What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Development Lead position at Amalgamated Bank of NY?
Amalgamated Bank is looking to onboard a senior development lead with multiple years of application software development experience to enhance the Information Technology Team’s ability to help support Amalgamated Bank’s application software, both from a 3rd party vendor, as well as from an in-house coding perspective. This position is responsible for leading developers, overseeing projects, and ensuring delivery of quality code. The senior development lead will collaborate with stakeholders and help mentor engineers.
By joining our team, you’ll be joining a Bank that believes that maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected is essential for us to grow as a company. We are dedicated to building a more equitable world in our everyday practices by embracing the values of our employees and customers.
Essential Job Functions:
- Day-to-Day support of application software within Amalgamated Bank’s portfolio
- Analyzing, troubleshooting, debugging application software concerns, issues, problems, and developing, implementing resulting resolutions and remediation
- Partner with project management teams, business stakeholders and other technology teams to provide in-depth analysis of submitted Business Requirements documentation, and then translating said requirements into a documented Functional Requirements document, including any additional supporting documentation (i.e. Design, Process Flow, interoperable infrastructure topology between systems/processes, test plans, development/systems support details, production support details
- Perform in-house coding for any existing and/or new application software, per overall requirements, invoking and adhering to IT’s standard DevOps SDLC and Secure SDLC procedures, including source/version control, unit testing, and systems integration testing.
- Partnering with 3rd party vendors for the successful implementation and support of 3rd party vendor application or process, as well as outsourced or staff-augmented vendor who is developing an application/systems product or solution for Amalgamated Bank
- Managing and develop the migration, consolidation, and/or retirement of all old deprecated applications/processes/technologies to newer versions/instances leveraging modern-based technologies.
- Continued adherence to IT General Controls, Information Security and Data Loss Prevention, Audit, Compliance, and Regulatory policies and procedures as applicable to Amalgamated Bank
- Continued training in staying current in industry-standard Development coding technologies and practices, as well as aforementioned policies and procedures that may be update over time.
- Lead the design and development or complex software solutions.
- Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback.
- Identify and mitigate risks in development.
- Drive process improvement for efficiency and quality.
- Stay updated on emerging technologies and integrate them were beneficial.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- Working knowledge of .NET coding development, for at least one of the .NET languages (e.g. C#, Python, Visual Basic .NET) and HTML5/CSS3
- Working knowledge of ASP.NET framework and Microsoft SQL Server
- Working knowledge of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
- Working knowledge of API coding (REST, RPC)
- Understanding of accessibility, security, and auditing compliance
- Familiarity with AWS, Azure or Google Cloud along with CI/CD pipelines.
- Knowledge of user and system security authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, environments (I.e. SSO, SAML, TLS, SSH auth,)
- Understanding of the differences between multiple delivery platforms, such as mobile vs desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform
- Proficient understanding of source code/versioning tools (such as Git, Mercurial or SVN)
- Familiarity with support of Dynamic Link and ORM (Object Relational Mapper) libraries
- Understanding of multiple data source integration into singular system and data-modelling schemas that represent and support business processes a plus.
- Familiarity with architecture styles/APIs (REST, RPC)
- Understanding of Agile methodologies
- Excellent troubleshooting, debugging, and communication skills.
- Ability to inspire and lead teams while effectively communicating with stakeholders.
- Attention to detail, and strong unit and systems integration testing.
- Strong organizational skills with ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
Our job titles may span more than one career level. The starting base salary for this role is between $185,000.00 – $195,000.00. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferrable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.
Amalgamated Bank is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, Minorities / Females / Individuals with Disability / Veterans. AmeriCorps, Peace Corps and other national service alumni are encouraged to apply. View our Pay Transparency Statement. Submission of a resume or any information regarding your qualifications does not constitute a promise or offer of employment. At Amalgamated Bank, we consider an applicant to be someone who has interviewed at least once, in person, with the hiring manager. Amalgamated Bank does not sponsor applicants for work visas.
Effective February 18, 2025, employees in office-based positions will be working a Hybrid work schedule consisting of three days or more, on-site per week, Monday - Thursday, although the specific days may vary by site or organization, with Friday designated as a remote-working day, unless business critical tasks require an on-site presence. This Hybrid work model does not apply to, and daily in-person attendance is required for, the contact center, branch service roles, and general services where the work to be performed is located at a Company site; positions covered by a collective-bargaining agreement (unless the agreement provides for hybrid work); or any other position for which the Company has determined the job requirements cannot be reasonably met working remotely. Please note, this Hybrid work model guidance does not apply to roles that have been designated as “remote”.
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Salary : $185,000 - $195,000
