Software Engineer II

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  

We are looking for a Software Engineer II who brings experience in Python backend systems and modern JavaScript‑based front‑end development. The ideal candidate will play a key role in delivering full‑stack, production‑ready solutions, applying strong engineering principles, collaborating closely across teams, and driving high standards of quality in a dynamic Agile environment.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Understand client requirements and translate in application features. 
• Collaborate with a team of IT professionals to set specifications for new applications. 
• Design creative prototypes according to specifications using UI/UX 
• Write high quality source code. 
• Perform unit and integration testing. 
• Troubleshoot and debug applications. 
• Evaluate existing applications to reprogram, update and add new features. 
• Develop technical documents and handbooks to accurately represent application design and code.

Required Qualifications

• Professional experience in full‑stack software development, delivering production‑grade applications with strong understanding of frontend UI layers, backend services, APIs, and data access patterns.
• Proficiency in Python, with hands‑on experience building scalable backend services using FastAPI or Flask, and developing modern, responsive user interfaces using JavaScript frameworks such as React.
• Strong experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases, covering schema design, data modeling, indexing strategies, and performance optimization.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and delivery workflows, including automated builds, testing, deployment strategies, and environment management to support reliable releases.
• Proficiency in Git and collaborative development practices, including branching strategies, pull requests, and maintaining high code quality through disciplined version control.
• Experience working within Agile/Scrum environments, contributing to sprint planning, estimation, iterative development, and on‑time delivery.
• Hands‑on experience with AI‑assisted and AI‑driven development, including integrating ML or LLM‑based services and applying AI tools to improve development efficiency and solution quality.

Desired Qualifications

• Familiarity with cloud platforms, containerization, and scalable deployment patterns
• Exposure to observability practices, including logging, monitoring, and performance tuning

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, coding solutions, unit testing, and ensuring the solution can be integrated successfully into the overall application/system with clear, robust, and well-tested interfaces. Job expectations include an awareness of development and testing practices in the industry.

Responsibilities:

• Codes solutions and unit test to deliver a requirement/story per the defined acceptance criteria and compliance requirements
• Utilizes multiple architectural components (across data, application, business) in design and development of client requirements
• Performs Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI-CD) activities
• Contributes to story refinement and definition of requirements
• Participates in estimating work necessary to realize a story/requirement through the delivery lifecycle
• Contributes to existing test suites (integration, regression, performance), analyze test reports, identify any test issues/errors, and triage the underlying cause
• Performs spike/proof of concept as necessary to mitigate risk or implement new ideas

Skills:

• Application Development
• Automation
• Collaboration
• DevOps Practices
• Solution Design
• Agile Practices
• Architecture
• Result Orientation
• Solution Delivery Process
• User Experience Design
• Analytical Thinking
• Data Management
• Risk Management
• Technical Strategy Development
• Test Engineering

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week: 

40

Pay Transparency details

US - NJ - Jersey City - 525 Washington Blvd (NJ2525)

Pay and benefits information

Pay range

$88,800.00 - $144,800.00 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.