Software Engineer II

Citizens Technology is for curious and motivated leaders and engineers looking to build foundational systems that affect millions of customers. Seldom in your career do you have the opportunity to design something so impactful from the ground up. We’re seeking a passionate software leader that can build hyper-automated solutions driving the next generation of our servicing platforms (Interactive Voice Response, Contact Center, customer self-servicing, etc.) and expand the platform nationally. This is an opportunity to leverage bleeding edge full stack engineering including machine learning, RPA, and AI solutions.

As a Software Engineer, you will work alongside and mentor a group of talented engineers as you pursue a broad range of initiatives. By leveraging your technical skills and thirst for innovation, you will produce disruptive solutions that will ensure Citizens market leadership. As a future leader, you will work on multiple solutions spanning our consumer banking applications.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Designing, modifying, developing and implementing technology solutions. Building modern, architecturally sound components, tools and applications to meet mission-driven strategic business goals.
• Participating in an environment rapidly transforming to the Agile methodology, adhering to best practices and collaborating effectively with your teammates.
• Designing, modifying, developing and implementing software solutions. Building modern, architecturally sound components, tools and applications to meet mission-driven strategic business goals.
• Infusing quality of service characteristics, such as scalability, manageability and maintainability, into distributed service-based framework to create or expand business or technical capabilities.
• Contributing insight from prior experiences when considering design specifications, considering the goals of the consumer-facing product.
• Participating in code and design reviews to ensure that solutions meet the enterprise standards and best practices.

Required Skills/Experience:

• 2+ years of experience in software development, with a proven record of successfully launching commercial products
• 3+ years of experience with collecting requirements, creating software designs and developing efficient implementations
• Demonstrated ability to operate in a team environment, strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Understanding of multiple programming languages and full stack development, including at least one front end framework (Angular/React/Vue), such as Python, Java, JavaScript, Golang, C, C++, etc.
• Experience with CICD pipeline (CircleCI, Jenkins, or equivalent)

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Understanding of the banking industry, specifically the functions of custodial and consumer banking
• AWS/AZURE/GCP experience
• Bash and Linux experience
• Big data experience with technologies like Hadoop and Spark.
• Experience with Redis, ElasticSearch and NoSQL data stores.
• Cloud certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect
• Thorough understanding of data structures such as linked lists, hashmaps, graphs etc.

Education, Certifications and/or Other Professional Credentials

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related discipline required

Hours and Work Schedule

Hours per Week: 40

Work Schedule: M-F

Location Johnston, Rhode Island, Stamford, CT, Westwood, MA (currently remote with on-site required 2-3 days a week post Covid).