Lead Software Engineer
- Pay
- $82,100 – $172,500 per year
- Location
- Chicago, IL
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About the role
Make banking a Fifth Third better®
We connect great people to great opportunities. Are you ready to take the next step? Discover a career in banking at Fifth Third Bank.
General Function
Designs and implements software solutions as a member of an agile squad. Being assigned to an agile squad means this role also participates in all agile ceremonies driving activities from design to delivery. Follows best practices and standards and participates in communities of practice to continuously refine and document these standards.
Responsible and accountable for risk by openly exchanging ideas and opinions, elevating concerns, and personally following policies and procedures as defined. Accountable for always doing the right thing for customers and colleagues, and ensures that actions and behaviors drive a positive customer experience. While operating within the Bank's risk appetite, achieves results by consistently identifying, assessing, managing, monitoring, and reporting risks of all types.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Design and implement new features while continuously improving quality of technical products and applications
- Provide technical knowledge and leadership as a developer on an agile squad
- Work collaboratively with other software engineers to define system architectures and design solutions
- Develop software meeting code quality standards and metrics
- Practice test-driven development
- Participate in communities of practice by contributing to and following standards, reviewing others code, and sharing knowledge
- Achieve operational excellence by automating processes and writing maintainable, supportable, and testable code
- Maintain effective partnerships with operations and engineering teams to drive service improvement
- Remain current on IT trends pertaining to their area of practice
- Assist with problem resolution for end users and customers
- Contribute to the definition of operational procedures for software development
- Maintain appropriate controls and documentation to ensure compliance of audit requirements
- Other duties as assigned
Minimum Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Systems or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
- 5 + Years of experience in using SSIS, SSRS and SQL Server
- Experience in ETL Automation testing
- Experience in Software Quality Assurance (QA) experience testing Data Warehouse, Cloud Technologies, Database (ETL), Big Data, Client-Server Systems and Applications in Manual & Automation.
- Working knowledge of Snowflake and migrating data to Snowflake
- Knowledge of object-oriented and functional software design.
- Familiarity with RESTful networking.
- Prior experience with knowledge of Git and GitHub.
- Understanding of Software Development Methodologies.
- Understanding of security best practices.
- Strong problem solving skills.
- Strong collaboration skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
About the role
Total Base Pay Range 82,100.00 - 172,500.00 USD Annual
At Fifth Third, we understand the importance of recognizing our employees for the role they play in improving the lives of our customers, communities and each other. Our Total Rewards include comprehensive benefits and differentiated compensation offerings to give each employee the opportunity to be their best every day.
The base salary for this position is reflective of the range of salary levels for all roles within this pay grade across the U.S. Individual salaries within this range will vary based on factors such as role, relevant skillset, relevant experience, education and geographic location. In addition to the base salary, this role is eligible to participate in an incentive compensation plan, with any such payment based upon company, line of business and/or individual performance.
Our extensive benefits programs are designed to support the individual needs of our employees and their families, encompassing physical, financial, emotional and social well-being.
LOCATION -- Chicago, Illinois 60606
Attention search firms and staffing agencies: do not submit unsolicited resumes for this posting. Fifth Third does not accept resumes from any agency that does not have an active agreement with Fifth Third. Any unsolicited resumes - no matter how they are submitted - will be considered the property of Fifth Third and Fifth Third will not be responsible for any associated fee.
Equal opportunity and legal notices
Fifth Third Bank, National Association is proud to have an engaged and inclusive culture and to promote and ensure equal employment opportunity in all employment decisions regardless of race, color, gender, national origin, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, veteran status or any other legally protected status.
From Fifth Third's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on November 13, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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