RPCA Software Engineer

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

When you join the Federal Reserve-the nation's central bank-you'll play a key role, collaborating with leading tech professionals to strengthen and protect our economic, financial and payments systems.

We invest in contemporary and emerging technology each year to support the Federal Reserve and our economy, and we're building a dynamic and diverse team for our future.

Regional, Public, & Community Affair (RPCA) Solutions delivery team is seeking a senior to advanced level software engineer with strong expertise in frontend development.

While this role does include full-stack development, the initial project will be primarily focused on frontend delivery.

Specifically, the delivery of components for an in-house design system. In addition to application delivery, this role includes providing direct input into our portfolio roadmap, serving as a mentor for less experienced development staff, and close collaboration with our User Experience and PA Graphic Design teams.

Key Activities

Collaborates with UX and graphic designers to deliver visually appealing web solutions adhering to 508 compliance standards.

Partners with product owners and customers in the development of innovative solutions that achieve business goals.

Reviews and analyzes business and technicalrequirements and implements technical solutions to meet those requirements.

Works in multidisciplinary team with full-stack developers.

Applies the principles of software engineering to the design, implementation, configuration, and optimization of multiple web-based applications.

Creates unit and automation tests as part of Continuous Development.

Cross browser testing of new features.

Conducts peer code reviews, provides recommendations, and works with peers to improve software coding practices.

Fixes bugs, supports QA and UAT phases of releases.

Creation of reusable components applied through in-house design system library.

Keeps abreast of latest and emerging technologies.

Fosters an agile mindset enabling high-performing teams.

Provides coaching, education and advocates for frontend development best practices.

Provides on-call support, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, incident management, and service request management for supported products and environments.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Typically requires at least 6 years of relevant experience.

Bachelor's degree specializing in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), or a closely related field, from an accredited college or university, or equivalent combination of directly related education and / or experience.

Senior understanding of subject. Has in-depth and / or breadth of knowledge in discipline.

Proficiency with JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS, HTML methods.

Experience with Angular.

Working knowledge of design tokens, responsive design, web component technology, and Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets (SASS).

Performs work independently with limited supervision and direction. Serves as a mentor for less experienced staff.

Works efficiently under tight deadlines and adapts quickly to change.

Amazing attention to detail and a pride in delivering consistently pixel perfect work.

Creation of modern CI / CD pipelines using DevOps tooling (e.g. Jenkins, Git, Bitbucket, GitLab, Fortify, Sonar, etc).

Knowledge of AWS services and security best practices.

Cloud networking across numerous accounts, environments, and vendors, and zero trust principles.

Terraform to deploy AWS cloud services and infrastructure.

API infrastructure and development, and associated tools and best practices.

Preferred Qualifications :

Familiarity with lit programming.

Strong expertise in the creation and / or practical application of components in design systems (versus only having exposure to pattern libraries).

Advanced experience with multiple programming languages (Java, JavaScript, Python, etc.).

Advanced knowledge of some cloud-based platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, etc. and the ability to learn new platforms.

Willingness to become proficient in any new programming language or tool quickly.

Experience with centralized application observability and monitoring across disparate tools and services.

Additional Information

Location(s) :

Hybrid - Kansas City, Denver, Oklahoma City, Omaha (50% On-site / 50% Work from Home)

Remote Eligible - No

Current full-time remote employees of the 10th District are eligible to be considered.

Salary :

$100,400 - $150,500 / Senior Level

$114,000 - $170,800 / Advanced Level

Final offers are determined by factors including the candidate's qualifications, internal alignment considerations, district assignment, and geographic location.

Screening : Certain eligibility requirements apply.

Sponsorship : The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position .

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

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Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Regular / Temporary

Regular

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

Job Category

Information Technology

Work Shift

First (United States of America)

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