Senior Associate Application Engineer ( Backend )

$71,500 - $121,100/Yr

Discover Financial Services - Riverwoods, IL

Full-time - Entry Level

Riverwoods, IL

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About the position

The Senior Associate Application Engineer (Backend) role at Discover involves programming features and test cases with a focus on software engineering practices. The position emphasizes collaboration, risk management, and continuous learning within a supportive team environment. The engineer will contribute to system design decisions and support production systems while participating in agile ceremonies and mentoring new engineers.

Responsibilities

• Program most features and test cases unattended.
• Manage and escalate risk and customer-impacting issues to management.
• Complete most features and user stories including test cases and automation unattended.
• Learn complex software engineering practices such as domain-driven design and test-driven development.
• Contribute to agile ceremonies, lead demos and presentations, and help new engineers learn established norms.
• Participate in system design decisions and understand their impact on the product as a whole.
• Support production systems and understand how observed events and failures impact the product.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Informatics, Information Security, or Information Technology.
• 1+ years of experience in Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Technical proficiency rating of Advanced Beginner on the Dreyfus engineering scale (internal applicants only).

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Cloud Technology - AWS, OpenShift.
• Extreme automation mindset related to testing and build/deploy concepts.
• CI/CD Pipeline experience via Jenkins, Github Actions, Nexus.
• Knowledge of Test Driven Development.
• Familiarity with tech stack including Java, Spring, Kafka, Openshift, and Jenkins.

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