Job Description
Principal Software Engineer
Johnston Rhode Island
Citizens Financial Group Inc. (CFG) seeks a Principal Software Engineer for its Johnston Rhode Island location.
Duties: Designs modifies develops and implements technology solutions. Builds modern architecturally sound components tools and applications to meet mission-driven strategic business goals. Participates in an environment rapidly transforming to the Agile methodology adhering to best practices and collaborating effectively with teammates. Infuses quality of service characteristics including scalability manageability and maintainability into distributed service-based framework to create or expand business or technical capabilities. Contributes insight when considering design specifications considering the goals of the consumer-facing product. Participates in code and design reviews to ensure that solutions meet the enterprise standards and best practices. Collaborates with experience owners to deliver robust solutions that drive user experience and achieve the project goals. Experiments with and learns new technologies participating in internal and external technology communities mentoring other members of engineering community. Evaluates technical feasibility and potential project risks.
Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Information Systems or related field followed by 7 years of progressive experience in the role or in a related position. Full term of experience must include: Designing innovative solutions to complex technological challenges with a customer focused mindset; Implementing Mainframe modernization initiatives; Conducting return on investment analysis and evaluating financial benefits and risks associated with modernization initiatives; Conceiving and crafting core banking solutions for financial institutions; Utilization of Microservices Architecture to facilitate the development of loosely coupled independently deployable services including related patterns CQRS Event Sourcing and Domain Driven Design (DDD) for building scalable and resilient systems; Utilizing cloud platforms including Next-gen technology transformation using ROSA (Red hat OpenShift Service on AWS) and AWS platforms to enable cloud compliant secure and highly available solutions; Utilization of CI/CD tools including Jenkins GitHub and Bitbucket to automate software delivery processes ensuring rapid reliable and efficient deployments; Utilizing container technologies including Docker and container orchestration platforms including Kubernetes and Rancher enabling efficient management of containerized applications; Conducting specialized stream processing and event-driven architectures using Kafka and Kafka-Streams to facilitate real-time data processing and analytics; Utilizing databases including NOSQL databases like MongoDB CouchDB Cassandra Amazon S3 and Postgres; Utilization of advanced analytics and monitoring tools including Splunk Dynatrace ELK Stack Jaeger and Kibana to monitor analyze and troubleshoot application performance; and Implementing testing strategies including Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) and Contract Testing to ensure reliability and quality of software products.
May telecommute from any U.S. location.
Direct applicants only.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Citizens its parent subsidiaries and related companies (Citizens) provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to age ancestry color citizenship physical or mental disability perceived disability or history or record of a disability ethnicity gender gender identity or expression genetic information genetic characteristic marital or domestic partner status victim of domestic violence family status/parenthood medical condition military or veteran status national origin pregnancy/childbirth/lactation colleague’s or a dependent’s reproductive health decision making race religion sex sexual orientation or any other category protected by federal state and/or local laws. At Citizens we are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that enables all colleagues to bring their best selves to work every day and everyone is expected to be treated with respect and professionalism. Employment decisions are based solely on merit qualifications performance and capability.
Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer
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Background Check
Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the candidate successfully passing a background check which may include initial credit motor vehicle record public record prior employment verification and criminal background checks. Results of the background check are individually reviewed based upon legal requirements imposed by our regulators and with consideration of the nature and gravity of the background history and the job offered. Any offer of employment will include further information.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering Information Systems or related field
- 7 years of progressive experience in a related role
- Experience in designing innovative solutions for complex challenges
- Experience with Mainframe modernization initiatives
- Experience with Microservices Architecture
- Experience utilizing AWS and ROSA for cloud solutions
- Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins and GitHub
- Knowledge of container technologies and orchestration platforms
- Experience with Kafka for real-time data processing
- Experience with NOSQL databases and advanced analytics tools
- Knowledge of testing strategies including BDD
Citizens Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Citizens and has not been reviewed or approved by Citizens.
- Healthcare Strength—Healthcare coverage is positioned as comprehensive with multiple plan options and preventive care highlighted as fully covered. Mental-health support is also emphasized through EAP-style counseling access and app-based support.
- Retirement Support—Retirement benefits are described as meaningful including an employer match and additional company contributions in some descriptions. Stock purchase features and occasional profit-sharing framing add to the overall retirement-and-wealth picture.
- Leave & Time Off Breadth—Time-off benefits are described as generous including a substantial PTO bank paid holidays and sizeable parental leave. Adoption assistance and emergency backup care are also presented as part of the leave-related support set.
Citizens Insights
What We Do
As one of the oldest and largest financial services firms in the United States with a history dating back to 1828 we’re committed to providing solutions and expertise that support our customers clients colleagues and communities in what’s next on their own unique journey. We invest in the humans who build the logic ideas and innovations that bring new technologies to life. Investments in AI cloud computing machine learning and automation provide our engineers the tools that enable us to remain competitive and win in today’s environment. At Citizens we recognize that the journey to accomplishment is no longer linear and that individuals are made of all they have done and all they are going to do. Whether you’re considering banking with us or looking to work with us you’ll find a customer-centric culture and a supportive collaborative workforce at Citizens. You’re made ready and so are we. If you're ready to advance your career in technology and security learn more about opportunity's Citizens offers here: https://jobs.citizensbank.com/digital-transformation
Why Work With Us
We empower the colleagues that power our tech. With growth & upskilling opportunities and sought-after benefits plus a diverse culture of people and perspectives we help our colleagues achieve career goals. Because innovation can’t happen without the minds and hearts of our people. Technology is constantly evolving and we believe you can too.
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