Discover Financial Services - Riverwoods, IL
posted 4 months ago
At Discover, we foster a culture where diversity, teamwork, and collaboration are at the forefront. As an Application Engineer, you will play a crucial role in analyzing, developing, and designing solutions for our application software. You will work in an Agile environment, where your responsibilities will include performing technical design, coding with test automation, and supporting and documenting software application modifications. Your contributions will ensure that we deliver high-quality code through continuous integration, development, and testing. In this role, you will actively manage and escalate risks and customer-impacting issues to management, ensuring that our applications meet the highest standards of security, reliability, and operational efficiency. You will also have the opportunity to mentor Associate Application Engineers, providing them with learning tasks and directing their work to help them grow in their careers. Your informal leadership and communication skills will be essential in achieving team commitments and influencing others to do the same. You will oversee design decisions and guide your team to achieve key results for the products assigned to you. Additionally, you will be responsible for remediating issues using engineering principles and creating proactive design solutions for potential failures. Your involvement in technology communities at Discover will further enhance your professional development and contribute to our collective success.