Senior Software Engineer at Wintrust Financial Corporation in Rosemont, Illinois

Job Description:

Wintrust is a financial holding company with approximately $50 billion assets under management and traded on the NASDAQ:WTFC. Built on the "HAVE IT ALL" model, Wintrust offers sophisticated technology and resources of a large bank while focusing on providing service-based community banking to each and every customer. Wintrust operates fifteen community bank subsidiaries with over 170 banking locations in the greater Chicago and southern Wisconsin market areas. Additionally, Wintrust operates various non-bank business units including commercial and life insurance premium financing, short-term accounts receivable financing, out-sourced administrative services, mortgage origination and purchase, wealth management services and qualified intermediary services for tax-deferred exchanges.

Location:                  

Rosemont, IL- but remote work anywhere in the U.S. will be considered.

Responsibilities:

Primarily responsible for the design, architecture, development, and maintenance of applications, including requirements analysis, customizations, database changes, screen changes, security definition and workflow. Converts system requirements into logical program designs, code modules and stable application systems.

This is a senior-level position that works with a team of technical resources focusing on development for a resident software platform. Works with systems managers and engineers, architects, business analysts and quality engineers in a highly collaborative environment to define product features, estimates and deliverables. Creates and communicates innovative solutions to business issues and processes leveraging their knowledge of the software platform and is responsible for assigning resources to specific application design and development tasks, defect resolution and production application support.

Responsibilities include:

• Responsible for technical development, implementation, administration and support of the Salesforce CRM platform. Participate in the development and deployment of new features to support business initiatives, playing a leading role in the design of new/improved interfaces and functions within the platform.




• Participates in peer Code Review/Pair-Programming Sessions.




• Provide application design expertise for application development, database design and maintenance, software architecture, software development lifecycle management and application monitoring for the relevant platform(s). Help architect efficient and scalable software solutions for business application platforms.




• Convert system requirements into logical program designs, code modules and stable application systems. Develop technical design documents for software solutions independently.




• Provide production support for Salesforce sites including afterhours support when necessary.




• Participate in the full SDLC (Agile), including requirement analysis, design and implementation, estimations and other aspects of iterative development.




• Perform unit, integration, and system level tests and develop any necessary supporting documentation.




• Report status to development management and project/systems management.




• Develop specification documents outlining technical requirements with associated solutions.




• Provide technical support for maintenance of existing applications.

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology Management, Computer Science, or related field and 5 years of relevant experience in a software engineering, or related role. As an equivalent alternative, the employer will also accept a Master’s degree in Information Technology Management, Computer Science, or a related field and 3 years of relevant experience in a software engineering, or related role.

The position also requires:

• 3 years of experience working with Salesforce CRM;




• 3 years of experience with software and application development;




• 3 years of experience with object-oriented methodologies and frameworks and WebService technologies;




• 3 years of experience with documentation of designs, installations and technical administrative procedures;




• 3 years of experience with software development lifecycle methodologies and discipline;




• 3 years of experience with APEX and Visual Studio Code.

From our first day in business, Wintrust has been proud to serve a variety of unique communities and people from all walks of life. To be Chicago’s Bank® and Wisconsin's Bank®, we need to reflect that diversity both in all the communities we serve, the people we employ, the organizations we work with, and our banking and lending practices. Wintrust Financial Corporation, including community banking and financial services subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran or any other characteristic protected by law.