AVP, Senior Software Engineer, Digital Banking

Forbright Bank is a nationwide full-service bank and commercial lender focused on building a brighter future for clients and communities. The AVP, Senior Applications Engineer, Digital Banking is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining robust software solutions, mentoring engineers, and ensuring integration projects meet business and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Technical Leadership: Serve as a technical lead for complex software projects, setting standards for code quality, architecture, and best practices
• Solution Design & Development: Design, develop, and maintain solutions across cloud and on-premises systems, leveraging AWS Cloud, Confluent Kafka, Node.js, React, Typescript, Postgres, and other modern technologies
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with IT, Operations, Business Units, vendors, and partners to define integration requirements and deliver scalable solutions
• Mentorship: Mentor and coach engineers on integration patterns, code reviews, troubleshooting, and professional growth
• Architecture & Innovation: Drive the evolution of integration architecture and patterns; evaluate and recommend new technologies, frameworks, and tools to improve integration efficiency and reliability
• Compliance & Security: Ensure integration solutions meet security, compliance, and performance standards
• Documentation & Knowledge Sharing: Contribute to technical documentation and promote knowledge sharing within the team
• Incident Response: Participate in incident response and root cause analysis for integration issues
• Continuous Improvement: Monitor and evaluate the performance of integration solutions, making recommendations for improvement as necessary
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field required
• Minimum of 8 years of hands-on, full-stack software engineering experience required
• Deep expertise in AWS Cloud, Confluent Kafka, Node.js (or equivalents), and modern integration patterns (e.g., event-driven, microservices)
• Expertise in at least one modern JavaScript framework (React, Angular, Svelte, etc)
• Proven track record of technical leadership, mentoring, and driving engineering excellence
• Proven track record of delivering outcomes in collaboration with non-technical stakeholders
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and deliver projects on time and within budget
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and infrastructure as code
• Experience using observability tools (Splunk, Grafana, DataDog)
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Outstanding problem-solving and time management skills
• Self-motivated, self-directed, and results-oriented
• Adaptable and able to multitask in a fast-paced environment
• Can work independently and within a team; solution-oriented with a collaborative approach
• Master's Degree preferred
• Experience in financial services or regulated environments preferred