PNC
Position Overview As a Software Engineer Lead within PNC's Data Products organization, you will be based in Pittsburgh, PA, Birmingham, AL, Dallas, TX or Strongsville, OH. The position is primarily based in a PNC location. Responsibilities require time in the office or in the field on a regular basis. Some responsibilities may be performed remotely, at the manager’s discretion.
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Responsibilities Collaborate with business & data teams, share daily updates, provide testing support & participate in daily production activities.
Creates and leads the technical design and development of software solutions.
Propose and design software solutions to address complex business needs. Prepare technical and procedural documentation as required.
Facilitate complex problem resolution and provide technical guidance and support to colleagues. Review coding, testing, and documentation of software.
Apply modern principles, methodologies and tools to advance business initiatives and capabilities.
Qualifications Core Technical Qualifications: Proficiency in Java with strong experience in Spring Boot for building APIs and Kafka pipelines / microservices. Knowledge of RESTful API design and integration with enterprise systems. Exposure to UI frameworks (e.g., Angular, React, or equivalent) for building dashboards or business-facing applications is a plus.
Event Streaming & Messaging: Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka (producers, consumers, schema registry, topic partitioning, lag monitoring). Understanding of event-driven architecture and real-time data processing.
Big Data Development: Strong background in Apache Spark (batch and streaming) for ETL and analytics. Familiarity with Hadoop ecosystem (HDFS, Hive, YARN, MapReduce) for large-scale data processing. Experience tuning performance of distributed jobs in a financial data environment.
Database Experience: Relational Databases (RDBMS) — Oracle or similar for transactional and operational data storage. Strong SQL skills: writing complex queries, stored procedures, performance tuning, and query optimization.
NoSQL / Distributed Databases: Experience with MongoDB or similar for handling unstructured or high-volume datasets. Knowledge of time-series data / familiarity with ELK.
Data Warehousing: Familiarity with Snowflake, Teradata, or Redshift for analytical workloads. Experience building data models that support data products use cases.
Testing, DevOps & Production Support: Strong knowledge of unit testing, integration testing, and regression testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito, Selenium, etc.). Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Git, working with Kubernetes / container deployments). Understanding of logging/monitoring tools (ELK, Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus). Experience supporting production releases and post-production issue resolution in regulated financial environments.
Business & Domain Knowledge: Exposure to financial services domain: payments, risk management, compliance, or fraud detection. Ability to translate business use cases into data products with measurable value. Awareness of data governance, lineage, and regulatory compliance is a plus.
Soft Skills & Agile Practices: Strong communication skills for cross-team collaboration (business analysts, QA, product owners). Experience working in Scrum or Agile teams, participating in stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and demos. Problem-solving mindset with ability to handle production incidents and root-cause analysis.
Job Description Creates and leads the technical design and development of software solutions.
Proposes and designs software solutions to address complex business needs. Prepares technical and procedural documentation required.
Facilitates complex problem resolution.
Provides technical guidance and support to colleagues. Reviews coding, testing, and documentation of software.
Applies modern principles, methodologies and tools to advance business initiatives and capabilities.
Pay & Benefits Base Salary: $55,000.00 – $158,700.00. Salaries may vary based on geographic location, market data and on individual skills, experience, and education. This role is incentive eligible with the payment based upon company, business and/or individual performance.
PNC offers a comprehensive range of benefits to help meet your needs now and in the future. Depending on eligibility, options for full-time employees include medical/prescription drug coverage, dental and vision, life insurance, disability protection, 401(k) with PNC match, pension and stock purchase plans, and more.
Qualifications & Eligibility Education: Bachelors; Work Experience: typically 3+ years of relevant/direct industry experience. Certifications are often desired. In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job-specific certification(s), and experience may be considered.
Certifications: No Required Certification(s) | Licenses: No Required License(s)
Visa/Sponsorship: PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.
EEO & Accommodations PNC Employees take pride in our reputation and we expect our employees to be customer-focused and to manage risk within PNC's Enterprise Risk Management Framework. If an accommodation is required to participate in the application process, please contact AccommodationRequest@pnc.com with the job ID and your preferred contact method. All information provided will be kept confidential and used only to provide needed reasonable accommodations. PNC is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination. This position is subject to the requirements of FDIA, SAFE Act, and FINRA as applicable. California Residents: refer to the California Consumer Privacy Act Privacy Notice.
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