Software Engineering Lead – Cloud - native & Data Lake Architectures

Software Engineering Lead – Cloud-Native & Data Lake Architectures

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 Engineering Lead – Cloud-Native & Data Lake Architectures within PNC's Data Products organization, you will be based in Pittsburgh, PA, Birmingham, AL, Dallas, TX or Strongsville, OH. The position is primarily based in a PNC location. Responsibilities require time in the office or in the field on a regular basis. Some responsibilities may be performed remotely, at the manager's discretion.

As a Software Engineering Lead – Cloud-Native & Data Lake Architectures- you will collaborate with business & data teams, share daily updates, provide testing support & participate in daily production activities.

PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.

Core Technical Qualifications

Programming & Frameworks

• Proficiency in Java with strong experience in Spring Boot for building APIs and Kafka pipelines / microservices.
• Knowledge of RESTful API design and integration with enterprise systems.
• Exposure to UI frameworks (e.g., Angular, React, or equivalent) for building dashboards or business-facing applications is a plus.

Event Streaming & Messaging

• Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka (producers, consumers, schema registry, topic partitioning, lag monitoring).
• Understanding of event-driven architecture and real-time data processing.

Big Data Development

• Strong background in Apache Spark (batch and streaming) for ETL and analytics.
• Familiarity with Hadoop ecosystem (HDFS, Hive, YARN, MapReduce) for large-scale data processing.
• Experience tuning performance of distributed jobs in a financial data environment.

Database Experience

• Expertise in Oracle, or similar for transactional and operational data storage.
• Strong SQL skills: writing complex queries, stored procedures, performance tuning, and query optimization.
• Experience with MongoDB, or similar for handling unstructured or high-volume datasets.
• Knowledge of time-series data / familiarity with ELK.

Data Warehousing

• Familiarity with Snowflake, Teradata, or Redshift for analytical workloads.
• Experience building data models that support data products use cases.

Testing, DevOps & Production Support

• Strong knowledge of unit testing, integration testing, and regression testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito, Selenium, etc.).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Git, working with Kubernetes / container deployments).
• Understanding of logging/monitoring tools (ELK, Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus).
• Experience supporting production releases and post-production issue resolution in regulated financial environments.

Business & Domain Knowledge

• Exposure to financial services domain: payments, risk management, compliance, or fraud detection.
• Ability to translate business use cases into data products with measurable value is a plus.
• Awareness of data governance, lineage, and regulatory compliance is a plus.

Soft Skills & Agile Practices

• Strong communication skills for cross-team collaboration (business analysts, QA, product owners).
• Experience working in Scrum or Agile teams, participating in stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and demos.
• Problem-solving mindset with ability to handle production incidents and root-cause analysis.

PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.

Job Description

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.

Qualifications

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

Certifications

No Required Certification(s)

Licenses

No Required License(s)

Pay Transparency

Base Salary: $55,000.00 – $158,700.00 Salaries may vary based on geographic location, market data and on individual skills, experience, and education. This role is incentive eligible with the payment based upon company, business and/or individual performance.

Application Window: Generally, this opening is expected to be posted for two business days from 08/21/2025, although it may be longer with business discretion.

Benefits

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; 8 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 Your PNC Total Rewards.

Disability Accommodations Statement

If an accommodation is required to participate in the application process, please contact us via email at AccommodationRequest@pnc.com. Please include "accommodation request" in the subject line title and be sure to include your name, the job ID, and your preferred method of contact in the body of the email. Emails not related to accommodation requests will not receive responses. Applicants