Senior Associate Application Engineer

at  Discover Financial Services

DISCOVER. A BRIGHTER FUTURE.

With us, you’ll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our collaborative culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day & We Succeed Together. And we mean it — we want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world’s leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine.
Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

At Discover, be part of a culture where diversity, teamwork and collaboration reign. Join a company that is just as employee-focused as it is on its customers and is consistently awarded for both. We’re all about people, and our employees are why Discover is a great place to work. Be the reason we help millions of consumers build a brighter financial future and achieve yours along the way with a rewarding career.
The Senior Associate Application Engineer is responsible for programming features and test cases as they learn about the broader product development and operations concepts. The Senior Associate role accelerates technical knowledge by working with and learning from engineering teammates. Actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management.

Responsibilities

• Completes most features and user stories including test cases and automation unattended
• Learns more complex software engineering practices such as domain driven design, test driven development, operations, and security
• Contributes to agile ceremonies, leads demos and presentations, helps new engineers learn established norms, and participates in technology communities
• Participates in system design decisions and learns how these decisions impact the product as a whole
• Learns to support production systems and understands how observed events and failures impact the product

AT A MINIMUM, HERE’S WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU:

• Bachelors – Computer Science or related
• 1+ Years – Information Technology, (Software) Engineering, or related
• Internal applicants only: technical proficiency rating of advanced beginner on the Dreyfus engineering scale

• Completes most features and user stories including test cases and automation unattended
• Learns more complex software engineering practices such as domain driven design, test driven development, operations, and security
• Contributes to agile ceremonies, leads demos and presentations, helps new engineers learn established norms, and participates in technology communities
• Participates in system design decisions and learns how these decisions impact the product as a whole
• Learns to support production systems and understands how observed events and failures impact the produc