Jobs › Companies › Bank of America › Java Developer - Software Engineer III

About this Java Developer - Software Engineer III role at Bank of America

Bank of America · Onsite · Newark

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.


Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits.


We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve.


Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs.


At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!


Job Description:
This job is responsible for developing and delivering complex requirements to accomplish business goals. Key responsibilities of the job include ensuring that software is developed to meet functional, non-functional and compliance requirements, and solutions are well designed with maintainability/ease of integration and testing built-in from the outset. Job expectations include a strong knowledge of development and testing practices common to the industry and design and architectural patterns.



Position Summary:


The Fraud Technology team is seeking an experienced, hands-on Software Engineer III to design, develop, and support enterprise-grade applications while providing technical leadership through the full software development lifecycle. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, Cloud technologies, and Agile delivery, along with proven design, mentoring, and delivery leadership skills. This individual is expected to remain actively involved in coding, debugging, code reviews, solution design, and production troubleshooting.


This role provides technical leadership and engineering oversight for critical real-time fraud detection solutions that evaluate New Account applications for credit cards, deposits, vehicle loans & investment accounts across multiple Lines of Businesses.



Responsibilities:

  • Codes solutions and unit test to deliver a requirement/story per the defined acceptance criteria and compliance requirements
  • Designs, develops, and modifies architecture components, application interfaces, and solution enablers while ensuring principal architecture integrity is maintained
  • Mentors other software engineers and coach team on Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI-CD) practices and automating tool stack
  • Executes story refinement, definition of requirements, and estimating work necessary to realize a story through the delivery lifecycle
  • Performs spike/proof of concept as necessary to mitigate risk or implement new ideas
  • Automates manual release activities
  • Designs, develops, and maintains automated test suites (integration, regression, performance)
  • Lead the design & development of complex applications involving API’s, messaging & streaming solutions, AI machine learning models, NoSql & graph databases and external vendor integrations
  • Partner with fraud strategies department to understand fraud prevention business requirements to design scalable solutions & flexible solutions to fight rapidly evolving fraud
  • Backend java application development, API and system integration, real-time decisioning, and fraud detection capabilities across New Account Opening flows.


Required Qualifications:


  • 5+ years of Java development experience, recent hands-on Java/Spring Boot experience and be capable of contributing directly to complex development and troubleshooting activities
  • Strong hands-on Java development experience; Java 17+ preferred, with experience in Java 8/11/17+ environments
  • Spring Boot and Spring Framework; REST APIs and Microservices Architecture
  • SQL Server, Oracle, or PostgreSQL
  • Kafka, MQ, or other messaging platforms


Desired Qualifications:

  • OAuth2, JWT, SSO, Spring Security, and application security
  • Monitoring/observability tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace, or AppDynamics

Skills:

  • Application Development
  • Automation
  • Influence
  • Solution Design
  • Technical Strategy Development
  • Architecture
  • Business Acumen
  • DevOps Practices
  • Result Orientation
  • Solution Delivery Process
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Collaboration
  • Data Management
  • Risk Management
  • Test Engineering

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week: 

40

Pay Transparency details

US - NJ - Pennington - 1500 American Blvd - Hopewell Bldg 5 (NJ2150)

Pay and benefits information

Pay range

$102,900.00 - $179,900.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.

Discretionary incentive eligible

This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.

Benefits

This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.
Ready to apply to Bank of America?
Apply to Bank of America

How this Software Engineer salary compares

This role pays $141,400/yr — in line with the typical range for Software Engineer roles.

$122,750 median $152,485 $203,025

Typical range $133,435–$188,100/yr, from 22 comparable Software Engineer listings on JobsRadar (pay annualized to USD). See Software Engineer salary insights →

About Bank of America

Bank of America is committed to help employees through the transition period when they’re displaced as a result of a workforce reduction, realignment or similar measure. Please review the resume writing and interviewing tips provided below to help prepare you for your next career opportunity. Getting started Regardless of the position you are interested in, the starting points to building your resume are the same: 1. Determine the job or types of jobs you want to do and research their responsibilities and qualifications. 2. Think about why you can do the job and make a list of your skills that are relative to the job. 3. Identify experiences or accomplishments that show your proficiency in t

See all jobs at Bank of America →

Similar jobs

Lucid Motors
Staff Embedded Software Engineer – AUTOSAR, Platform Software
Lucid Motors
⚡ Apply early Newark, CA Onsite $179,400–$263,120
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 16h ago
Lucid Motors
Staff, Mapping Software Engineer
Lucid Motors
⚡ Apply early Newark, CA Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Bank of America
Java Developer/Software Engineer III
Bank of America
⚡ Apply early Newark Onsite $102,900–$179,900
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Lucid Motors
Senior Embedded Software Engineer, Platform Software
Lucid Motors
⚡ Apply early Newark, CA Onsite $158,400–$217,800
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
ALTEN Technology USA
Staff SDET, Embedded Platform Software
ALTEN Technology USA
⚡ Apply early Newark, California, United Sta... Onsite $170,000–$180,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
Broadridge
Director Software Engineer for BRCC Inbound Communication (Hybrid - Newark, NJ or NYC)
Broadridge
⚡ Apply early Newark, NJ Onsite $165,000–$175,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Alimentiv
Database Programmer
Alimentiv
⚡ Apply early Toronto, Ontario · location restricted
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Broadridge
Sr Software Engineer-Java
Broadridge
⚡ Apply early Pittsburgh, PA Onsite $120,000–$125,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
ALTEN Technology USA
Embedded Software Engineer
ALTEN Technology USA
⚡ Apply early Newark, New Jersey, United Sta... Onsite $105,000–$115,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago

Sign up for suggestions tailored to the jobs you open and the searches you save.

More jobs at Bank of America

See all jobs at Bank of America →

Apply now
🤖

Whoa — hold up

JobsRadar was built for real people having a rough time in their job search — not for automated requests. You're clicking way too fast and you're now temporarily blocked.

Come back later. If you're genuinely job hunting, we've got your back — just act like a human.

Catch your next role the second it’s posted.

Create a free account and we’ll watch the boards for you — the instant a job matches your search, it lands in your inbox or Telegram. No digging, no refreshing.

Create free account

Free forever · takes 30 seconds · already have one?

Get an edge on your job hunt.

Join our Telegram channel for the stuff that helps you land the role — salary benchmarks, the weekly market pulse, and new-feature drops. No spam, just signal.

Join the channel — it's free