Feature Lead - Technology

Job Description:

Job Title: Feature Lead - Technology

Corporate Title:  Up to Vice President

Location:  Dublin

Company Overview:

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.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Location Overview:

Our Central Park office in Leopardstown, boasts modern facilities based in Dublin’s premium business park. With an onsite gym and staff restaurant, all your daily needs are conveniently catered for. Travel options include the LUAS network and the Central Park shuttle service between Dublin City Centre and Central Park. We also provide tax saver tickets as part of our award-winning benefits package, which means getting to work has never been so easy.

Role Description:

Due to an increase in our programme portfolio, we are looking for a Software Engineer to join our Dublin based Global Payments Orchestrator Technology team. We are a global team made up of a diverse range of people from varied backgrounds who each bring unique skillsets and perspectives. The team is responsible for delivering large programmes of change such as Global Payments Transformation, External Mandates like the Industry wide ISO20022 Migration.

Responsibilities:

• Develops, enhances, debugs, supports, maintains and tests software applications that support business units or supporting functions.
• These application program solutions may involve diverse development platforms, software, hardware, technologies and tools.
• Participates in the design, development and implementation of complex applications, often using new technologies.
• May provide technical direction and system architecture for individual.
• Serves as a fully seasoned/proficient technical resource.
• Will not have direct reports but may guide projects and direct activities of a team related to special  operations. May have responsibility for a project and project budget. May collaborate with external programmers to coordinate delivery of software application. Routine accountability is for technical knowledge and capabilities.
• Works under minimal supervision, with general guidance from more seasoned consultants.

What we are looking for:

• Driving a shared service strategy and performance culture
• Relevant IT experience (SDLC- Waterfall / Agile) preferably within a Financial domain
• Considerable experience in Java/J2EE, Web Services, SQL & PL/SQL (Oracle)
• Considerable knowledge of XML, JSON and its usage within API and Microservice implementations at scale
• Familiarity with Eclipse IDE, WebLogic Application server or JBoss
• Considerable experience in Integration Technologies – Mule ESB & IDE or equivalent, previous Middleware experiences
• Knowledge of Test-Driven Development and Unit Testing (Cucumber/Litmus, JUnit)
• Able to contribute to 1. Automation 2. Causal evaluation 3. Develop shared/common solutions.
• Good verbal and written communication skills (both to a technical and non-technical audience)
• Analytical Thinking, Attention to Detail, Team Leadership, Problem Solving, Innovative thinking, mentoring.
• Operating in a highly Agile continuous integration and continuous deployment environment

Skills that will help:

• Bachelor’s degree in technical field
• Mule certification

Benefits of working at Bank of America:

Ireland

• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons
• 20 days of back-up childcare and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum 
• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters
• Access to free counselling through the Employee Assistance Program and virtual GP services through our private health care plan
• Ability to donate to charities of your choice and the bank will match your contribution
• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of Ireland’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

Bank of America:

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, membership of the Traveller community, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, civil status,  socio-economic background, family status or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.