Company

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

As an employee of the Boston Fed, you will work to promote sound growth and financial stability in New England and the nation. You will contribute to communities, the region, and the nation by conducting economic research, participating in monetary policy-making, supervising certain financial institutions, providing financial services and payments, playing a leadership role in the payments industry, and supporting economic well-being in communities through a variety of efforts. The Boston Fed is one of 12 Reserve Banks and we serve all or parts of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Our mission is accomplished through our Bank's values: diversity, equity and inclusion, innovation, integrity, and leadership.

This job is eligible for a hybrid schedule with at least 50% on-site work expected.

The role provides general application development support for the entire Bank.

Activities include Power Platform Application Development, workflow automation, SharePoint Online Development, and general support of our cloud portfolio of products. The role involves meeting with departmental stakeholders, refining requirements, developing solutions, testing and deploying solutions to production.

The developer is expected to have expertise in the Microsoft Power Platform, SharePoint Online, C#, JavaScript, SQL and an understanding of cloud software development using Azure or AWS. This position supports our existing portfolio and fulfills demand for building application development solutions. This role will also support the Bank’s Technical Innovation Strategic Priority and other goals within the Federal Reserve System.

The IT department at Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (FRBB) delivers critical solutions across Bank business units. The mission of the application development team is empowering stakeholder success by delivering intuitive solutions and solving their biggest challenges.

Responsibilities:
• With some oversight, deliver software development solutions to stakeholders across the Bank
• Researches, analyzes, and recommends solutions for business problems
• Applies operational break fixes and performs other proactive maintenance activities
• Designs software solutions based on business requirements
• Executes all development efforts across the SDLC
• Builds reusable code and libraries
• Reviews and fixes defects found by quality assurance team
• Provides technical guidance or system process expertise
• Delivers code using DevOps methodologies
• Ensures all applications are documented according to standards
• Provides some oversight, guidance, and knowledge-sharing with junior members of the application development team
• Provides exemplary technical support (24-hour support when necessary)
• Performs other duties as assigned

Knowledge & Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field preferred
• 2-3 years of proven work experience as a Software Engineer or Software Developer using programming languages or platforms; see below for specifics
• Experience working in a team environment
• Working knowledge of data storage including both relational (SQL) and non-relational (NoSQL) databases
• Working knowledge of Web standards including HTML, CSS, and others
• Analytical mind with problem-solving aptitude
• Basic understanding of cloud computing and cloud DevOps tools (such as CloudFormation, Terraform) and data services
• Basic understanding of Agile frameworks

Programming languages/platforms specific to our software development disciplines:

Custom Application Development: - C#, Java, JavaScript, or other comparable languages

Low Code / No Code - Microsoft PowerPlatform or equivalent

The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and to provide equal employment opportunities to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, disability, or military service.

All employees assigned to this position will be subject to FBI fingerprint/ criminal background and Patriot Act/ Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) watch list checks at least once every five years.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work required of this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities or skills associated with this position or the personnel so classified. While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of this position, management reserves the right to revise this or any job description at its discretion at any time.

Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Regular / Temporary

Regular

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

Yes

Job Category

Work Shift

First (United States of America)

The Federal Reserve Banks believe that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as an organization, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. The Federal Reserve Banks are committed to equal employment opportunity for employees and job applicants in compliance with applicable law and to an environment where employees are valued for their differences.

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