

• Experience working with a relational database and NoSQL database  

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins or similar; Git/GitHub; Artifactory   

• Proven skills in high availability and scalability design, as well as performance monitoring   

• Experience developing and implementing API service architecture   

• Experience with relational databases such as MySQL or Postgres and understanding of columnar data stores such as Redshift or Snowflake   

• Experience in working in a cloud environment such as AWS, GCP or Azure.   

• Understanding of messaging systems like MQ, Rabbit MQ, Kafka, or Kinesis.  

• Build secure web applications with user authentication   

• Understanding of software testing principles and methodologies   

• Strong technical understanding of data architecture, data quality and related technologies   

• Developing applications using Kubernetes 

• Prior experience with Master Data Management (MDM) solutions 

• Linux/Unix environment background including shell scripting 

External applicants will be required to perform a technical interview.  

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.

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.

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.