Developer (Payments) Job at Navy Federal Credit Union in Vienna

Overview The Developer will oversee the design, development, testing, and deployment of Digital Payments products and features working in collaboration with architecture, platform, product, operations, and business teams to accelerate the delivery of innovative money movement solutions and capabilities aligned with member‑centric business initiatives and corporate strategies. This role ensures adherence to SDLC, operational, architectural, and security standards, and provides technical guidance to both leadership and less‑experienced team members. The Developer specializes in delivering cloud‑based compute services and applications, requires extensive knowledge of integration technologies, and works independently on complex projects. Familiarity with Navy Federal’s core banking platform, payment products, cloud, and platform strategy is preferred. Responsibilities Collaborate with Technical Product Owner / Manager, Project Manager, and Scrum Master to lead the planning and delivery of products and features Collaborate with architects, engineers, and developers to analyze, define, and document the technical design for logical processes, workflows, system integrations, data, system environment, internal / external controls Perform analysis of technical challenges and advise team on mitigation and corrective action Maintain the product backlog including business and technical requirements in collaboration with developers, architects, Scrum Master, and business product owner Drive definition of technical enablers and non‑functional requirements Perform peer design and code reviews; provide guidance on standards and best practices Develop implementation plans, coordinate with dependent teams, and drive the release and change management processes Manage the Continuous Integration & Delivery pipeline and toolchain Troubleshoot build / deployment, system, and application issues Oversee resolution of system and application defects Maintain and monitor systems, applications, services post‑implementation Develop and maintain product documentation Develop in‑depth domain knowledge of products, platforms, and technologies Conduct research and analysis on new and emerging technologies and share with the team Provide guidance and mentorship for less experienced team members Build and maintain relationships with leadership, team members, and key internal / external stakeholders including vendors Perform other duties as assigned Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, or a related degree, or an equivalent combination of training, education, and experience Significant experience in one or more of the following disciplines: systems engineering, software engineering, technology management Significant experience with object‑oriented programming languages with specific emphasis on Java / J2EE Significant experience developing web services using spring boot and other, microservices, APIs using REST and SOAP architecture patterns. Significant experience in Event driven Architecture using Kafka, Confluence , Apache Flink and Event Streaming. Significant experience developing and deploying applications to private, public, and hybrid cloud infrastructure (e.g., Azure) Advanced experience with enterprise cloud data platforms (e.g., Azure SQL, Azure Cosmos, Azure Data Lake) Advanced experience and knowledge of Continuous Integration & Delivery practices and tools. Strong experience in database skills. Advanced knowledge and experience of software development practices including defining, developing, testing, and implementing system requirements; designing, coding, debugging applications deployed to on‑prem and cloud platform environments Advanced knowledge of engineering principles, practices, theories, and methods to identify and solve complex problems and perform sophisticated analyses Advanced knowledge and understanding of the end‑to‑end IT process, including architecture, design & engineering, implementation, and operations Significant experience in developing scripts or applications to automate system/application deployment, configuration, or management Advanced experience with Agile software development practices Advanced knowledge of the product management lifecycle Advanced skill troubleshooting and resolving technical problems Advanced skill in systems analysis, workflow, and procedural analysis Advanced skill applying innovative approaches to solve technical design issues Advanced skill influencing and guiding strategic thinking Advanced skill resolving conflicting requests and meeting changing requirements Advanced skill designing and deploying new, upgraded and/or existing systems Advanced skill analyzing and organizing problems or work processes for technical solutions Advanced problem solving, collaboration, critical thinking, team building, and presentation skills Advanced skill applying innovative approaches to solve technical design issues Expert verbal and written communication skills Expert organizational, planning and time management skills Advanced database and presentation software skills Advanced research, analytical, and problem‑solving skills Experience working with all levels of staff, management, stakeholders, vendors Significant experience leading, guiding, and mentoring others Self‑motivated and proactive, able to learn quickly and apply new concepts, tools, and applications Demonstrated ability to solve complex system/integration problems through innovative solutions Desired Qualifications Advanced knowledge of financial/banking industry standards, open banking standards, regulations, and practices Advanced knowledge of Navy Federal products, services, programs, policies, and procedures Advanced knowledge and experience implementing and/or supporting payment processing systems (e.g., Real‑Time Payments, FedNow, International Payments, Zelle, ACH, Wires). Hours Monday - Friday, 8:00AM - 4:30PM Locations 820 Follin Lane, Vienna, VA 22180 | 5510 Heritage Oaks Drive, Pensacola, FL 32526 Equal Employment Opportunity All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, sex, color, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or any other basis protected by applicable law. #J-18808-Ljbffr