Senior Associate Application Engineer - Full Stack

$71,500 - $121,100/Yr

Discover Financial Services

Full-time - Entry Level

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About the position

The Senior Associate Application Engineer - Full Stack role at Discover Financial Services involves programming features and test cases with a focus on software engineering practices. The position requires collaboration within an agile environment, contributing to system design, and supporting production systems. The role is designed for individuals looking to grow their technical skills and contribute to meaningful projects in a leading digital banking and payments company.

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.
• Support production systems and understand how observed events and failures impact the product.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Informatics, Information Security, Information Technology or related field.
• 1 year of experience in Information Technology (software) Engineering or related.
• Internal applicants must have a technical proficiency rating of Advanced Beginner on the Dreyfus engineering scale.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Java, AWS, Kubernetes, Spring, Postgres, Oracle, TomCat.
• Container implementation experience using Docker.
• CI/CD pipeline experience.
• Experience with TDD using cucumber or gatling.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.

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