Principal Application Engineer

Discover. A brighter future.

With us, you’ll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our collaborative culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day & We Succeed Together. And we mean it — we want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world's leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine.

Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.

Job Description:

What You’ll Do

As a Principal Application Engineer with Discover’s PIPES team you will work with business partners and engineering teams to build, maintain, and scale systems and software for clients. By partnering with enterprise-wide teams, you’ll develop and maintain full stack solutions that fit our business needs. You will also be responsible for configuring and developing both third-party software and custom-built software related to personalizing, printing, inserting and shipping correspondence to our Discover customers.  Uses vast repertoire of delivering high impact software solutions to work intuitively. Speed comes from intuition. If something breaks you know where to look.  Typically does the tough parts – e.g. (re)design and spends more time documenting than coding.

Actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management.

How you'll do it:

• Creates technology solutions addressing high impact business priorities.

• Demonstrates the ability to analyze, design, code, test and deploy solutions and product features with high quality to production.

• Level of technical expertise enables solutions with high complexity and depth.

• Competent in multiple technical domains, including programming languages, security, automation, testing, and business domains.  As a result, is the go-to person for many people outside of their team.

• Participates in strategic technology decisions and understands how these decisions impact Discover as a whole.

• Proactively identifies and mitigates issues based on intuition and experience in multiple domains. Is a thought leader amongst team members and drives problem solving to determine root cause.

• Coaches technology communities at Discover in areas of specific technology domain, design-thinking, agile software development way of working, security, architecture and/or data engineering.

Qualifications You’ll Need
The Basics

• Bachelors – Computer Science or related

• 6+ Years -- Information Technology, (Software) Engineering, or related

• Internal applicants only: technical proficiency rating of proficient on the Dreyfus engineering scale

Physical and Cognitive Requirements

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable a qualified individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position as required by federal, state, and local laws:

Does this job require remaining in a stationary position, including but not limited to, primarily sitting and standing? Primarily remain in a stationary position.

Does this job require the ability to move about inside or outside the work environment to complete the major responsibilities of the job? No required movement about the work environment to complete the major responsibilities of the job.

 

Does this job require the ability to transport physical objects? If so, provide the weight of the heaviest object the job needs to transport without the aid of machinery or equipment or the weight equivalency with the aid of machinery or equipment. No

 

Primarily, where is this job performed? Primarily performed indoors in an office setting.

Does this job require the ability to operate equipment or machinery? Select all that apply. Ability to operate office equipment such as but not limited to computer, telephone, printer, and calculator.

Does this job require the ability to communicate verbally or in written form? Select all that apply. Ability to communicate verbally.; Ability to communicate in written form.

Does the job require travel? No

Please provide other physical requirements not included in the previous questions.

Does this role require testing or assessments to measure the ability to perform the job? No

Bonus Points If You Have:

• 4+ years of experience in Java

• 3+ experience with full stack development

• Comprehensive Development: Architect and develop digital ecosystems, ensuring a seamless balance between client and server-side for a highly responsive user interface.

• Essential Skills: Demonstrate proficiency in essential languages, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, or Node.js. Familiarity with frameworks like React or Angular is a distinct advantage.

• Knowledge of multiple back-end languages (e.g. C#, Java, Python)

• Collaborative Approach: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, applying expertise in database management to enhance overall system performance.

• Experience with Open Shift (OCP) or Kubernetes is a plus.

• Experience with React is a plus

• Experience in Rest API, CSS, Ajax services, Spring Framework, Angular/React, NodeJs, and other Java script technologies.

• Experience in DevOps and build tools using Jenkins, Gradle, Github., Nexus and SonarQube and other code coverage tools.

• Experience in application development, applying core design and development principles involving Business Process Management and Web application development.

• Good knowledge with Agile, Scrum methodology.

External applicants will be required to perform a technical interview.

Discover will not sponsor or transfer employment work visas for this position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Application Deadline:

The application window for this position is anticipated to close on Oct-19-2024. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. The posting may be available past this date, but it is not guaranteed.

Compensation:

The base pay for this position generally ranges between $104,000.00 to $175,600.00. Additional incentives may be provided as part of a market competitive total compensation package. Factors, such as but not limited to, geographical location, relevant experience, education, and skill level may impact the pay for this position.

Benefits:

We also offer a range of benefits and programs based on eligibility. These benefits include:

• 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

Learn more at mydiscoverbenefits.com.

What are you waiting for? Apply today!

All Discover employees place our customers at the very center of our work. To deliver on our promises to our customers, each of us contribute every day to a culture that values compliance and risk management.

Discover is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Discover is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other legally protected status. (Know Your Rights & Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision)

Discover complies with federal, state, and local laws applicable to qualified individuals with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to search for a position, to complete an application, and/or to participate in an interview, please email HireAccommodation@discover.com. Any information you provide regarding your accommodation needs will be kept confidential and will only be used to determine and provide necessary accommodation.