Distinguished Engineer - Risk Tech

Discover Financial
Cambridge, Richmond
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 269,100 - 307,200 annuallyFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Technical leadership","Mentoring","Technical communication","Engineering excellence","Problem-solving"]

Lead technical strategy for Risk Technology, defining a bold vision for your domain and translating complex problems into practical, operational solutions. Ensure high-quality design and implementation while serving as a trusted authority on non-functional system characteristics like performance, scalability, and resiliency. Build full stack applications across frontend and backend ecosystems, mentor engineers, and share knowledge through technical artifacts such as code samples and blog posts.

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Distinguished Engineer - Risk Tech

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Job Summary

Lead technical strategy for Risk Technology, defining a bold vision for your domain and translating complex problems into practical, operational solutions. Ensure high-quality design and implementation while serving as a trusted authority on non-functional system characteristics like performance, scalability, and resiliency. Build full stack applications across frontend and backend ecosystems, mentor engineers, and share knowledge through technical artifacts such as code samples and blog posts.
Location: Cambridge, Richmond
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance

Key Responsibilities

  • •Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domain and decompose complex problems into practical, operational solutions.
  • •Ensure the quality of technical design and implementation, including active contribution and review on critical repositories.
  • •Serve as an authoritative expert on non-functional system characteristics such as performance, scalability, operability, resiliency, and enterprise-grade readiness.
  • •Develop full stack applications with a product engineering mindset across frontend and backend ecosystems.
  • •Mentor and act as a role model within the tech community, sharing knowledge through clear communications, code samples, and blog posts.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 269,100 - 307,200 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree.
  • •At least 7 years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture, including enterprise architecture and design patterns.
  • •Web technologies experience including JavaScript, TypeScript, and SPA frameworks.
  • •Cloud computing experience with AWS, Microsoft Azure, and/or Google Cloud.
  • •Experience in the full system development lifecycle (conception through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment, and production support).
Experience:Risk managementCloud
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Technical leadershipMentoringTechnical communicationEngineering excellenceProblem-solving
Tech Stack:JavaScriptTypeScriptSPA frameworksAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudJavaPythonGoSwiftBGPWi-FiSD-WANCloud NetworkingData Center NetworkingAI tooling

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Sponsorship available.

Company Brief

Discover Financial
Provides consumer banking products, credit cards, personal loans, and payment services through the Discover brand. It operates a major U.S. financial network and serves individuals and merchants with lending and digital payment solutions.
Industry: Retail Banking
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 10M to 25M
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Riverwoods, United States
Founded: 1985
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