Software Engineer - IT Early Career Development Program

Job Title:

Software Engineer - IT Early Career Development Program

Location:

Block 23

What you'll do:

As a Software Engineer within the IT Early Career Development Program, you'll be part of a twelve-month rotational program which introduces recent college graduates to different groups within the IT organization, such as cybersecurity, asset management, enterprise architecture, desktop support, network/application engineering, and more. As a participant, you'll gain hands-on experience working on IT deliverables that drive business outcomes, mentoring with experienced professionals, and job shadowing. This is a development opportunity where you'll grow your career in IT by leveraging technical skills, adaptability, analytic thinking, and ability to deliver results. Most importantly, you'll will gain real-life experience and explore what it’s like to work as part of a fast-growing financial institution with a focus on emerging technologies. Upon program completion, you 'll be placed within IT teams according to compatibility, performance, and interest.

• Collaborate with IT teams on development, analytics, and automation projects.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to sprint deliverables.
• Support testing, documentation, and deployment of software solutions.
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and team meetings.
• Present project updates and rotation learnings to peers and leadership.
• Review existing IT systems and internal processes; collect and analyze data to identify areas for improvement within IT infrastructures.
• Participate in design discussions, learn and implement solutions such as custom applications, SaaS or Commercial platforms, and middleware integrations.
• Assist in building internal tools or prototypes using technologies such as .NET, Python, SQL, and Azure.
• Participate in multiple engineering rotations to gain exposure to different teams, technologies, and business functions.
• Support day-to-day engineering tasks such as analysis, development, testing, documentation, and troubleshooting.

What you'll need:

• Recent college graduate (December of prior year or May of current year). 
• Entry level experience from the classroom working with code repositories and automated code build solutions for CI/CD Pipelines.
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft products, such as Office 365 and SharePoint.
• Intermediate verbal and written communication skills.
• Entry level organizational and interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships with team members, stakeholders, and external partners. 
• Leadership experience from a professional association, social organization, or volunteer group.
• History of self-starting, capable of working both independently and on cross-functional teams.
• Superior analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong critical thinking skills with an attention to detail.
• Basic understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) or engineering workflows.
• Intermediate speaking and writing communication skills.
• Entry level knowledge of general banking operations, including deposit operations, loan administration, treasury management and/or other commercial banking products and services.
• Entry level knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.

Benefits you’ll love:
We offer all the important things you'd want — like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company:

Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC.  AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488.  When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue.  We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

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