Discover Financial Services - Riverwoods, IL

posted 4 months ago

Full-time - Principal
Riverwoods, IL
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

About the position

At Discover, we are committed to fostering a culture where diversity, teamwork, and collaboration are at the forefront. As a Principal Full Stack Application Engineer, you will play a crucial role in building and releasing reliable software systems at scale. This position is designed for individuals who are passionate about technology and want to make a significant impact on our business and our customers' financial futures. You will work closely with enterprise-wide teams to develop and maintain full stack solutions that align with our business needs. Your holistic understanding of our products and their interactions will enable you to design elegant solutions and strategize the future state of our technical ecosystem. In this role, you will independently innovate and advocate for best practices, tackling complex problems and guiding your team through the implementation of solutions from inception to production. You will actively manage and escalate risks and customer-impacting issues, ensuring that our software systems are not only functional but also reliable and secure. Your contributions will directly influence the technology and business priorities of Discover, making you a key player in our mission to help millions of consumers build a brighter financial future. We are looking for someone who is not only technically proficient but also a mentor and coach within our technology communities. You will participate in strategic technology decisions and understand how these decisions impact Discover as a whole. This is an opportunity to be part of a company that values its employees as much as its customers, and where your unique skills and experiences will be recognized and celebrated.

Responsibilities

  • Creates solutions addressing high impact technology and business priorities
  • Competent in multiple contexts, including programming languages, security, automation, testing, and business domains
  • Participates in strategic technology decisions and learns how these decisions impact Discover as a whole
  • Proactively identifies and mitigates issues based on intuition and experience in multiple domains
  • Coaches technology communities at Discover

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
  • 6+ years of experience in Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related fields
  • Internal applicants must have a technical proficiency rating of proficient on the Dreyfus engineering scale

Benefits

  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Paid Time Off
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Medical, Dental, Vision, & Health Savings Account
  • STD, Life, LTD and AD&D
  • Recognition Program
  • Education Assistance
  • Commuter Benefits
  • Family Support Programs
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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