Software Engineer II - Digital Assets

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.

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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!

• 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, coding solutions, unit testing, and ensuring the solution can be integrated successfully into the overall application/system with clear, robust, and well-tested interfaces. Job expectations include an awareness of development and testing practices in the industry.

Job Summary:

Digital Assets presents an exciting opportunity to derive valuable insights from data and to drive revenue growth, efficiencies, and improved business processes. Technology collaborates closely with Global Markets Business and Platform teams in the design and buildout of the Global Markets Digital Asset Platform.

The platform will cater to a growing number of use cases that harness the power of Distributed Ledger Technology. Global Markets Digital Asset Platform will be built on an infrastructure landscape that leverage cloud services and on-premises solutions for scalability and compliance.

The Software Engineer will be part of the core team to buildout the first-of-its-kind Global Markets Digital Asset platform. The individual will connect with various teams & processes like test management, change & release management, and production support.

This is an opportunity to join early and help build the core infrastructure behind a first-of-its-kind Global Markets platform using distributed ledger technology. This position is rapidly evolving with advancements in distributed ledger technology and is considered pivotal for the modernization of capital market operations worldwide.

Responsibilities:

Codes solutions and unit test to deliver a requirement/story per the defined acceptance criteria and compliance requirements

Utilizes multiple architectural components (across data, application, business) in design and development of client requirements

Performs Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI-CD) activities

Contributes to story refinement and definition of requirements

Participates in estimating work necessary to realize a story/requirement through the delivery lifecycle

Contributes to existing test suites (integration, regression, performance), analyze test reports, identify any test issues/errors, and triage the underlying cause

Performs spike/proof of concept as necessary to mitigate risk or implement new ideas

Designing and implementing secure, scalable blockchain solutions that integrate with Global Markets and enterprise infrastructure (eg. digital wallets)

Contributing to engineering best practices related to smart contracts.

Partnering closely with Prod Support and Engineering to deploy & support applications.

Required Qualifications:

Technical

Proficient in object-oriented programming language. Hands-on experience with application programming, backend API development and distributed microservices infrastructure

Understanding of the cryptographic principles underpinning blockchain technologies such as encryption algorithms, key management, key wallets

Architecture, design, and deployment of production-quality, scalable software

RESTful API design and development principles

Container orchestration systems like Kubernetes or Docker

Non-Technical

Ability to communicate effectively to a wide range of audience (business stakeholders, developer & support teams).

Meticulous & highly organized.

Adaptable to shifting & competing priorities.

Critical thinking skills to diagnose & resolve complex issues.

Desired Qualifications:

Proficiency in one or more functional programming languages (e.g. Scala, Haskell)

Experience with cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP etc)

Agile working environment, including participation in daily scrum meetings, backlog management, sprint definition, and retrospectives

Professional or personal experience in DeFi markets

4+ years in similar roles. Preferably in the financial industry.

Higher education in IT field or relevant previous work experience

Skills:

Application Development

Automation

Collaboration

DevOps Practices

Solution Design

Agile Practices

Architecture

Result Orientation

Solution Delivery Process

User Experience Design

Analytical Thinking

Data Management

Risk Management

Technical Strategy Development

Test Engineering

Minimum Education Requirement: Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Professional Experience

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:

40

Pay Transparency details

US - NY - New York - 1100 Ave Of The Americas - Two Bryant Park (NY1540)

Pay and benefits information

Pay range

$88,800.00 - $144,800.00 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.