Manager Application Engineering

Company: Discover
Location: Houston
Posted on: May 21, 2025

Job Description:

Discover. A brighter future.

With us, you'll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our collaborative culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day & We Succeed Together. And we mean it - we want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world's leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine.

Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.

Job Description:

What You'll Do

Our Discover Fraud and Risk organization is comprised of autonomous product teams responsible for designing, developing, and supporting cloud-based and on-prem solutions that meet network capabilities for Risk, Investigation and Transaction Monitoring Business needs. Looking for an Engineering Manager responsible for the technical development of software engineers within our Risk development area, using your technical expertise to drive vision into action and results.

If you are an expert in modern engineering practices like Cloud engineering and User interfaces, Design, Automation, Micro services, CI/CD, have a passion for solving complex problems and skilled at building engineering skills, apply today. You will be responsible for the technical development and quality delivery of software engineering solutions. You will lead a team of engineers within a Discover application development area while using your technical expertise to drive vision into action and results. You will develop and coach teams to be able to identify, manage, and escalate risk, and effectively manages risk within the teams you oversee.

How You'll Do It

• Mentor and lead a staff of engineers in both technical and soft skills to craft a team of highly technically competent, consistent, thoughtful, and customer-centric technology experts. This includes ensuring the group is adhering to principles of engineering excellence within their technical domain, applying consistency of technical execution, sharing common practices and challenges within the team and fostering a culture of excellence and continuous learning within the team.
• Leads and utilizes highly technical skills to contribute as an engineer within a product team designing, developing code, and maintaining quality technology solutions for a product or set of products including developing own subject matter expertise. Demonstrated experience in multiple software languages, modern software methods, CI/CD, cloud, and automated testing.
• Hire, retain and lead high-functioning, diverse group of engineering professionals, establishing clear objectives and key results, developing consistent set of practices and process across the team and driving towards resolution of challenging problems. This includes all performance management aspects of leading the engineers including acquiring and providing 360 feedback and administering reviews. Manages software ownership and development from initial concept through continuous improvement.
• Lead and shape the technical vision within their product team and be an essential member of leadership team including acting as a leader in the Discover engineering community affecting and advancing the architecture across the company and ensuring adherence to all regulatory, compliance and audit requirements. This includes defining how technical work should be done, selecting appropriate tools, defining technology, quality, experience and implementation standards and practices within own technical domain.
• Mentor staff of engineers in both technical and soft skills to craft a team of highly technically competent, consistent, thoughtful and customer-centric technology experts. This includes ensuring the group is adhering to principles of engineering excellence within their technical domain, applying consistency of technical execution, sharing common practices and challenges within the team and fostering a culture of excellence and continuous learning within the team.
• Work with key stakeholders to efficiently and effectively allocate team members to product teams to meet business and Product area objectives.
• Engage with internal and external communities of technical practice to share experiences, contribute knowledge, learn and advocate for the Discover Technology brand. Promotes team innovation and collaboration of ideas across teams.
• Contribute as an engineer within a product team designing, developing, and maintaining quality technology solutions for a product or set of products. Minimum Requirements
  
  At a minimum, here's what we need from you:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Engineering, or related
  • 6+ years of experience with information technology, software engineering, or related. Physical and Cognitive Requirements
    
    The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable a qualified individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position as required by federal, state, and local laws:
    • Primarily remain in a stationary position.
    • Frequently move about the work environment to complete the major responsibilities of the job.
    • Primarily performed indoors in an office setting.
    • Ability to operate office equipment such as but not limited to computer, telephone, printer, and calculator.
    • Ability to communicate verbally.; Ability to communicate in written form.
    • Travel requirement - No Preferred Requirements
      
      If we had our say, we'd also look for:
      • Knowledge in a software development role within Payments Fraud or similar domain
      • Experience in People Leadership
      • Experience in Distributed platforms, Java/J2ee technologies, Spring, Rest API, ORM and Business Process Automation.
      • Experience with DevOps practices, tools, and knowledge on Trident Pipeline to efficiently guide and resolve issues for product development teams.
      • Skillful in Angular, React and other Java script technologies to drive UI and Portal development and solutions.
      • Knowledge on Cloud native applications, OCP Platform, Argo Workflows, AWS to effectively manage the technical landscape and roadmap for Fraud products.
      • Knowledge of Database technologies (Relational and NoSQL).
      • Support technical initiatives, provide inputs and best practices for development and technical documentation.
      • Manage reliability and observability meeting MTTR goals for Fraud and Risk products and applications.
      • Applied knowledge of Agile practices
      • Strong awareness of emerging trends in software engineering with effective communication and verbal skills. Discover will not sponsor or transfer employment work visas for this position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
        
        Application Deadline:
        
        The application window for this position is anticipated to close on May-17-2025. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. The posting may be available past this date, but it is not guaranteed.
        Compensation:
        
        The base pay for this position generally ranges between $107,000.00 to $180,200.00. Additional incentives may be provided as part of a market competitive total compensation package. Factors, such as but not limited to, geographical location, relevant experience, education, and skill level may impact the pay for this position.
        Benefits:
        
        We also offer a range of benefits and programs based on eligibility. These benefits include:
        • Paid Parental Leave
        • Paid Time Off
        • 401(k) Plan
        • Medical, Dental, Vision, & Health Savings Account
        • Short and Long Term Disability, Life, and Accidental Death & Dismemberment insurances
        • Recognition Program
        • Education Assistance
        • Commuter Benefits
        • Family Support Programs
        • Employee Stock Purchase Plan Learn more at .
          
          What are you waiting for? Apply today!
          
          All Discover employees place our customers at the very center of our work. To deliver on our promises to our customers, each of us contribute every day to a culture that values compliance and risk management.
          
          Discover is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other legally protected status. (Know Your Rights)
          
          Discover complies with federal, state, and local laws applicable to qualified individuals with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to search for a position, to complete an application, and/or to participate in an interview, please email . Any information you provide regarding your accommodation needs will be kept confidential and will only be used to determine and provide necessary accommodation.
          
          At Discover, we are committed to creating an inclusive and equitable workplace through our Fair Chance Hiring practices. Fair Chance Hiring means that we base our hiring decisions on an applicant's qualifications rather than their criminal record. All our positions are subject to Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. Our applicants go through a background check, and we follow all applicable local laws . click apply for full job details

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