FedNow Senior Software Engineer

Company
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Federal Reserve Financial Services (FRFS) delivers a suite of payments services to financial institutions via FedLine Solutions, FedNowSM, Fedwire, National Settlement Service (NSS), FedCash, FedACH (Automated Clearing House), and Check Services. We are currently leading a strategic effort to transform FRFS to a national, enterprise-focused organization.

We are seeking leaders to set the vision, strategy, values, and priorities that enable FRFS to achieve its mission. Our leaders must demonstrate a strategic, action-oriented mindset focused on intellectual curiosity, agility, accountability, and the ability to drive innovation through experimentation.

This position is a unique opportunity to be part of this mission-critical Federal Reserve initiative that is transforming the payments landscape in the United States.

Position Contributions

• Top level technical expert in one or more highly specialized areas of applications systems analysis and programming. Responsible for software design, coding, testing, debugging, and documentation.
• Provides technical leadership on complex projects.
• Interacts with internal project teams and work groups regularly.
• Level of work required is considered advanced and staff must be able to work under minimal supervision.
• You have an appetite to learn, and a passion for technology, innovation, and developing new skills on evolving technologies.

What will be expected of you

• Serves as a Senior Software Engineer: to design, develop and implement new complex solutions in accordance with FedNow and Fed Standards.
• Develops software solutions (front end SPA and backend) in Cloud.
• Develop end to end Infrastructure-as-Code solutions in Cloud.
• Provides input into strategic and tactical planning of software solutions and software development lifecycle changes.
• Trains and consults cross functionally within the organization on troubleshooting/resolving highly complex and/or highly time critical problems.
• Collaborates with analysts as part of an integrated Agile team to define user requirements and conduct design review for the development of complex and innovative cloud applications.
• Ensures that the quality of software developed, maintained and enhanced in-house is sufficient to prevent significant problems.
• Ensure compliance with Fed policies, procedures and standards.
• Provides primary or backup production support for applications and components.

Expertise you will bring

• 8+ years of Java Development.
• 3+ years working with AWS cloud-based platforms in an enterprise environment.
• Demonstrated experience engineering software with cloud-first architectures.
• 5+ years software engineering experience in a team-based environment.
• Experience with building and deploying solutions in Cloud.
• Experience with Serverless architecture for building software solutions in Cloud.
• Experience with CI/CD build tools, and DevOps processes.
• Experience developing high performance, high volume, highly available (24/7/365) environments.
• Experience with Agile software engineering (Scrum, Kanban, Lean etc).
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems.

Logistics & Requirements

• Deep expertise in Java and proficient knowledge of programming languages (JavaScript, XML, JSON, HTML, CSS etc. Python a bonus).
• Proficient knowledge of operating systems (Linux, Unix, Windows).
• Proficient knowledge of database development (SQL, Oracle, DB2).
• Demonstrates independent thinking and decision-making abilities.
• Demonstrates excellent written and oral communication abilities.
• Proficient knowledge of cloud security for application development and delivery.
• Advanced knowledge of object-oriented programming.

Nice to Have

• Experience with API Development and consumption and microservices architecture.
• Experience with agile development methodology.
• AWS Certifications.
• Strong interpersonal, teamwork and negotiation skills.
• Strong customer service skills.
• Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills.

As a condition of employment, all Federal Reserve Bank of Boston employees must comply with the Bank's ethics rules, which generally prohibit employees from owning financial interests from banks, savings associations, and systemically important financial institutions or their affiliates.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and to provide equal employment opportunities to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, disability, or military service.

Full Time / Part Time: Full time
Regular / Temporary: Regular
Job Exempt: Yes
Job Category: Not specified
Work Shift: First (United States of America)

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