Principal Engineer

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!

Job Description:
This job is responsible for defining and leading the engineering approach for solutions at the program or portfolio level, to deliver significant business outcomes. Key responsibilities include continuously improving the design, quality, and reuse of the solution and delivering technology enablers that improve development efficiencies for the solution. Job expectations include familiarity with at least one area of engineering, acting as a “go to” reference across the organization, and applying knowledge to improve technical competencies through recruitment and development activities.

Responsibilities:

• Develops the engineering approach for the entire program/ portfolio solution and works with Architecture, to develop/analyze/deliver the implementation of technical enablers

• Leads the planning, definition, and design of the complex features which span multiple teams and explore solution alternatives

• Provide strategic architectural direction and support across Global Capital Markets Technology & Global Corporate & Investment Banking Technology.

• Collaborate with enterprise horizontals (GBCT Architecture, DMTEA, GIS, APSE, CTI) to ensure consistency and alignment of horizontals across the GCMT organization.

• Collaborate with enterprise architects to ensure consistency and alignment across the GCMT organization

• Help define and shape the GCMT architecture strategy and roadmap for the next 3–5 years.

• Develop and maintain target application architectures, blueprints, and strategic roadmaps aligned to enterprise objectives.

• Drive adoption, reuse, integration, and convergence of horizontal technology capabilities across GCMT applications.

• Evaluate emerging technologies and determine best-fit solutions for the enterprise.

• Works across the business, operations and technology to create the solution intent and architectural vision for complex solutions and prioritize functional and non-functional requirements into a technology backlog to enable the technology roadmap and functionality to support evolving capabilities and services

• Contributes to the creation of the architecture roadmap of defined domains (Business, Application, Data, and Technology) in support of the product roadmap and the development of best practices including standardized templates

• Clarifies the architecture, assists with system design to support implementation, and provides solution options to resolve any architectural impediments

• Performs design and code reviews to ensure all non-functional requirements are sufficiently met (for example, security, performance, maintainability, scalability, usability, and reliability)

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in architecture roles involving end-to end technology strategy/architecture solutions.

• Strong expertise in both traditional AI/ML and Generative AI.

• Proficient in API management, API security, events and data/insights architecture.

• Proven ability to design and deliver solutions for large‑scale, complex business problems, ensuring high resiliency, scalability, performance, and concurrency.

• Strong capability in evaluating emerging technologies, presenting clear comparisons, trade‑offs, and target use cases.

• Well‑versed in agile and hyper-agile methodologies, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), and enterprise architectures.

• Effective collaborator across business and technology teams, translating strategy into practical, scalable solutions.

• Recognized thought leader, demonstrating openness, inclusiveness, and the ability to incorporate diverse perspectives.

• Experienced in leading discussions and driving alignment in matrixed organizations, with a focus on team and organizational success.

• Strong presence in enterprise architecture forums, effectively representing architecture viewpoints and driving decisions.

• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), with the ability to influence across LOBs and technology leadership.

Desired Qualifications:

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.

• Experience across Global Banking /Global Markets domains, including data analytics, reporting, and insights, as well as traditional AI/ML and Generative AI.

• Experience with cloud‑native architectures and container-based platforms.

• Hands-on software design and development experience using modern programming languages.

• Knowledge of Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) and container automation practices.

• Strong capability in architecture evaluation and decision-making, leveraging Alternative Architecture Analysis (AAA), proofs of concept (POCs), vendor evaluations, and other structured methods.

• Experience working in Agile SDLC environments, with a focus on iterative delivery and continuous improvement.

• Self-driven and innovative mindset, with a focus on delivering high-quality, measurable outcomes.

• Ability to navigate and lead through challenging situations, consistently turning them into positive outcomes

Skills:

• Automation

• Influence

• Result Orientation

• Stakeholder Management

• Technical Strategy Development

• Application Development

• Architecture

• Business Acumen

• Risk Management

• Solution Design

• Agile Practices

• Analytical Thinking

• Collaboration

• Data Management

• Solution Delivery Process

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week: 

40

Pay Transparency details

US - NJ - Pennington - 1500 American Blvd - Hopewell Bldg 5 (NJ2150)

Pay and benefits information

Pay range

$156,500.00 - $230,000.00 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.