Software Engineer II - Python

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 Profile Summary:

Software Engineer to work on maintaining and enhancing Python based FX execution app suite and develop, test and deliver complex software requirements to accomplish business goals.

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

Required Qualifications

• Exceptional development skills in Core Python on Linux/UNIX
• Knowledge or experience of agile development (e.g., XP, SCRUM, Kanban) and continues integration.
• Experience with Python performance tuning
• Solid OO design skills with an emphasis on distributed low latency, high availability systems
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills in a high-pressure environment.
• Strong understanding of algorithms and data structures
• Strong understanding of design patterns including why and where a pattern should be used.
• Strong understanding of Messaging Middleware concepts, usage, and application
• Develop code solutions and unit tests, ensuring integration with the overall system through clear, robust, and well-tested interfaces.
• Participate in team estimation of work required for story delivery.
• Python development skills
• KDB/Q development skills

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with Quartz bank systems
• Experience with Python data analysis packages
• Contribute to story refinement and requirements definition.
• Experience working with global development teams.
• Experience working in a front office e-trading platform development team.
• Experience with Python quantitative packages
• Participate in delivery and release events, including CI/CD activities such as branching, pull requests, issue triage, conflict resolution, and release notes.
• Adhere to team processes and cadence for code deployment and release.

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

Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:
40

Pay Transparency details

US - IL - Chicago - 540 W Madison St - Bank Of America Plaza (IL4540)

Pay and benefits information

Pay range

$88,800.00 - $145,000.00 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.

Client-provided location(s): Chicago, IL

Job ID: BankOfAmerica-JR-25038031

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-09-12T19:06:13