Software Engineer Jobs in Crystal Lake, IL (NOW HIRING)

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!

Position Summary:
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. Consumer Vehicle Lending Technology (CVLT) is seeking a highly experienced Software Engineer to lead strategic initiatives and drive platform modernization across the CVLT ecosystem. This role requires strong technical leadership, architectural expertise, deep domain knowledge, and proven execution capabilities to deliver scalable, resilient, and business-aligned solutions that advance CVLT's modernization strategy and support future growth.

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)

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, solution design, and enterprise architecture within large-scale technology organizations.
• Demonstrated track record of leading and delivering enterprise-wide modernization, transformation, and strategic technology initiatives.
• Deep expertise in application architecture, system design, distributed computing, API development, cloud-native platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and modern software engineering practices.
• Strong ability to build partnerships and collaborate effectively across engineering, architecture, product management, and business stakeholder groups.
• Proven experience leveraging AI-powered engineering solutions, including GitHub Copilot and Enterprise AI platforms, to accelerate software delivery, improve solution quality, and foster innovation.
• Hands-on experience with modern technology stacks, including .NET, Java/Spring Boot, Oracle, Angular, OpenShift/Kubernetes, microservices, and developer productivity tools.
• Exceptional leadership and influence skills, with the ability to guide senior stakeholders and drive strategic technology decisions across the organization.
• Experience in financial services, consumer lending, or related banking technology domains is highly desirable.
• Desired Qualifications
• Proven ability to identify, champion, and implement AI-driven solutions that deliver measurable business value for CVLT.
• Experience driving modernization and digital transformation initiatives.
• Strong experience applying Enterprise AI, automation, and engineering productivity tools to Line of Business (LOB) use cases.
• Ability to proactively identify and mitigate delivery, technical, and operational risks across complex initiatives.
• Excellent collaboration and leadership skills with the ability to partner effectively across business, product, architecture, and engineering organizations.

Desired Qualifications:

• Proven ability to identify, champion, and implement AI-driven solutions that deliver measurable business value for CVLT.
• Experience driving modernization and digital transformation initiatives.
• Strong experience applying Enterprise AI, automation, and engineering productivity tools to Line of Business (LOB) use cases.
• Ability to proactively identify and mitigate delivery, technical, and operational risks across complex initiatives.
• Excellent collaboration and leadership skills with the ability to partner effectively across business, product, architecture, and engineering organizations.

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

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