Application Engineer (Full Stack/Mobile)
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 Application Engineer is responsible for oversight on design and implementation of products assigned to their team. This role takes the lead on guiding more junior engineers and is a role model in driving new features from idea to production.
Responsibilities
- Analyze, design, program, test, and deploy new user stories and features with high quality (security, reliability, operations) to production
- Tends to Associate Application Engineers by providing learning tasks as well as work related tasks, directs the work of Senior Associate Application Engineers, and helps them continue to grow
- Achieves team commitments (and influence others to do the same) by using informal leadership & highly developed communication skills
- Has an oversight on design decisions and guides team to achieve key results for products assigned to them
- Remediates issues using engineering principles and creates proactive design solutions for potential failures
- Contributes to and leads technology communities at Discover
Minimum Qualifications
At a minimum, here’s what we need from you:
- Bachelors – Computer Science
- 4+ Years – Information Technology, (Software) Engineering, or related
- Internal applicants only: technical proficiency rating of competent on the Dreyfus engineering scale
Preferred Qualifications
Bonus Points If You Have:
- Experience with React Native or React JS
- Built cross-platform mobile applications in React Native, Xamarin, or Flutter
- Knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript, but not afraid to jump into Objective-C/Swift and Java/Kotlin as needed
- Experience working with third-party dependencies and ability to debug issues
- Experience as part of an Agile engineering or development team
- Understanding of object-oriented principles with an ability to write clean code
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins or similar; Git/GitHub; Artifactory
- Understanding of software testing principles and methodologies
- Ability to read and analyze application logs, GC logs, thread dumps, head dumps etc.
External applicants will be required to perform a technical interview.
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The same way we treat our employees is how we treat all applicants – with respect. Discover Financial Services is an equal opportunity employer (EEO is the law). We thrive on diversity & inclusion. You will be treated fairly throughout our recruiting process and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status in consideration for a career at Discover.