Software Engineer II A

Job Description:

About Us

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities, and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving responsible growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We're devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

 Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us

Global Business Services

Global Business Services delivers Technology and Operations capabilities to Lines of Business and Staff Support Functions of Bank of America through a centrally managed, globally integrated delivery model and globally resilient operations.

Global Business Services is recognized for flawless execution, sound risk management, operational resiliency, operational excellence, and innovation.

In India, we are present in five locations and operate as BA Continuum India Private Limited (BACI), a non-banking subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation and the operating company for India operations of Global Business Services.

Process Overview*

Banking & Lending Product Technology team is responsible for all Consumer and Small business banking and lending products catering to Retail and Preferred customers clients. The products include Credit Cards for Retail as well as Small Business customers, Deposits, Consumer Lending and Client Underwriting (including Vehicle Loans and Home Loans). This team performs application development, testing (functional and automation), design/architecture and business analysis functions to deliver the technology solutions through robust and scalable application platforms developed on various technologies such as Kafka, Datastage, Spring Boot, Web Methods, Java/J2EE, Angular JS, Mainframe, SQL Server, DB2, Oracle and Singlestore.

Shared Integration & Data services team provides Shared real time and batch integration services and shared frameworks and data services for credit card, deposit, and Lending applications.

Job Description*. 

Responsible for development, support, maintenance, and implementation of a project module either as individual contributor or through a team. Works as a guide and sets directions for medium sized projects, may lead special initiatives. Ensure low downtime for systems and related services. Role is capable of finding out new methods and processes to approach complex situations in the application. Requires expert knowledge of Kafka and Java and Credit Card domain. Expected to continue to build upon domain knowledge and technical/ proprietary skills to reach levels of expertise, while adapting standard principles. Responsible for design and development of Solutions for ongoing initiatives as a part of Scrum Team, Work closely with Scrum Master and Product Owner to understand the use cases and stories, implement the code, test it and support the implementation to Production. Actively participate in all the scrum routines and discussions. Recommend and participate in the analysis, evaluation, and development of enterprise long-term strategic and operating plans to ensure that the Enterprise Architecture objectives are consistent with the enterprise's long-term business objectives. Designs and develops solution architecture and design for enterprise-wide systems and supports implementation and deployment by working closely with the delivery teams.

Responsibilities*
Key responsibilities include:

• Design, implement, and maintain Kafka producers, consumers, and streams for real-time data processing.
• Configure and manage Kafka topics, partitions, and brokers to ensure high availability and scalability.
• Optimize Kafka performance, including tuning configurations and monitoring metrics.
• Develop and maintain Java-based microservices and applications that integrate with Kafka.
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code following best practices.
• Implement RESTful APIs and integrate them with Kafka for data ingestion and processing.
• Collaborate with architects and other developers to design scalable and fault-tolerant systems.
• Implement event-driven architectures and real-time streaming pipelines.
• Ensure data consistency and reliability in distributed systems.
• Monitor Kafka clusters and troubleshoot issues related to brokers, topics, and consumers.
• Debug and resolve performance bottlenecks in Java applications and Kafka pipelines.
• Implement logging, monitoring, and alerting for Kafka and Java applications.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including DevOps, QA, and product teams, to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and agile ceremonies.
• Create and maintain technical documentation for Kafka configurations, Java services, and data pipelines.

Requirements

Education*

• Any Graduation / Any Post Graduation

Experience Range*

• 6 to 8 years

Foundational skills*

• Confluent Kafka, Java, Database like Db2, Oracle and Singlestore.

Desired skills*

• Datastage, Spring boot, Devops.

Work Timings*: 11 AM to 8 PM
 

Job Location*:  Chennai