Software Engineer Sr

Job Profile
Position Overview

At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company’s success. As a Software Engineer Sr. within PNC’s BTI organization, you will be based in Pittsburgh, PA, Cleveland, OH, Birmingham, AL, or Dallas, TX.

• Strong proficiency in Java is essential, as Kafka, Spring Boot, and Oracle development is primarily done using Java.
• In-depth knowledge of the Spring Boot framework, including dependency injection, Spring MVC, Spring Data JPA, and other relevant component
• Understanding of Kafka architecture and concepts, including topics, partitions, producers, consumers, and brokers.
• Experience with Kafka APIs and the ability to configure and manage Kafka clusters.
• Spring Kafka:

Hands-on experience with the Spring Kafka library for integrating Kafka with Spring Boot applications.

• Knowledge of features like KafkaTemplate, KafkaListener, and error handling in Spring Kafka.
• Familiarity with message serialization formats like JSON, Avro, or Protobuf, as Kafka messages often require serialization and deserialization.
• Proficient in working with Oracle databases, including SQL and PL/SQL.

Understanding of database design principles, indexing, and performance optimization.

• Knowledge of Spring Data JPA for simplifying data access to relational databases, including Oracle.
• Familiarity with ORM frameworks, especially when working with Spring Boot and Oracle, to map Java objects to database entities.
• Understanding of transaction management in Spring, including declarative transactions and isolation levels.
• Proficient in writing unit tests and integration tests for Kafka, Spring Boot, and Oracle components.
• Experience with logging frameworks like SLF4J and monitoring tools like Prometheus or Grafana for tracking application performance.
• Proficiency in using version control systems like Git for source code management and collaboration.
• Knowledge of containerization tools like Docker and container orchestration systems like Kubernetes can be beneficial for deploying and managing applications.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools like Jenkins for automating the build, test, and deployment processes.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills, especially when working in a team or interacting with peers and crew members in working through release priorities, collaborative development and helping peers.

Job Description
Provides detailed technical design and development of software solutions using existing and emerging technology platforms.
Proposes & designs software solutions to address complex business needs.
Writes code, tests and deploys software.
Prepares technical and procedural documentation required for software.
Maintains and debugs software.
PNC Employees take pride in our reputation and to continue building upon that we expect our employees to be:
Customer Focused - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
Managing Risk - Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support PNC’s Enterprise Risk Management Framework.
Competencies
Application Delivery Process – Knowledge of major tasks, deliverables, and formal application delivery methodologies; ability to utilize these in order to deliver new or enhanced applications.
Application Design, Architecture – Knowledge of application design activities, tools and techniques; ability to utilize these to convert business requirements and logical models into a technical application design.
Application Development Tools – Knowledge of and ability to utilize a variety of specific tools and toolkits for the development and support of applications.
Application Testing – Knowledge of application testing and ability to design, plan and execute application testing strategies and tactics to ensure software quality throughout all stages of application development.
Packaged Application Integration – Knowledge of and the ability to implement packaged application software and integrate it with company applications, databases and technology platforms.
System Development Life Cycle – Knowledge of project management techniques and the ability to plan, design, develop, test, implement and maintain system development life cycle segments and phases.
Technical Troubleshooting – Knowledge of technical troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques, and the ability to anticipate, recognize, and resolve technical (hardware, software, application or operational) problems.
Technical Writing/Documentation – Knowledge of the technical language and writing approach, and the ability to write paper-based and on-line technical reference documentation (guidelines, standards, procedures, processes, applications, etc.)
Work Experience
Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree, with 3+ years of relevant / direct industry experience. Certifications are often desired. In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered.
Education
Bachelors
Additional Job Description
Benefits
PNC offers employees a comprehensive range of benefits to help meet your needs now and in the future. Depending on your eligibility, options for full-time employees include medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature); dental and vision options; employee and spouse/child life insurance; short- and long-term disability protection; maternity and parental leave; paid holidays, vacation days and occasional absence time; 401(k), pension and stock purchase plans; dependent care reimbursement account; back-up child/elder care; adoption assistance; educational assistance and a robust wellness program with financial incentives. To learn more about these and other programs, including benefits for part-time employees, visit pncbenefits.com > New to PNC.

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