Lead Software Engineer

Fifth Third Bank is a financial institution seeking a Lead Software Engineer to evaluate, design, and implement technology solutions aligned with business strategies. The role involves acting as the main liaison with software vendors, designing and implementing new features, and ensuring operational excellence through automation and collaboration with other engineers.

Responsibilities:

• Be the main liaison with software vendor(s) for systems utilized by a particular line of business
• Stay abreast of upcoming changes and enhancements in vendor’s software and how those changes will impact the business
• Work with the line of business to design solutions to incorporate software changes and effectively work with business partners to ensure effective implementation
• Design and implement new features while continuously improving quality of technical products and applications
• Provide technical knowledge and leadership as a developer on an agile squad
• Work collaboratively with other software engineers to define system architectures and design solutions
• Develop software meeting code quality standards and metrics
• Participate in communities of practice by contributing to and following standards, reviewing others code, and sharing knowledge
• Achieve operational excellence by automating processes and writing maintainable, supportable, and testable code
• Understand the business technology roadmap and make recommendations on continued utilization or elimination of current third party software solutions
• Provide operational support and troubleshooting for your team’s products and services
• Contribute to the definition of operational procedures for software development
• Maintain appropriate controls and documentation to ensure compliance of audit requirements
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Systems or equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Six+ years of engineering or other IT work experience relevant to the position
• Knowledge of object-oriented and functional software design
• Prior experience with knowledge of Git and GitHub
• Understanding of Software Development Methodologies
• Understanding of security best practices
• Strong problem solving skills
• Strong collaboration skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Windows Server Administration
• Familiarity with NAS and SAN, Virtual Environments
• SQL Server, querying databases
• IIS management
• Networking concepts