RPCA Software Engineer

$100,400 - $150,500/Yr

Federal Reserve Bank - Kansas City, MO

Part-time,Full-time - Senior

Onsite - Kansas City, MO

Monetary Authorities-Central Bank

About the position

The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City is seeking a senior to advanced level Software Engineer for its Regional, Public, & Community Affairs (RPCA) Solutions delivery team. This role focuses primarily on frontend development, particularly in delivering components for an in-house design system. The position involves collaboration with UX and graphic design teams, mentoring less experienced staff, and contributing to the portfolio roadmap while ensuring compliance with standards.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with UX and graphic designers to deliver visually appealing web solutions adhering to 508 compliance standards.
• Partners with product owners and customers in the development of innovative solutions that achieve business goals.
• Reviews and analyzes business and technical requirements and implements technical solutions to meet those requirements.
• Works in a multidisciplinary team with full-stack developers.
• Applies the principles of software engineering to the design, implementation, configuration, and optimization of multiple web-based applications.
• Creates unit and automation tests as part of Continuous Development.
• Conducts cross-browser testing of new features.
• Performs peer code reviews, provides recommendations, and works with peers to improve software coding practices.
• Fixes bugs and supports QA and UAT phases of releases.
• Creates reusable components applied through the in-house design system library.
• Keeps abreast of latest and emerging technologies.
• Fosters an agile mindset enabling high-performing teams.
• Provides coaching, education, and advocates for frontend development best practices.
• Provides on-call support, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, incident management, and service request management for supported products and environments.

Requirements

• Typically requires at least 6 years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor's degree specializing in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), or a closely related field, from an accredited college or university, or equivalent combination of directly related education and/or experience.
• Senior understanding of subject with in-depth and/or breadth of knowledge in discipline.
• Proficiency with JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS, HTML methods.
• Experience with Angular.
• Working knowledge of design tokens, responsive design, web component technology, and Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets (SASS).
• Ability to perform work independently with limited supervision and direction.
• Ability to work efficiently under tight deadlines and adapt quickly to change.
• Amazing attention to detail and pride in delivering consistently pixel-perfect work.
• Experience in creating modern CI/CD pipelines using DevOps tooling (e.g. Jenkins, Git, Bitbucket, GitLab, Fortify, Sonar, etc.).
• Knowledge of AWS services and security best practices.
• Experience with cloud networking across numerous accounts, environments, and vendors, and zero trust principles.
• Experience with Terraform to deploy AWS cloud services and infrastructure.
• Experience with API infrastructure and development, and associated tools and best practices.

Nice-to-haves

• Familiarity with lit programming.
• Strong expertise in the creation and/or practical application of components in design systems.
• Advanced experience with multiple programming languages (Java, JavaScript, Python, etc.).
• Advanced knowledge of some cloud-based platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, and the ability to learn new platforms.
• Willingness to become proficient in any new programming language or tool quickly.
• Experience with centralized application observability and monitoring across disparate tools and services.

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on experience and qualifications.
• Hybrid work environment (50% on-site / 50% work from home).
• Comprehensive health insurance options.
• Retirement savings plan with employer contributions.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• Professional development opportunities.