Posted Sep 3, 2026

Principal Software Engineer

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Description Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (CFG) seeks a Principal Software Engineer for its Johnston, Rhode Island location. Responsibilities: - Researches, analyses, designs, develops, and delivers IT architecture solutions. - Oversees integrated systems analysis and recommends appropriate hardware and software upgrades and enhancements to support IT goals and strategy. - Coordinates project team activities and monitors project schedules and costs. - Defines patterns and development frameworks for junior developers. - Supports, resolves, and documents issues that arise in system architecture. - Reviews designs and recommends improvements to architecture. - Maintains knowledge of IT industry trends, enterprise standards, methodology, and best practices. - Defines, implements, and maintains technology processes and procedures to proactively protect against, monitor, investigate, and resolve threats to a secure user environment and company assets. - Prepares and presents test plans, scan reports, technical presentations, and analyst briefings addressing potential solutions and best practices. - Mentors, leads, and manages multiple development and testing teams. Qualifications: - Requires a Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Information Technology, Electronics Engineering, or related field and 7 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience as a Principal Software Engineer, Senior Software Developer, or related position. Experience must include at least three (3) years of the following: - Analyzing, designing, and developing software applications/interface architecture of large and business critical systems; - Working on API implementation with REST Web Services (Spring MVC) and Swagger; - Working on API implementation with SOAP Web Services (Axis2, JAX-WS); - Decomposing existing applications into cloud micro services; - Actively working on Docker, Docker Swam and Kubernetes to manage Kafka, ZooKeeper, and Logstash clusters; - Designing and implementing (coded) applications with stringent performance & scalability requirements and developing low latency, extreme transaction processing systems; - Working on the Unit Testing of various modules by generating the JUnit Test Cases to achieve TDD; and - Building Web service using Spring boot, SOAP, and REST technologies. - Experience must also include: - Creating full stack IT solutions including IT architecture, within an Agile framework using Java, Spring, SpringBoot, Bootstrap, Hibernate, Spring JPA, and PL/SQL; - Developing enterprise APIs in Java and deploying on PaaS using CI/CD pipelines; - Utilizing version controls tools, including Git, Bitbucket, SVN, and IBM ClearCase; - Developing REST APIs and business logic using Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate, Spring, and Maven; and - Monitoring application performance using Datadog. - 100% remote work permitted from any US location. Worksite: One Citizens Bank Way, Johnston, RI 02919 United States, 40 hrs/wk. EO employer. For summary of benefits and to apply visit our website at https://jobs.citizensbank.com and apply online (Job ID: 49501) or email resume and cover letter to Recruiting@Citizensbank.com with subject line: 49501. Direct applicants only.