What are the responsibilities and job description for the Engineer II position at Edward Jones?
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What You'll Do:
Take a look at this exciting opportunity to join our team as an Engineer II! This is a new team that is being formed to support a new firm strategy called Workplace. This new firm strategy and our team will be responsible for providing a new Retirement Platform for our small business owners. This includes hosting and providing retirement options (like a 401K plans) to small business owners & their employees. As an Engineer II, you will be responsible for working closely with new vendors to build a platform, establish connectivity between vendors & EJ, ensure key data is transferred & securely managed, as well as integrations with other branch & client applications.
Here are a few of the key responsibilities you will be a part of:
- Responsible for applying business and technical knowledge to ensure availability of our systems, and to provide quality solutions for business and enterprise software needs
- Complete moderately complex program assignments
- Assist with defining and meeting business requirements
- Develop business and technical requirements for enhancements; assist with requirements for new systems
- Design (including program specification), develop, test, document and implement quality application software within targeted timeframes
- Provide program and system level estimates – may include options and recommendations for course of action
- Documentation for program flows, interdependencies, and troubleshooting/escalation policies as well as standard team documentation
- Participate and approve code walkthroughs to assure quality of programs developed by other associates
- Develop and build relationships and gain confidence of stakeholders
- Develop and execute moderately complex test plans to ensure quality
- May involve periodic review and confirmation of general support documentation
- Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent experience
- 2 years of experience in software development, including:
- Proficient in at least one of the following environments: establishing skills in others. Environments may include the following, plus the ability to interface with one or more database platforms:
- Web Application Development
- Client/Server Application Development
- Mainframe Online and/or Batch Development
- Enterprise or solution specific purchased software
- Understand business implications of projects for systems within responsibility and prior experience
- Proficient in at least one of the following environments: establishing skills in others. Environments may include the following, plus the ability to interface with one or more database platforms:
***Candidates that live within a commutable distance from our Tempe, AZ and St. Louis, MO home office locations are expected to work in the office three days per week, with preference for Tuesday through Thursday.***
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