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Bank of America

Vice President, Software Engineer, Risk and Finance Technology

Tokyo, Japan

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. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We're devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

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Job Description:

As part of the Finance Technology organization in Japan, our team is responsible for the development and support of applications for the Chief Finance Officer department. The candidate will be responsible for the development, test, and release of Finance applications in Japan. The candidate will be part of the team to build & maintain the front to back modules used in the eco systems. You will partner and collaborate with team members located in other APAC countries. This is an exciting opportunity for anyone who has good engineering skills and interests to pursue in the Financial application world.

Responsibilities:

  • Design and Development of Finance applications - front to back
  • Work with colleagues across Asia to delivery solutions to our clients
  • Design and execute Unit test, System integration test and User acceptance test
  • Manage the CI/CD pipeline, including setup and configuration
  • Setup and maintain lower environments for testing
  • Design new modules and re-engineer existing components
  • Create technical documentation

Required Skills:

  • Minimum 5 years or more working experience as software engineer
  • Good knowledge of a modern programming language (Java, .NET C#, Python)
  • Prior experience of relational databases
  • Bachelor degree in Computer Science or other engineering degree
  • Conversational Japanese

Desired Skills:

  • CI/CD, JIRA, Bitbucket, Ansible, Jenkins
  • Financial Services/Banking experience
  • Operating Knowledge of Linux and server side components
  • Scripting language knowledge like Perl or Python

Client-provided location(s): Tokyo, Japan
Job ID: BankOfAmerica-JR-24015273
Employment Type: Full Time

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • FSA
    • HSA
    • On-Site Gym
    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
  • Parental Benefits

    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Leave of Absence
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Paid Holidays
    • Paid Vacation
    • Sabbatical
  • Financial and Retirement

    • Performance Bonus
    • Company Equity
    • 401(K) With Company Matching
  • Professional Development

    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Lunch and Learns
    • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program