Software Engineer Lead-Strategy Planning

Why USAA?

At USAA, our mission is to empower our members to achieve financial security through highly competitive products, exceptional service and trusted advice. We seek to be the #1 choice for the military community and their families.

Embrace a fulfilling career at USAA, where our core values – honesty, integrity, loyalty and service – define how we treat each other and our members. Be part of what truly makes us special and impactful.

The Opportunity

As a dedicated Software Engineer Lead for the ECIO Delta Team within the Strategy Planning and Risk Group you will provide internal specialized consultant advisory services to improve performance, implement solutions, and engage organizational resolution towards a specific business need or opportunity. Serving in a consultant advisory capacity; you will engage with multiple functional areas or across the Enterprise to provide the business and our key partners a clear, unbiased real-time result that drives value and builds organizational efficiency. Team focus will be geared towards problem solving across Enterprise IT, advancing foundational technology principles rooted within the USAA Technology Strategy and driving organizational optimization.

We offer a flexible work environment that requires an individual to be in the office 4 days per week. This position can be based in one of the following locations: San Antonio, TX, Plano, TX, Phoenix, AZ or Charlotte, NC. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

Provides support to the Enterprise through delivering best in class technology solutions. Engaged in all phases of the software systems and application development lifecycle which include gathering and analyzing requirements, designing, testing, documenting, and implementing software, responding to outages.

What you'll do:

• Design, develop, code, and test complex tactical as well as strategic multi-functional technical solutions, often collaborating with Engineers or Architects outside of team/department.

• Leads the team in in-depth code/design reviews and communicates updates and impacts to customers to ensure smooth daily operations and accurate planning for multiple teams.

• Organize work and lead multiple teams to deliver features and solutions.

• Independently resolves complex production issues and leads troubleshooting of end-to-end solutions that span multiple applications and systems.

• Mentor and coach junior / experienced engineers, including coaching of design principles for their teams and others

• Work with architecture to help define directions for cross functional or highly complex key technologies within a specific domain.

• May begin advancing professional development through active participation in industry organizations, writing programming publications, pursuing educational opportunities, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.

• Leverages Site Reliability Engineering practices in their domain.

• 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.

• 8 years of software development experience demonstrating depth of technical understanding within a specific discipline(s)/technology(s) to include 2 years demonstrated leadership driving enterprise technology projects or initiatives.

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

• Highly proficient in software engineering languages and tools; ability to develop on multiple platforms.

• Knowledge and advanced experience of leading code/design reviews.

• Demonstrated ability to address complex production issues by troubleshooting applications and systems.

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

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

• Proven experience working with cloud technologies and tools.

What sets you apart:

• Strong, validated experience with leadership, eye for business, problem solving, critical thinking, and analytical skills in financial services or other highly regulated industry

• Experience with various IT driven systems, platforms, or vendors

• Excellent knowledge of Architectural Patterns, distributed Systems architecture (Microservices, Messaging & SOA) and Object-Oriented Design Principles for use in guiding and influencing architectural and technical decisions within product and team

• Experience with business technology optimization programs, crafting structured technological strategies

• Proficiency in Cloud technologies such as AWS/Azure, CI/CD, IaC, FaaS, Containers

• Deep understanding and practice of DevSecOps and SRE.

Compensation range: The salary range for this position is: $127,310 - $243,340.

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.

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

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.

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, 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.