Principal Software Engineer

Description

As a Principal, you will serve as a key contributor and leader in the space of technological innovation. You will combine your technical expertise and strong leadership skills to spearhead a results-driven engineering operation. The dynamic workload will encompass both attribute enhancements and cutting-edge innovations.

The Principal Software Engineer will be responsible for:

• Collaborating with architects, product managers and other technical or non-technical stakeholders to define design approaches that are aligned with the customer-centric product vision.
• Ensuring the best engineering and documentation practices are understood and followed.
• Coordinating with peers within the organization to ensure seamless integration of functional workflows.
• Ensuring successful incremental product releases while driving to deadlines and optimizing investments. Assuring quality through efficient management of team and resources.
• Evaluating and limiting risk and vulnerabilities during the software development process by consistently employing industry best-practices.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on software development experience with a proven record of successfully developing consumer-facing, reliable and scalable products
• 3+ years of relevant managerial experience, leading teams of technologists and engineers
• Excellent understanding of engineering software processes, methodologies (agile, waterfall, SCRUM and life-cycle), configuration management, release management and systems verification and test
• Mastery of multiple programming languages, including at least one front end framework (Angular/React/Vue), such as Python3, Java, JavaScript, Ruby, Golang, C, C++, etc.
• AWS/AZURE/GCP experience, including managing sensitive assets
• Bash and Linux experience
• Experience with CICD pipeline (CircleCI, Jenkins, or equivalent)
• Strong communication (both oral and written) and interpersonal skills

Desired Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in the financial services industry, developing solutions for consumer banking, portfolio management, trading, compliance or wealth management
• Understanding of banking system and custodial and consumer banking operations
• Comfortable navigating large corporate structure to ensure timely delivery of projects

Education and Certifications

Required: Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or related discipline

Preferred: Master’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or related discipline

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Why Work for Us

At Citizens, you’ll find a customer-centric culture built around helping our customers and giving back to our local communities. When you join our team, you are part of a supportive and collaborative workforce, with access to training and tools to accelerate your potential and maximize your career growth.

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