Lead Software Engineer – Full Stack

Function : Information Technology
Posting Date: 08/24/2021
Job ID: R7512

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  

What You’ll Do

Develops and maintains full stack solutions to fit business needs.

Full stack solutions require one or more of the following: front-end (user interfaces), back-end (APIs), database and devops development.

Works directly with business partners to understand business requirements.

Works independently or with own team to innovate on and advocate for best practices within the team.

Designs complex solutions and leads them from inception to production within the agile team.

How You’ll Do It

• Develops and maintains complex front-ends with a focus on user experience
• Develops and maintains backend systems
• Works with key stakeholders to design complex solutions and lead from inception to production
• Creates and maintains devops processes, application infrastructure, and utilizes cloud services (including database systems and models)
• Innovates on and advocates for best practices and improved team processes; mentors junior team members
• Supports live systems to ensure business continuity

Qualifications You’ll Need

The Basics

• Bachelors’ Degree in Information Technology
• 6+ years’ experience with Computer Science, Information Technology or related
• In lieu of a degree, 8+ years’ experience with Computer Science, Information Technology or related

Bonus Points If You Have

• In First Year: Fullstack Academy, General Assembly or comparable programs may adequately supplement a non-CS bachelor’s degree
• Full Stack Academy, General Assembly or comparable programs may adequately supplement a non-CS Bachelor’s degree
• Experience as part of an Agile engineering or development team
• 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
• 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
• Understanding of software testing principles and methodologies

What 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.

What do you love best about your job that is UNIQUELY Discover?

I think the thing I love most about working at Discover, and I know that everyone says this, trust me, but it really is the people.

I’ve worked in a few businesses now, about three so far, on various internships and things, and I don’t know any other company where directors, senior managers, senior product owners will put down their work, not go to their meetings, and actually take their time to explain something that you don’t understand.

It’s a real culture of everyone rallying behind you and wanting you to succeed.

The people above and at your level will really try and help you learn and grow into your role, but while doing meaningful work from day one, and that was really important to me.

I felt like I had every resource at my fingertips, every learning platform I wanted I could get, so that I could really feel confident in my role, and that’s confidence I carry to this day.

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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.