Application Developer - Software Engineer III

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

Position Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled Application Developer (Java or .NET) to join the Investment Solutions Group Enrollment team. This position supports OPTIMA Trading and Rebalancing Platform. The ideal candidate will have strong technical expertise in the design, development, and implementation of distributed applications.

• Job Description:
• This job is responsible for developing and delivering complex requirements to accomplish business goals. Key responsibilities of the job include ensuring that software is developed to meet functional, non-functional and compliance requirements, and solutions are well designed with maintainability/ease of integration and testing built-in from the outset. Job expectations include a strong knowledge of development and testing practices common to the industry and design and architectural patterns.

Responsibilities:

• •Codes solutions and unit test to deliver a requirement/story per the defined acceptance criteria and compliance requirements
• •Designs, develops, and modifies architecture components, application interfaces, and solution enablers while ensuring principal architecture integrity is maintained
• •Mentors other software engineers and coach team on Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI-CD) practices and automating tool stack
• •Executes story refinement, definition of requirements, and estimating work necessary to realize a story through the delivery lifecycle
• •Performs spike/proof of concept as necessary to mitigate risk or implement new ideas
• •Automates manual release activities
• •Designs, develops, and maintains automated test suites (integration, regression, performance)
• •Collaborates with internal bank teams, line‑of‑business operations, and external vendors to ensure successful implementation of projects
• •Provides production support for existing applications
• •Designs, develops, and implements distributed applications using Java or .NET , Python along with modern UI frameworks such as Angular and React

Required Qualifications:

• •7+ years proven experience in Java or .NET application development
• •Experience with the following technologies:
• •.Net Core
• •C#
• •Experience with modern UI frameworks such as Angular and React
• •SQL Server
• •Kafka or similar messaging systems
• •Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and proactive leadership skills
• •Excellent interpersonal and communication abilities
• •Ability to collaborate with cross‑functional teams and external partners

Skills:

• •Application Development
• •Automation
• •Influence
• •Solution Design
• •Technical Strategy Development
• •Architecture
• •Business Acumen
• •DevOps Practices
• •Result Orientation
• •Solution Delivery Process
• •Analytical Thinking
• •Collaboration
• •Data Management
• •Risk Management
• •Test Engineering

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:

40

Pay Transparency details

US - NJ - Jersey City - 101 Hudson St - 101 Hudson (NJ2101), US - NJ - Pennington - 1500 American Blvd - Hopewell Bldg 5 (NJ2150)

Pay and benefits information

Pay range

$102,900.00 - $179,900.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.

Discretionary incentive eligible

This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.

Benefits

This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.