Senior Software Engineer- Strategy Planning

Why USAA? Let’s do something that really matters. At USAA, we have an important mission: facilitating the financial security of millions of U.S. military members and their families. Not all of our employees served in our nation’s military, but we all share in the mission to give back to those who did. We’re working as one to build a great experience and make a real impact for our members. We believe in our core values of honesty, integrity, loyalty, and service. They’re what guides everything we do from how we treat our members to how we treat each other. Come be a part of what makes us so special The Opportunity We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer- Strategy Planning for the ECIO Delta Team within the Strategy planning and Business Agility Group. The candidate selected will provide internal specialized consultant advisory services to improve performance, implement solutions, and engage organizational resolution towards a specific business need or opportunity. Serving in a consultant advisory capacity; you will engage with multiple functional areas or across the Enterprise to provide the business and our key stakeholders a clear, unbiased real-time result that drives value and builds organizational efficiency. Team focus will be geared towards problem solving across Enterprise IT, advancing foundational technology principles rooted within the USAA Technology Strategy and driving organizational optimization. We offer a flexible work environment that requires an individual to be in the office 4 days per week . This position can be based out of the San Antonio; TX, Plano; TX, Phoenix; AZ or Charlotte; NC. Relocation assistance is not available for this position. Provides support to the Enterprise through delivering best in class technology solutions. Engaged in all phases of the software systems and application development lifecycle which include gathering and analyzing requirements, designing, testing, documenting, and implementing software, responding to outages. What you'll do: Design, develop, code, and test complex tactical as well as strategic technical solutions across many technologies to integrate existing systems and tools, collaborating with Engineers or Architects within their team/department and occasionally outside of their domain. Lead code/design reviews and communicates updates to stakeholders with team to ensure smooth daily operations and accurate planning. Develop complex algorithms to solve business needs. Investigates and resolves complex application and system technical problems and production issues by directing troubleshooting of end-to-end solutions. Mentors engineers, coaches engineers on design, development, and maintenance of systems; Reviews teammates’ code. Influence and help shape the future of their specific domain's architecture and quality standards and understand, identify, measure across entire solution. Identify system performance issues, to include technical debt, and optimize solution. Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures. What you have: Bachelor’s Degree or 4 additional years of experience beyond the minimum requirement can be used in lieu of a degree. 6 years of software development experience demonstrating depth of technical understanding within a specific discipline(s)/technology(s). 4 years of experience delivering technology solutions in all phases of the software systems and application development lifecycle to include leading code/design reviews. Basic Understanding of one or more of the following: Java, Swift, Objective-C, Cobol, JavaScript, Kotlin, C++, HTML, CSS, SQL, Go, and Python Demonstrated experience researching technical issues and generating creative/innovative solutions. Demonstrated experience addressing production issues by troubleshooting applications and systems. Experience articulating technical challenges and solutions. Demonstrate strong knowledge of security coding practices and secure system fundamentals. Demonstrated experience working with cloud technologies and tools. What sets you apart: Strong, validated experience with leadership, eye for business, problem solving, critical thinking, and analytical skills in financial services or other highly regulated industry Experience with various IT driven systems, platforms, or vendors Excellent knowledge of Architectural Patterns, distributed Systems architecture (Microservices, Messaging & SOA) and Object-Oriented Design Principles for use in guiding and influencing architectural and technical decisions within product and team Experience with business technology optimization programs, creating structured technological strategies Proficiency in Cloud technologies such as AWS/Azure, CI/CD, IaC, FaaS, Containers Deep understanding and practice of DevSecOps and SRE The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job. What we offer: Compensation: USAA has an effective process for assessing market data and establishing ranges to ensure we remain competitive. You are paid within the salary range based on your experience and market data of the position. The actual salary for this role may vary by location. The salary range for this position is: $109,130- $208,580 . Employees may be eligible for pay incentives based on overall corporate and individual performance and at the discretion of the USAA Board of Directors. Benefits: At USAA our employees enjoy best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellness. These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, 401(k), pension, life insurance, parental benefits, adoption assistance, paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours, and various wellness programs. Additionally, our career path planning and continuing education assists employees with their professional goals. For more details on our outstanding benefits, please visit our benefits page on USAAjobs.com. Applications for this position are accepted on an ongoing basis, this posting will remain open until the position is filled. Thus, interested candidates are encouraged to apply the same day they view this posting. USAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. If you are an existing USAA employee, please use the internal career site in OneSource to apply. Please do not type your first and last name in all caps. Find your purpose. Join our mission. USAA is unlike any other financial services organization. The mission of the association is to facilitate the financial security of its members, associates and their families through provision of a full range of highly competitive financial products and services; in so doing, USAA seeks to be the provider of choice for the military community. We do this by upholding the highest standards and ensuring that our corporate business activities and individual employee conduct reflect good judgment and common sense, and are consistent with our core values of service, loyalty, honesty and integrity. USAA attributes its long-standing success to its most valuable resource: our 35,000 employees. They are the heart and soul of our member-service culture. When you join us, you'll become part of a thriving community committed to going above for those who have gone beyond: the men and women of the U.S. military, their associates and their families. In order to play a role on our team, you don't have to be connected to the military yourself – you just need to share our passion for serving our more than 13 million members. USAA is an EEO/AA Employer - applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, protected veteran status or other status protected by law. California applicants, please review our HR CCPA - Notice at Collection (https://statmcstg.usaa.com/mcontent/static_assets/Media/enterprise_hr_cpra_notice_at_collection.pdf) here. USAA is an EEO/AA Employer - applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.