Why USAA?

At USAA, we have an important mission: facilitating the financial security of millions of U.S. military members and their families. Not all of our employees served in our nation’s military, but we all share in the mission to give back to those who did. We’re working as one to build a great experience and make a real impact for our members.

We believe in our core values of honesty, integrity, loyalty and service. They’re what guides everything we do – from how we treat our members to how we treat each other. Come be a part of what makes us so special!

The Opportunity

As a dedicated Software Engineer Intermediate, you will provide support to the Enterprise by delivering best-in-class technology solutions for an application development team primarily focused on Java, REST APIs, and JavaScript technologies. You will engage in all phases of the software system and application development lifecycle which include gathering and analyzing requirements (both functional and non-functional), designing, testing, documenting, software implementation and responding to outages.

To fully deliver these imperatives, we have developed technical training curriculum to establish base-level knowledge essential to software development standards and practices used within application development teams at USAA. After successfully completing the training curriculum, you will be assigned to an application development team.

We offer a flexible work environment that requires an individual to be in the office 4 days per week. This position will be based in one of the following location: Plano, TX. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

What you'll do:

• Design, develop, code, and test technical solutions

• Write code to deliver features, and improvements, on a regular basis

• Investigates and resolve technical problems and production issues through troubleshooting techniques

• Continually improves operations by conducting systems analysis and recommending changes in policies and procedures.

• Prepares and installs solutions by determining and designing system specifications, standards, and programming.

• Follows the software development lifecycle.

• Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

What you have:

• Bachelor’s Degree or 4 additional years of experience beyond the minimum requirement can be used in lieu of a degree ORApproved certification from CodeUp, Galvanize, VetFIT (Veterans for IT) or eFIT (Employees for IT).

• 2 years of software development experience specific to a discipline/technology.

• 1 year of experience delivering technology solutions in all phases of the software systems and application development lifecycle.

• Basic Understanding of one or more of the following: Java, Swift, Objective-C, Cobol, JavaScript, Kotlin, C++, HTML, CSS, SQL

• Knowledge and understanding of troubleshooting applications and systems within production issues.

• Ability to quickly understand applicable business acumen to provide appropriate Engineering solutions

• Ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions.

• Basic understanding of cloud technologies and tools.

What sets you apart:

• Experience in REST frameworks with focus on API development

• Experience with AGILE methodology (Scrum, Lean, SAFe, etc.)

• Experience building APIs with Spring Boot

• Ability to design and implement container-based APIs using Docker

• Experience with container orchestration tools like Kubernetes or OpenShift

• Working experience with build frame frameworks such as Gradle or Maven, Software Version control systems based on GIT and CI/CD frameworks based on GitLab CI

• Experience with test-driven development and automated testing frameworks

• US military experience through military service or a military spouse/domestic partner

The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job.

What we offer:

Compensation: USAA has an effective process for assessing market data and establishing ranges to ensure we remain competitive. You are paid within the salary range based on your experience and market data of the position. The actual salary for this role may vary by location. The salary range for this position is: $74,210.00 - $141,830.00 .

Employees may be eligible for pay incentives based on overall corporate and individual performance and at the discretion of the USAA Board of Directors.

Benefits: At USAA our employees enjoy best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellness. These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, 401(k), pension, life insurance, parental benefits, adoption assistance, paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours, and various wellness programs. Additionally, our career path planning and continuing education assists employees with their professional goals.

For more details on our outstanding benefits, please visit our benefits page on USAAjobs.com.

Applications for this position are accepted on an ongoing basis, this posting will remain open until the position is filled. Thus, interested candidates are encouraged to apply the same day they view this posting.

USAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

If you are an existing USAA employee, please use the internal career site in OneSource to apply.

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Find your purpose. Join our mission.

USAA is unlike any other financial services organization. The mission of the association is to facilitate the financial security of its members, associates and their families through provision of a full range of highly competitive financial products and services; in so doing, USAA seeks to be the provider of choice for the military community. We do this by upholding the highest standards and ensuring that our corporate business activities and individual employee conduct reflect good judgment and common sense, and are consistent with our core values of service, loyalty, honesty and integrity.

USAA attributes its long-standing success to its most valuable resource: our 35,000 employees. They are the heart and soul of our member-service culture. When you join us, you'll become part of a thriving community committed to going above for those who have gone beyond: the men and women of the U.S. military, their associates and their families. In order to play a role on our team, you don't have to be connected to the military yourself – you just need to share our passion for serving our more than 13 million members.

USAA is an EEO/AA Employer - applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

California applicants, please review our HR CCPA - Notice at Collection (https://statmcstg.usaa.com/mcontent/static_assets/Media/enterprise_hr_cpra_notice_at_collection.pdf) here.

USAA is an EEO/AA Employer - applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.