Federal Reserve Bank

Principal Software Engineer - Java/Spring Boot/AWS/Junit

Federal Reserve Bank$173K — $260K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of Java Development experience
  • 4+ years working with AWS cloud-based platforms in a corporate environment
  • 10+ years of experience in software engineering within a team setting
  • Proficient in Programming languages including JavaScript, XML, JSON, HTML, CSS
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Systems

Responsibilities

  • Designs, develops and implements complex software solutions for FedNow
  • Develops software using Java, Spring, Terraform, NoSQL, and RDS in the Cloud
  • Creates Infrastructure-as-Code solutions in Cloud
  • Implements software development lifecycle changes and strategic planning
  • Trains teams on troubleshooting and resolving complex issues
  • Collaborates in Agile teams to conduct design reviews and define user requirements
  • Ensures software quality to prevent significant defects and production issues

Benefits

  • Career growth opportunities within a national enterprise-focused organization
  • Engagement in a mission-critical initiative transforming the payments landscape
  • Exposure to cutting-edge technologies and cloud-first architectures
  • Collaborative environment with a focus on innovative cloud applications
  • Opportunity to provide technical leadership on complex projects
Full Job Description
Company
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Federal Reserve Financial Services (FRFS) delivers a suite of payments services to financial institutions via FedLine® Solutions, FedNowSM, Fedwire®, National Settlement Service (NSS), FedCash®, FedACH® (Automated Clearing House), and Check Services. We are currently leading a strategic effort to transform FRFS to a national, enterprise-focused organization. Through our evolved structure, we will meet the needs of the marketplace for new products and services more quickly, seek to provide a more robust and unified customer experience across our financial service offerings, and create new career growth opportunities for FRFS staff.

The Federal Reserve has developed a new interbank 24x7x365 real-time gross settlement (RTGS) service with integrated clearing functionality, called the FedNow Service. This service enables financial institutions to provide their customers with the ability to send and receive payments any time, any day, and have full access to those funds within seconds. This position is a unique opportunity to be part of this mission-critical Federal Reserve initiative that is transforming the payments landscape in the United States.

Top level technical expert in one or more highly specialized areas of applications systems analysis and programming. Responsible for software design, coding, testing, debugging, and documentation. Has full technical knowledge of all phases of applications systems analysis and development. Provides technical leadership on complex projects. Interacts with internal project teams and work groups regularly. Level of work required is considered highly advanced and staff must be able to work under minimal supervision. This job does not have any direct reports. You have an appetite to learn, and a passion for technology, innovation, and developing new skills on evolving technologies.

What will be expected of you-

  • Serves as a Principal Software Engineer: to design, develop and implement new complex solutions in accordance with FedNow and Fed Standards
  • Ensures that the quality of software developed, maintained and enhanced in-house and installed into production is sufficient to prevent the occurrence of catastrophic defects that cause the customer significant problems, missed deadlines, or interruption to the production environment
  • Develops software solutions in Java, Spring, Terraform, NoSQL and RDS in the Cloud
  • Develop end to end Infrastructure-as-Code solutions in Cloud
  • Provides input into strategic and tactical planning of software solutions and software development lifecycle changes
  • In addition to being able to engineer across numerous areas of technology, you’ll serve as subject matter expert in one or more areas
  • Trains and consults cross functionally within the organization on troubleshooting/resolving highly complex and/or highly time critical problems
  • Demonstrates skill dexterity; seeking to continuously adapt and employ new technical skills alongside proven staples
  • Ensure compliance with Fed policies, procedures and standards

Logistics& Requirements-

  • Deep expertise in Java and proficient knowledge of programming languages (JavaScript, XML, JSON, HTML, CSS etc. Python a bonus). Experience with modern Java features like generics,streamsand lambdas.

  • Experience using JUnit 5+ to write integration and unittests anduseits lifecycle interfaces and annotationsto handle related setup and teardown tasks.Understanding of how to useJUnit's extension and lifecycle annotations and interfaces to create tools that enhance its default functionality andmonitortest plan execution results.

  • Experience with Apache Maven or Gradle to handle tasks such as compilation, dependency management, testing,packagingand deployment.Knowledgeof Apache Maven's build lifecyclesphases, experience with custom plugin development and how tomap a custom plugin's goals to Maven lifecycle phases

  • Proficient in MockitoandAssertJ

  • Understanding of object-oriented design principles (ex: SOLID) to create maintainable, extensible code and knowledge of design patterns, inheritance hierarchies, polymorphism, composition over inheritance, effective interface design,encapsulationand immutability.

  • Comprehensive knowledge of Spring Boot's core fundamentals, includingauto-configuration, starter dependencies, anditsopinionated approach to application setup thateliminatesmuch of the boilerplate configurationrequiredin traditional Spring applications. Understandingofdependency injection, the IoC container, bean lifecycle managementas well asproficiencyin using annotations like @Component, @Service, @Repository, and @Autowired.

  • Experience with AWS services, and integrating them into an application

  • Expertisein building RESTful APIswith Spring Boot, including knowledge of @RestController, @RequestMapping, request/response handling, content negotiation, and exception handling.

  • Understand data access patterns using Spring Data JPA, including repository interfaces, custom queries, anddeclarative / programmatictransaction management.

  • Proficient knowledge of database development (SQL, Oracle, DB2)

  • Ideally youll have experience with leading edge Cloud technologies, such as Kafka, in-memory and NoSQL databases, messaging platforms, memcache etc).

  • Proficient knowledge of cloud security for application development and delivery

  • Ideally, Infrastructure as Code (IAC); Terraform

Nice to Have-

  • Experience with API Development and consumption and microservices architecture

  • Familiaritywith database migration tools like Flyway or Liquibase.

  • Experience usingSpring Securityto handle security concerns in Spring Boot apps.

  • UnderstandingSpring Boots variousapplication properties configurations (profiles, YAML vs properties files) and externalized configuration management.

  • Knowledge of monitoring and observability through Spring Boot Actuator, including custom health checks and metrics.

  • Proficiencyworking withXML Schema Definition (XSD)schemasand XSLT (Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations)templates,includingXML schema design principles, validation techniques, Java-XML binding via JAXB, namespace management,XSLT processing models, template creation,XPath expressions, and transformation patterns for converting XML to various output formats.

  • Proficientwith unit testing, integration testing between system components, performance testing toidentifybottlenecks,soak testing for long-term stability verificationandAPI testing.

  • Strong interpersonal, teamwork and negotiation skills

  • Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills

Salary

The salary range for this position is $173,400.00 - $216,700.00 - $260,000.00. The Boston Fed believes in salary transparency. The final salary and offer will be determined by the applicants background, skills, internal equity, and alignment with market data. Whether youre developing into the job or are a more seasoned candidate, we aim to pay competitively. The position and job description posted is for a Principal Software Engineer however, candidates will be placed in an appropriate level within the Software Engineer job family based on the extent of their experience. If you reside outside of the 1st District, you may be hired by your local Federal Reserve District and compensation will follow hiring District's range and policy.

Full Time / Part TimeFull time

Regular / TemporaryRegular

Job Exempt (Yes / No)Yes

Job CategoryInformation Technology Family Group

Work ShiftFirst (United States of America)

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