Description

Principal Software Engineer

3 Days Hybrid from any of our locations in Johnston, RI - Westwood, MA - Phoenix, AZ, Charlotte, NC or Iselin, NJ

At Citizens, we’re more than a bank and as a part of our team you’re made ready for a fulfilling career with exciting new challenges and opportunities to stretch yourself! As a Principal of Software Engineering, you will work with engineering teams and architecture to produce high-quality technology solutions. You will be given the autonomy to lead, design and develop innovative solutions to some of the biggest technical issues facing Citizens. As Principal, you will serve as a peer leader tasked with pursuing cutting-edge initiatives and solutions in support of critical CFG initiatives for the Digital, Wealth Private Bank and Core Payment Platform Operations, including Strategic Platform Stability initiatives like - AIOps, Active-Active Infra. setup, Cloud migrations supporting enablement of core Business initiatives like Mobile applications. The breadth of Citizens operations ensures a diversity of projects as Citizens pivots towards innovation and customer experience. Most importantly, you’ll feel valued for who you are and supported to achieve what’s important to you, personally and professionally!

Responsibilities

Your role as Principal of Software Engineering is to work with engineering teams and architecture to produce high-quality technology solutions. You will be given the autonomy to lead, design and develop innovative solutions to some of the biggest technical issues facing the banking industry. As Principal, you will serve as a peer-leader tasked with pursuing cutting-edge initiatives and solutions. The breadth of Citizens operations ensures a diversity of projects as the bank pivots towards innovation and customer experience.

The Principal Software Engineer will be responsible for:

Participating in an environment rapidly transforming to the Agile methodology, adhering to best practices and collaborating effectively with your team mates.

Collaborating and contributing insight to solution design ideation, ensuring both the success of the product and adherence to enterprise architecture principles.

Designing, modifying, developing and implementing software solutions. Building modern, architecturally sound components, tools and applications to meet mission-driven strategic business goals.

Infusing quality of service characteristics, such as scalability, manageability and maintainability, into distributed service-based framework to create or expand business or technical capabilities.

Employing industry best practices to evaluate, correct and prevent vulnerabilities during the software development process.

Serving as a peer-leader, encouraging a culture of innovation and accountability while adhering to Agile best practices.

Required Qualifications

7+ years of hands-on software development, with proven experience in developing and supporting commercial software products which were sold to non-technical customers in vertical markets

Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor software engineers

5+ years experience in querying, analyzing and managing big data

Mastery of multiple programming languages, including at least one front end framework (Angular/React/Vue), such as Python3, Java, JavaScript, Ruby, Golang, C, C++, etc.

AWS/AZURE/GCP experience, including managing sensitive assets

Bash and Linux experience

Experience with CICD pipeline (CircleCI, Jenkins, or equivalent)

Strong communication (both oral and written) and interpersonal skills

Cloud certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect

Understand data structure concepts such as linked lists, dictionaries, arrays, custom object creation, etc

Desired Qualifications

3+ years of experience in the financial services industry, developing solutions for consumer banking, portfolio management, trading, compliance or wealth management

Understanding of banking system and custodial and consumer banking operations

Experience with Apache, Lucene, Memcache, RAbbitMQ and NoSQL

Education and Certifications

Required: Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related discipline

Preferred: Master's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or related discipline

Pay Transparency

The salary range for this position is $127,000 - $ 160,000 per year plus an opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus. Actual pay is based on various factors including but not limited to the work location, and relevant skills and experience.

We offer competitive pay, comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, maternity/paternity leave, flexible work arrangements, education reimbursement, wellness programs and more. Note, Citizens’ paid time off policy exceeds the mandatory, paid sick or paid time-away policy of very local and state jurisdiction in the United States. For an overview of our benefits, visit https://jobs.citizensbank.com/benefits.

Some job boards have started using jobseeker-reported data to estimate salary ranges for roles. If you apply and qualify for this role, a recruiter will discuss accurate pay guidance.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Citizens, we are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that enables colleagues to bring their best selves to work every day. Employment decisions are based solely on experience, performance, and ability. 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 (including transgender individuals who are transitioning, have transitioned, or are perceived to be transitioning to the gender with which they identify), 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.

Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer

Citizens is a brand name of Citizens Bank, N.A. and each of its respective affiliates.

Why Work for Us

At Citizens, you'll find a customer-centric culture built around helping our customers and giving back to our local communities. When you join our team, you are part of a supportive and collaborative workforce, with access to training and tools to accelerate your potential and maximize your career growth

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.

03/10/2025