Feature Lead - Technology - Java

Company: Bank of America
Location: Newark
Posted on: April 3, 2026

Job Description:

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 is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve. Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations. 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 providing leadership, technical direction and oversight to a team delivering technology solutions. Key responsibilities of the job are to provide oversight of the design, implementation, and maintenance of complex computer programs, align technical solutions to business objectives, and ensure that coding practices/quality comply with software development standards. Job expectations include conducting multiple software implementations and applying both depth and breadth in knowledge of several technical competencies. Seeking experienced technical resource to function as a Feature Lead and Application owner on a high-performing cross-functional software development team, to be fully engaged in hands-on coding of new functional enhancements, risk mitigation, and ongoing maintenance of applications used in the Consumer and Small Business Credit Card new account acquisition business. The successful candidate will be professional, energetic, self-motivated, have a Customer focused mindset, a passion for writing code, and extensive experience working with technical leads, peer developers, testers and end-users in an Agile work setting, with teammates both locally and distributed across the globe. Responsibilities of this position include developing software applications using Angular and Java/J2EE frameworks. Experience in working with programing tools such as Oracle Database - SQL/PLSQL, Shell Scripting (Unix), Spring Framework (Spring Boot/Rest API) is required. Experience using version control/project tracking/CI/CD tools like GIT, Jenkins is desired. Responsibilities: Designs, develops and is accountable for feature delivery Applies enterprise standards for solution design, coding and quality Ensures solution meets product acceptance criteria with minimal technical debt Guides the team on work breakdown and execution Works with the Product Owner to ensure that product backlog/requirements are healthy, with clear acceptance criteria Plays a team lead role (as an individual contributor) and mentors the team Guides team members with skills and practices (planning and estimation, peer reviews, and other engineering practices) Required Qualifications: 7 years of experience as a full-stack Java software developer. Very strong in Core Java in Enterprise Java 8/17/21. Strong experience in Angular UI development Strong hands-on experience with J2EE, REST Web services, JSON, SQL, PL/SQ, UNIX Hands on experience in Spring MVC, Spring IOC, Spring JDBC / Spring Data JPA, Rest standards, Oracle and Spring Boot. Expert in basic rest principles and resource-oriented architecture Comfortable with Enterprise integrations & Software Engineering design patterns, Spring, Log 4j, Angular, develop Restful services Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively with people at different levels within the organization, including project stakeholders, technical teams, end users and senior management. Experience interacting with Business product owners and end users to define new software requirements and triage any issues that arise Demonstrated ability to work effectively under minimal supervision Deep knowledge and implementation experience in web services: SOAP, REST Web API, JSON. Experience working with Agile methodology Experience in design, development, testing and implementation of Web based applications. Solid understanding of the software development life cycle and SDM model for CI/CD processes and associated tools. Experience with managing Application Ownership responsibilities including implementation and release management activities. Desired Qualifications: Prior experience managing AIT owner responsibilities at Bank of America Excellent debugging skills XSLT and Xml Technologies and data transformation experience Experience identifying and resolving memory leaks, connection leaks, etc. Experience with using Test automation tools like Selenium, Cucumber, Tosca, EFT, Junit etc. and scripting knowledge with some of the testing tools Skills: Automation Influence Result Orientation Stakeholder Management Technical Strategy Development Architecture Business Acumen Risk Management Solution Delivery Process Solution Design Agile Practices Analytical Thinking Collaboration Data Management DevOps Practices Minimum Education Requirement: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience Shift: 1st shift (United States of America) Hours Per Week: 40

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