Discover Financial Services - Illinois City, IL
posted 3 months ago
Discover is seeking a Principal Application Engineer to join our Digital Journey Product area, where you will be part of a highly technical agile team dedicated to enhancing Discover's award-winning Mobile application. This role is pivotal in utilizing the latest Discover platforms for continuous integration and cloud development. As a Principal Application Engineer, you will leverage your extensive experience to deliver high-impact software solutions, ensuring that you can quickly identify and resolve challenges that arise. Your role will involve more than just coding; you will spend significant time documenting processes and solutions, acting as the Tech Anchor for your team. This position requires a product mindset, where you will ideate, develop, and maintain mobile solutions that align with business needs and delight our customers. In this role, you will create solutions that address high-impact technology and business priorities. You will be competent in multiple contexts, including programming languages, security, automation, testing, and various business domains, making you the go-to person for many colleagues both inside and outside your team. You will participate in strategic technology decisions, understanding how these decisions impact Discover as a whole. Proactively identifying and mitigating issues based on your intuition and experience across multiple domains will be a key part of your responsibilities. Additionally, you will coach technology communities within Discover, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.