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About this Software Engineer II - Equities Structured Products Technology role at Bank of America

Bank of America · Onsite · New York

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, coding solutions, unit testing, and ensuring the solution can be integrated successfully into the overall application/system with clear, robust, and well-tested interfaces. Job expectations include an awareness of development and testing practices in the industry.


Job Profile Summary

The successful candidate will lead the technical direction and engineering delivery for the Secondary Markets space, including secondary market making, secondary trade execution, external vendor connectivity and the modernization of the current platform in the context of the strategic Structured Notes buildout. From a technical perspective, the candidate will be comfortable contributing to architectural decisions and setting development standards as an active hands on contributor. From a project and business perspective, the candidate will engage directly with trading, platform, and ops stakeholders, partnering with front office technology and adjacent workstreams to deliver an integrated, front to back platform that aligns with the Structured Notes strategic architecture.  The role will combine hands‑on technical depth with technical leadership for the existing development team. 


Responsibilities:

  • Codes solutions and unit test to deliver a requirement/story per the defined acceptance criteria and compliance requirements
  • Utilizes multiple architectural components (across data, application, business) in design and development of client requirements
  • Performs Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI-CD) activities
  • Contributes to story refinement and definition of requirements
  • Participates in estimating work necessary to realize a story/requirement through the delivery lifecycle
  • Contributes to existing test suites (integration, regression, performance), analyze test reports, identify any test issues/errors, and triage the underlying cause
  • Performs spike/proof of concept as necessary to mitigate risk or implement new ideas
  • Owning the technology stack supporting secondary market activity for Structured Notes within Equity Derivatives
  • Driving delivery of a multi‑year technology roadmap aligned to a major business growth initiative
  • Partnering closely with Trading and Structuring to deliver scalable, performant solutions that meet real‑time front‑office needs
  • Leading system stability, production excellence, and resiliency for mission‑critical platforms
  • Identifying and executing opportunities for automation, simplification, and technical modernization.

Required Qualifications:


  • 4+ years of experience in technology roles supporting capital markets, derivatives, or structured products
  • Strong technical background with hands‑on experience in modern front‑office systems (e.g., Java, Python, C#, distributed systems, real‑time platforms)
  • Understanding of equity derivatives concepts including pricing, Greeks, lifecycle events, and secondary market dynamics
  • Experience working closely with traders, quants, or structurers in a demanding delivery environment
  • Proven ability to take ownership of complex systems and deliver outcomes in ambiguous problem spaces
  • Strong execution discipline combined with intellectual curiosity and a desire to grow professionally
  • Ability to operate effectively within a large, global organization while driving meaningful change

Desired Qualifications:

  • 2+ years of relevant work experience
  • Passion for building and owning front‑office technology that directly enables business outcomes
  • Strong interest in Structured Notes, Equity Derivatives, and complex financial products, with a desire to deepen domain expertise
  • Demonstrated ability to thrive in high‑visibility roles with senior stakeholder engagement
  • Entrepreneurial mindset within an enterprise environment — comfortable driving change, challenging the status quo, and shaping strategy
  • Proven leadership capabilities, including inspiring teams, setting technical direction, and mentoring talent
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to bridge technology and business audiences
  • Motivation to grow into broader technology leadership roles over time

Skills:

  • Application Development
  • Automation
  • Collaboration
  • DevOps Practices
  • Solution Design
  • Agile Practices
  • Architecture
  • Result Orientation
  • Solution Delivery Process
  • User Experience Design
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Data Management
  • Risk Management
  • Technical Strategy Development
  • Test Engineering

Minimum Education Requirement: Bachelor Degree or Equivalent Professional Experience

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week: 

40

Pay Transparency details

US - NY - New York - 1100 Ave Of The Americas - Two Bryant Park (NY1540)

Pay and benefits information

Pay range

$88,800.00 - $144,800.00 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.
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This role pays $116,800/yr — below the typical range for Software Engineer roles.

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