Western Alliance Bancorporation

Staff Engineer II

Western Alliance Bancorporation$108K — $130K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in IT App Support, Development, Networking, or similar fields
  • Bachelor's degree in a related field
  • Experience in financial services or mortgage technology
  • Knowledge of automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium, HuLoop)
  • Familiarity with Azure DevOps pipelines and CI/CD
  • Understanding of disaster recovery testing and infrastructure
  • Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage multiple projects

Responsibilities

  • Partner with stakeholders to gather and document requirements for applications
  • Translate business needs into user stories and test scenarios
  • Coordinate application release testing and validate production readiness
  • Engage in disaster recovery and operational resilience activities
  • Lead and execute test automation strategies across applications

Benefits

  • Competitive salaries
  • Ownership stake in the company
  • Medical and dental insurance
  • 401k matching program
  • Tuition assistance program
  • Employee volunteer program
  • Wellness program
  • Opportunity to gain business knowledge and experience
Full Job Description

Job Title:

Staff Engineer II

Location:

AZ - Chandler 3075

What you'll do:

Come join the AmeriHome's team, a Western Alliance Bank company, as Staff Engineer of the Data Services team. We’re building a cutting-edge platform designed to streamline and enhance business workflows in the mortgage lending space. As part of a dynamic and growing team, you'll help shape the software that drives our evolving business needs.
The Senior Technical Business Systems Analyst will support AmeriHome Technology by bridging business needs, application delivery, production validation, disaster recovery readiness, system integration planning, and test automation. This role is responsible for working across business stakeholders, application teams, infrastructure partners, security teams, and release management teams to analyze requirements, document technical and business impacts, support validation activities, and ensure application changes are ready for production use.
  • Partner with business and technology stakeholders to gather, analyze, and document business, functional, technical, integration, and validation requirements for AmeriHome applications.
  • Translate business needs into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, test scenarios, validation plans, and implementation support documentation.
  • Support application release readiness by coordinating testing, reviewing impacts, validating changes in lower environments, and confirming production readiness.
  • Support disaster recovery and operational resilience activities, including DR validation, DNS migration coordination, F5 DNS migration readiness, application testing, and plan documentation.
  • Leading and support test automation strategy and execution across AmeriHome applications, including regression coverage planning, automation backlog management, and validation of automated test outcomes. Maintain documentation for application behavior, test plans, release validation, operational procedures, and support handoff.

What you'll need:

  • 7+ years of related experience in IT App Support, IT Development, IT Networking, or similar fields.
  • Bachelor's degree in related field required.
  • Experience in financial services, mortgage technology, banking technology, or regulated enterprise IT environments.
  • Experience with automation frameworks such as Selenium, HuLoop, Playwright, JMeter, or similar tools.
  • Experience with Azure DevOps pipelines, CI/CD validation, release readiness, and environment troubleshooting.
  • Familiarity with DR testing, F5 DNS, Cloudflare, Application Certificates, API Authentication, or infrastructure dependencies.
  • Advanced knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
  • Advanced proven experience in leading cross-functional teams and managing multiple projects simultaneously. Additional experience with pipeline development and leveraging Azure DevOps while working on multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Intermediate to advanced ability to see the big picture and align projects with organizational goals. Capable of leading and motivating cross-functional teams. Expertise in resolving conflicts and addressing challenges as well as skilled at identifying and mitigating risks at the project level. Proficient in governance patterns tied to intake, technical reviews and architectural compliance.
  • Advanced speaking and writing communication skills.
  • May require up to 25% travel.

Benefits you’ll love:
We offer all the important things you'd want — like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About Western Alliance Bancorporation

Western Alliance Bancorporation is a bank holding company that provides a range of banking and related services to businesses and individuals. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. Western Alliance Bancorporation operates through its subsidiary banks, which include Western Alliance Bank, Bank of Nevada, and Bridge Bank. The company offers a variety of products and services, including commercial and industrial loans, real estate loans, treasury management, and wealth management. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to providing exceptional customer service and has received numerous awards and recognitions for its performance and growth.
Learn more about Western Alliance Bancorporation
Size
3,139 employees
Market Cap
$6.2 billion
Industry
Net Income
$506.6 million
5 Year Trend
+18.8%
NASDAQ

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