Software Engineer III - Equities Technology

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits.

We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

Job Description:
This job is responsible for developing and delivering complex requirements to accomplish business goals. Key responsibilities of the job include ensuring that software is developed to meet functional, non-functional and compliance requirements, and solutions are well designed with maintainability/ease of integration and testing built-in from the outset. Job expectations include a strong knowledge of development and testing practices common to the industry and design and architectural patterns.

Job Profile Summary:

We are looking for a motivated and thoughtful professional to support Equity‑wide AI initiatives and help gradually expand the use of AI across the Equities Technology organization. This role is well suited for someone who is organized, collaborative, curious, and passionate about AI, and who enjoys understanding problems, coordinating efforts, and contributing ideas and working solutions.

The person in this role will help identify where AI can be useful, organize and prioritize efforts, work closely with business and technology teams, and contribute to proof‑of‑concepts (POCs) that demonstrate value. This role success comes from partnership, steady execution, and thoughtful follow‑through.

Responsibilities:

• Codes solutions and unit test to deliver a requirement/story per the defined acceptance criteria and compliance requirements

• Designs, develops, and modifies architecture components, application interfaces, and solution enablers while ensuring principal architecture integrity is maintained

• Mentors other software engineers and coach team on Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI-CD) practices and automating tool stack

• Executes story refinement, definition of requirements, and estimating work necessary to realize a story through the delivery lifecycle

• Performs spike/proof of concept as necessary to mitigate risk or implement new ideas

• Automates manual release activities

• Designs, develops, and maintains automated test suites (integration, regression, performance)

• Help organize and coordinate AI‑related initiatives across the Equities business.

• Work with stakeholders to understand needs, clarify priorities, and help determine what is worth working on and when.

• Support planning and tracking of AI initiatives to ensure ideas move forward in a structured and practical way.

• Act as a central point of coordination between business, data, and technology teams for AI‑related work.

• Maintain a working understanding of the AI landscape, including Generative AI and traditional machine learning concepts.

• Participate in building simple proof‑of‑concepts (POCs) to test and demonstrate AI ideas.

• Help explain AI concepts in plain, practical terms and foster a collaborative, inclusive approach to AI adoption within Equities.

Required Qualifications:

• General experience or background in AI, data, analytics, or technology‑enabled solutions.

• A genuine interest and passion for AI, with a desire to keep learning.

• Ability to organize work, manage priorities, and follow through.

• Comfort working in a team environment and partnering across functions.

• Some hands‑on experience contributing to technical work (e.g., Python, data analysis, AI tools, or similar).

• Strong communication skills and a practical, grounded approach to problem‑solving.

Desired Qualifications:

• 2+ years of relevant work experience

• Proficiency in programming language(s) required for the role

• Exposure to financial services or Equities, though not required.

• Familiarity with cloud platforms or AI tools.

• Experience contributing to POCs or pilot initiatives.

• Understanding of enterprise environments and governance considerations.

Skills:

• Application Development

• Automation

• Influence

• Solution Design

• Technical Strategy Development

• Architecture

• Business Acumen

• DevOps Practices

• Result Orientation

• Solution Delivery Process

• Analytical Thinking

• Collaboration

• Data Management

• Risk Management

• Test Engineering

Minimum Education Requirements: Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT or relavant OR equivalent professional experience.

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week: 

40

Pay Transparency details

US - NJ - Jersey City - 525 Washington Blvd (NJ2525)

Pay and benefits information

Pay range

$102,900.00 - $179,900.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.

Discretionary incentive eligible

This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.

Benefits

This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.