Principal Software Engineer

Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (CFG) seeks a Principal Software Engineer for its

Johnston, Rhode Island location.

Responsibilities

• • Researches, analyses, designs, develops, and delivers IT architecture
• solutions.
• • Oversees integrated systems analysis and recommends appropriate hardware
• and software upgrades and enhancements to support IT goals and strategy.
• • Coordinates project team activities and monitors project schedules and
• costs.
• • Defines patterns and development frameworks for junior developers.
• • Supports, resolves, and documents issues that arise in system
• architecture.
• • Reviews designs and recommends improvements to architecture.
• • Maintains knowledge of IT industry trends, enterprise standards,
• methodology, and best practices.
• • Defines, implements, and maintains technology processes and procedures to
• proactively protect against, monitor, investigate, and resolve threats to a
• secure user environment and company assets.
• • Prepares and presents test plans, scan reports, technical presentations,
• and analyst briefings addressing potential solutions and best practices.
• • Mentors, leads, and manages multiple development and testing teams.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Information Technology,
• Electronics Engineering, or related field and 7 years of progressive,
• post-baccalaureate experience as a Principal Software Engineer, Senior Software
• Developer, or related position.
• Experience must include at least three (3) years of the following:
• • Analyzing, designing, and developing software applications/interface
• architecture of large and business critical systems;
• • Working on API implementation with REST Web Services (Spring MVC) and
• Swagger;
• • Working on API implementation with SOAP Web Services (Axis2, JAX-WS);
• • Decomposing existing applications into cloud micro services;
• • Actively working on Docker, Docker Swam and Kubernetes to manage Kafka,
• ZooKeeper, and Logstash clusters;
• • Designing and implementing (coded) applications with stringent performance
• & scalability requirements and developing low latency, extreme transaction
• processing systems;
• • Working on the Unit Testing of various modules by generating the JUnit Test
• Cases to achieve TDD; and
• • Building Web service using Spring boot, SOAP, and REST technologies.
• Experience must also include:
• • Creating full stack IT solutions including IT architecture, within an Agile
• framework using Java, Spring, SpringBoot, Bootstrap, Hibernate, Spring JPA, and
• PL/SQL;
• • Developing enterprise APIs in Java and deploying on PaaS using CI/CD
• pipelines;
• • Utilizing version controls tools, including Git, Bitbucket, SVN, and IBM
• ClearCase;
• • Developing REST APIs and business logic using Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate,
• Spring, and Maven; and
• • Monitoring application performance using Datadog.
• 100% remote work permitted from any US location.
• Worksite: One Citizens Bank Way, Johnston, RI 02919 United States, 40 hrs/wk. EO
• employer.
• For summary of benefits and to apply visit our website at
• https://jobs.citizensbank.com and apply online (Job ID: 49501) or email resume
• and cover letter to [email protected] with subject line: 49501.
• Direct applicants only.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Citizens, its parent, subsidiaries, and related companies (Citizens) provide

equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants

for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, citizenship, physical or

mental disability, perceived disability or history or record of a disability,

ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, genetic

characteristic, marital or domestic partner status, victim of domestic violence,

family status/parenthood, medical condition, military or veteran status,

national origin, pregnancy/childbirth/lactation, colleague’s or a dependent’s

reproductive health decision making, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or

any other category protected by federal, state and/or local laws. At Citizens,

we are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that enables all colleagues

to bring their best selves to work every day and everyone is expected to be

treated with respect and professionalism. Employment decisions are based solely

on merit, qualifications, performance and capability.

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Background Check

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the candidate successfully passing a

background check, which may include initial credit, motor vehicle record, public

record, prior employment verification, and criminal background checks. Results

of the background check are individually reviewed based upon legal requirements

imposed by our regulators and with consideration of the nature and gravity of

the background history and the job offered. Any offer of employment will include

further information.