Vice President, JavaScript Full-Stack Engineer II - BNY Mellon

Overview

Vice President, JavaScript Full-Stack Engineer II

At BNY, our culture empowers you to grow and succeed. As a leading global financial services company at the center of the world’s financial system we touch nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day around the globe, our 50,000+ employees bring the power of their perspective to the table to create solutions with our clients that benefit businesses, communities, and people everywhere.

We continue to be a leader in the industry, awarded as a top home for innovators and for creating an inclusive workplace. Through our unique ideas and talents, together we help make money work for the world. This is what #LifeAtBNY is all about.

We’re seeking Vice President, JavaScript Full-Stack Engineer II for our Engineering/Technology business with roles located in Pittsburgh - via Hybrid work arrangement.

            You’ll make an impact in the following ways:

• Collaborate with a variety of different teams across disciplines - you will discover new skills and hone your existing competencies.
• Establish our firm as an industry leader with a progressive approach by working with multidisciplinary, multicultural, multi-passionate individuals at all levels of our organization as we understand that digital transformation develops through individual growth.
• Foster a flexible work environment where engagement, advancement and mobility are made possible through robust avenues for career development. Your progress through ongoing learning opportunities is fundamental to who we are.
• Partner with thought leaders and industry trailblazers - our Finance, Engineering and Operations leaders have spent decades pioneering vanguard methods of working and spurring new ideas within the financial sector.

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:

• JavaScript UI development, creating rich web applications.  Experience using the Sencha ExtJS framework is a strong plus.
• Good experience with some or all the following technologies: HTML5, CSS, Ajax, WebSockets, JSON, NodeJS, Maven.
• Exposure to Web API’s such as Window Management, Notifications, Broadcast, Service Workers etc. is desirable.  
• Must be able to work with SASS and CSS to style UI elements. Experience with Sencha Theming is a plus.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience required. 
• 7-9 years of experience in software development required; experience in the securities or financial services industry is a plus.
• Agile Development experience. SDLC Tools like Maven, Gitlab, etc. 

Consults with internal business groups to provide appropriate application software development services or technical support. Provides application software development services or technical support in more complex situations. May also be responsible for requirements gathering and BRD/SRD preparation.

 Has thorough knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle. Conducts reviews of the test Plan and test Data. May allocate/ coordinate work within a team/project. 

The job holder leads the technical design, development and documentation of cross-functional, multi-platform application systems.

They should analyze, define, and document requirements for data, workflow, and logical processes and interfaces with other systems. The job holder should also ensure that expected application performance levels are achieved by coordinating, coding, testing, implementation, and documentation. 

Must have thorough and demonstrative knowledge on or both the user-side frontend of a website, as well as the backend, server-side that powers the user-side. Additional requirements include intermediate understanding of security principles, relational databases, and architecture design principles. 

Programming well-designed, testable, efficient code. Analyze, design, and develop tests and test-automation suites. Develop flowcharts, layouts, and documentation to satisfy requirements and solutions. Maintain software functionality and currency (technical debt and gain). 

Actively participate in code reviews. Integrate software components into a fully functional software system. Apply security and privacy principles. Execute full lifecycle software development. 

Develop software verification plans and quality assurance procedures. Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing systems. Ensure software is updated with latest features. Participate in deployment process following all change controls. Provide ongoing maintenance, support and enhancements in existing systems and platforms. 

Provide recommendations for continuous improvement. Active learning engagement. Complete all required mandatory training / policy awareness curricula on time. 

Use learning tools such as Pluralsight to complete both recommended and aspirational targets set in personal development plans. Demonstrate teamwork. Leverage existing products/functionality and promote reuse. Work alongside other engineers on the team to elevate technology and consistently apply best practices. 

Collaborate closely with all the other members of the team to take shared responsibility for the overall efforts that the team has committed to. Collaborate cross-functionally with data engineers, business users, project managers and other engineers to achieve elegant solutions. Utilize local meetups to gain and share knowledge. 

Compiles documentation written by more senior developers of all procedures used in system. Acts as mentor to junior level engineers. Prior experience with using a specific application development toolkit and knowledge of front end and backend development coding languages such as C#, Java, HTML, NodeJS, CSS, JSON, Angular, JavaScript. Must also have proficiency in Core Spring, ANSI, Docker. 

Communications and organization skills; teamwork skills. N/A. Contributes to the achievement of area objectives. 

Job holder must have understanding interdependencies and business impact of future IT plans. They must have prior lead experience selecting and implementing vendor-specific methodologies and prior consulting experience with structured methodologies. Job holder must have broad experience with multi-platform development tools and toolkits. 

At BNY, our culture speaks for itself. Here’s a few of our awards:

· America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2024

· World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2024

· Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Corporate Equality Index, 100% score, 2023-2024 · Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion, Disability: IN – 100% score, 2023-2024

· “Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2024

· Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, Top performing company for Sustainability, 2024

· Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index (GEI), 2023

Our Benefits and Rewards:

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.

BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

Employer Description:

For over 230 years, the people of BNY Mellon have been at the forefront of finance, expanding the financial markets while supporting investors throughout the investment lifecycle. BNY Mellon can act as a single point of contact for clients looking to create, trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments and safeguards nearly one-fifth of the world's financial assets. BNY Mellon remains one of the safest, most trusted and admired companies. Every day our employees make their mark by helping clients better manage and service their financial assets around the world. Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations or individual investors, clients count on the people of BNY Mellon across time zones and in 35 countries and more than 100 markets. It's the collective ambition, innovative thinking and exceptionally focused client service paired with a commitment to doing what is right that continues to set us apart. Make your mark: bnymellon.com/careers.

EEO Statement:

BNY Mellon is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Minorities/Females/Individuals With Disabilities/Protected Veterans. Our ambition is to build the best global team – one that is representative and inclusive of the diverse talent, clients and communities we work with and serve – and to empower our team to do their best work. We support wellbeing and a balanced life, and offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies and employee forums.