Java 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 and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates' physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits.

• 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)

• 7 Years of applicable experience
• Core Java Fundamentals (Mandatory)

• Strong understanding of Java SE (8/11/17+)
• Core APIs:
  • Collections Framework
  • Exception handling
  • Generics
• Multithreading & concurrency basics

• Backend & Framework Expertise

• Spring Ecosystem (highly preferred)
  • Spring Boot (mandatory for modern roles)
  • Spring MVC
• RESTful API design and development
• Microservices architecture concepts

• Database & Persistence

• Transaction management

• API & Integration Skills

• REST API development and standards
• JSON/XML processing

• DevOps (increasingly critical)

• Containerization:
• CI/CD pipelines:
  • Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps

• System Design & Architecture (for mid-senior roles)

• Understanding of:
  • Microservices vs Monolith
  • API gateway, service discovery
• Design patterns:
  • Singleton, Factory, Builder, etc.
• Performance tuning and optimization

• 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