2U - Principal Full Stack Engineer

If the job involves managing others, there is a need for someone who can exercise the necessary authority to assure policies and procedures are followed and time frames are met.

At the same time, it will be necessary to give subordinates structured opportunity to develop their own expertise and capability for quality work to assure effective delegation and shared responsibility for work output.

It is expected that coaching and training support for achieving effective delegation will be required.

The position encompasses a defined span of control and opportunity for someone who engenders trust, demonstrates a sense of urgency and assures consistent achievement of quality standards.

The work requires making decisions that support company guidelines authoritatively and quickly.

As a Principal Full Stack Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, deploying, documenting, and maintaining web and back-end software solutions.

As a principal level associate, you will serve as a mentor for less experienced team members.

You will be responsible for a variety of tasks including coordinating and driving projects and managing outage and emergency situations with development and production staff.

You will translate business requirements and wireframes into architecture and components.

You will convert technical requirements into solution design, and also implement, test and deliver the solution.

You will create and maintain documentation for the solutions you build.

You will identify, triage, and resolve errors and defects independently and/or by collaborating with the production staff and quality analysts .

You will be charged with estimating complexity and dividing tasks when projects are brought to the team.

You will perform code reviews, and champion and promote best practices and standards.

Additionally, as a Principal Full Stack Engineer, you are expected to work with internal stakeholders to determine business requirements and priorities. Assist with workflow planning process including design, development, testing and delivery of solutions, participate in the research and evaluation of potential new vendors, and stay current with up-and-coming technologies, pricing and user applicability with current vendors. You will serve as the primary contact for key applications and general knowledge resource for production and development staff, follow policies and procedures, complete administrative tasks correctly and on time, support the company’s goals and values, participate in coordination of disaster recovery planning and preparation, build a great rapport with fellow associates, and treat others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position, and perform other duties as assigned.

All associates are expected to maintain current knowledge and consistent compliance with regulations and bank policies and procedures related to the position, including but not limited to Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) requirements.

Minimum Requirements: To be considered for this position, you must possess the following qualifications.

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science or equivalent combination of education and related work experience
• 8+ years of relevant job experience, preferred in a bank setting
• Experience developing automation solutions using Python
• Experience writing clean and semantic SQL
• A solid understanding in core web, browser, and styling concepts
• Experience writing clean and semantic HTML and CSS
• Experience interfacing with enterprise systems via RESTful APIs and standard data formats (JSON, XML, SOAP)
• Experience with performance and optimization problems and a demonstrated ability to both diagnose and prevent these problems
• A solid understanding of relational data and/or non-relational models
• Experience with CI/CD using AWS CodePipeline
• Working knowledge of cloud-based infrastructures and SDLC pipelines
• Familiar with Agile methodology

Desired Qualifications: To be considered an ideal candidate, you should possess some of the following qualifications:

• Advanced degree or certification related to field
• 10+ years of relevant job experience
• Experience developing modern frontend apps using React framework
• Knowledge of modern authentication and authorization mechanisms
• Excellent presentation skills for communicating both business-oriented solutions and advanced technical concepts
• Extensive experience with vendor partnerships and resolution of complex system issues
• Experience in the FinTech space
• Prior leadership experience

Skills and Abilities: Below is a general list of desired skills and abilities; this is not an exhaustive list.

• Ability to make sound and timely decisions, to consistently deliver on commitments, and assume responsibility for results
• Ability to think creatively and meet challenges with resourcefulness
• Ability to prioritize competing demands and effectively manage multiple tasks and/or projects
• Take initiative to research and resolve problems, and undertake activities with minimal supervision
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Exceptional verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to apply common sense to carry out instruction and speak clearly to fellow associates
• Ability to train and coach associates, as appropriate