Software Engineer Lead-Rest API Developer

At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company's success. As a Software Engineer Lead within PNC's Technology organization, you will be based in Dallas, TX, Pittsburgh, PA, Cleveland, OH, Birmingham, AL or Denver, CO., * Creates and leads the technical design and development of software solutions.

• Proposes & designs software solutions to address complex business needs. Prepares technical and procedural documentation required.
• Facilitates complex problem resolution.
• Provides technical guidance and support to colleagues. Reviews coding, testing, and documentation of software.
• Applies modern principles, methodologies and tools to advance business initiatives and capabilities.

PNC Employees take pride in our reputation and to continue building upon that we expect our employees to be:

• Customer Focused - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
• Managing Risk - Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support PNC's Enterprise Risk Management Framework.

• Strong proficiency in Java backend development, with deep experience using Spring Boot and Spring Cloud to build enterprise-grade, production-ready APIs.
• Extensive experience designing and developing microservices architectures, including service decomposition, inter-service communication, resilience patterns, and backward-compatible API versioning.
• Hands-on experience deploying and running microservices on OpenShift/Kubernetes, including containerization (Docker), configuration management, scaling, and environment-specific deployments (DEV, QA, UAT, PROD).
• Solid understanding of RESTful API design principles, including contract-first development, OpenAPI/Swagger documentation, proper HTTP semantics, and standardized error handling.
• Experience integrating backend APIs with mobile platforms (iOS and Android), ensuring performance, reliability, and secure data exchange for customer-facing mobile applications.
• Strong knowledge of API security, including OAuth2, JWT, mutual TLS, client credentials, token management, and secure access patterns required in regulated banking environments.
• Familiarity with API gateways and edge services, such as routing, throttling, authentication, logging, and monitoring of mobile-facing APIs.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines for Java microservices, including automated builds, testing, quality gates, and deployment to OpenShift.
• Proven ability to support APIs through the full lifecycle, from development and testing through production releases, post-deployment monitoring, and defect remediation.
• Experience working in large-scale enterprise and financial systems, with awareness of compliance, audit requirements, and high-availability expectations.
• Strong collaboration skills, working closely with mobile app teams, QA, product owners, and platform teams during feature delivery, redesign initiatives, and coordinated releases, Successful candidates must demonstrate appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities for a role. Listed below are skills, competencies, work experience, education, and required certifications/licensures needed to be successful in this position.

Preferred Skills

Application Development, Business Management, Customer Solutions, Design, Group Problem Solving, Process Improvements, Release Management, Software Solutions, User Experience (UX) Design

Competencies

Application Delivery Process, Application Design, Architecture, Application Development Tools, Application Testing, Packaged Application Integration, System Development Life Cycle, Technical Troubleshooting

Work Experience

Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree, with 3+ years of relevant / direct industry experience. Certifications are often desired. In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered.

Education

Bachelors

PNC offers a comprehensive range of benefits to help meet your needs now and in the future. Depending on your eligibility, options for full-time employees include: medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature), dental and vision options; employee and spouse/child life insurance; short and long-term disability protection; 401(k) with PNC match, pension and stock purchase plans; dependent care reimbursement account; back-up child/elder care; adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement; educational assistance, including select programs fully paid; a robust wellness program with financial incentives.

In addition, PNC generally provides the following paid time off, depending on your eligibility: maternity and/or parental leave; up to 11 paid holidays each year; 9 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law; between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level; and years of service.

To learn more about these and other programs, including benefits for full time and part-time employees, visit pncthrive.com .