Software Engineer III

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!

LOB Description:

We are seeking a Senior .NET Full Stack Developer to support and evolve a mix of legacy .NET Framework applications and modern .NET solutions. This role spans the full application stack, including ASP.NET UI using Razor, middleware and RESTful services, and backend data solutions using Microsoft SQL Server. The ideal candidate has strong hands-on experience maintaining existing systems while also modernizing and building new functionality using current .NET technologies.

UI / Presentation Layer (ASP.NET & Razor)

• Design, develop, and maintain user interfaces using ASP.NET (MVC / Razor Pages), including support for legacy UI implementations.
• Enhance and modernize existing Razor‑based UI while maintaining stability and usability.
• Integrate UI components with backend REST APIs and middleware services.
• Troubleshoot UI defects, performance issues, and browser compatibility concerns.

Middleware / Services Layer

• Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs and middleware services using C#.
• Support both legacy .NET Framework services and modern .NET (Core / .NET 6+) services.
• Implement business logic, validation, security, logging, and error handling.
• Ensure backward compatibility where required while contributing to modernization efforts.

Backend / Data Layer

• Design and maintain backend data solutions using Microsoft SQL Server.
• Develop and optimize tables, views, stored procedures, functions, and indexes.
• Diagnose and resolve query, performance, locking, and data integrity issues.
• Support database changes across both legacy applications and modernized components.

AI‑Assisted Development & Modern Engineering Practices

• Use GitHub Copilot, Visual Studio Copilot, and other AI models as development accelerators (not replacements for sound engineering judgment).
• Apply AI tools to:
• Rapidly understand and document legacy .NET Framework codebases
• Summarize complex logic and architectural patterns
• Generate starter code, refactoring suggestions, and test cases
• Improve productivity and reduce time‑to‑delivery for new features
• Critically evaluate AI‑generated output to ensure correctness, security, performance, and maintainability.

LOB Responsibilities:

• We are seeking a Senior .NET Full Stack Developer to support and evolve a mix of legacy .NET Framework applications and modern .NET solutions supporting:
• UI / Presentation Layer (ASP.NET & Razor)
• Design, develop, and maintain user interfaces using ASP.NET (MVC / Razor Pages), including support for legacy UI implementations.
• Middleware / Services Layer
• Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs and middleware services using C#.
• Backend / Data Layer
• Design and maintain backend data solutions using Microsoft SQL Server.
• AI‑Assisted Development & Modern Engineering Practices
• Use GitHub Copilot, Visual Studio Copilot, and other AI models as development accelerators (not replacements for sound engineering judgment).

Job Description:
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.

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)

Managerial Responsibilities:
This position may also have responsibilities for managing associates. At Bank of America, all managers at this level demonstrate the following responsibilities, in addition to those specific to the role, listed above.

• Opportunity & Inclusion Champion: Creates an inclusive team where members are treated fairly and respectfully.
• Manager of Process & Data: Demonstrates and expects process knowledge, data driven decisions, simplicity and continuous improvement.
• Enterprise Advocate & Communicator: Delivers clear and concise messages that motivate, convey the “why” and connects contributions to business results.
• Risk Manager: Leads and encourages the identification, escalation and resolution of potential risks.
• People Manager & Coach: Knows and develops team members through coaching and feedback.
• Financial Steward: Manages expenses and demonstrates an owner’s mindset.
• Enterprise Talent Leader: Recruits, on-boards and develops talent, and supports talent mobility for career growth.
• Driver of Business Outcomes: Delivers results through effective team management, structure, and routines.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional experience in .NET full stack development.
• Strong expertise with C# and development in Visual Studio.
• Hands‑on experience supporting legacy .NET Framework applications.
• Experience building applications with modern .NET (.NET Core / .NET 6+).
• Strong experience with ASP.NET UI using Razor (MVC or Razor Pages).
• Solid experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft SQL Server, including query tuning.
• Experience with layered / multi‑tier application architectures.
• Proficiency with Git and collaborative development workflows.

Desired Qualifications:

• 2+ years of relevant work experience
• Proficiency in programming language(s) required for the role
• Experience modernizing or migrating applications from .NET Framework to modern .NET.
• ORM and data access experience (e.g., Entity Framework / EF Core, Dapper).
• Authentication and authorization experience (OAuth2, OpenID Connect, JWT).
• CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Azure or other cloud platform experience.
• Front‑end technologies (JavaScript, CSS, Bootstrap) to support Razor UI work.

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

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week: 

40

Pay Transparency details

US - NJ - Pennington - 1300 American Blvd - Hopewell Bldg 3 (NJ2130)

Pay and benefits information

Pay range

$102,900.00 - $179,900.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.

Discretionary incentive eligible

This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.

Benefits

This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.