Job Details
Software Principal Engineer
2025-08-09 City National Bank Los Angeles,CA
Description:
SOFTWARE PRINCIPAL ENGINEER
WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY?
The Principal Software Engineer plays a key role in City National Bank's Technology & Innovation division. As a Principal Software Engineer you will solve unique and complex problems that have a broad impact on the business. In addition, you will provide expertise and guidance in the daily activities of individual contributors or working teams to design, code, debug, test, document, implement and maintain complex business and client-facing applications using City National Bank's Secure Software Development Lifecycle. The Principal Software Engineer is an expert professional with deep expertise or unique industry knowledge who uses in depth skill sets to contribute to development of company objectives and principles and to achieve goals in creative and effective ways. The typical day includes collaborating with business system analysts, project managers, engineers (e.g., Software, UX, Full Stack, DevOps, Quality, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity), business teams, vendors and other stake holders to design, implement and support complex business and client-facing applications.This role will need to effectively communicate, collaborate, and influence engineering and business team members and senior management across many projects and departmental boundaries.The Principal Software Engineer designs, develops, updates/maintains solutions and provides technical guidance to other team members across T&I.At this level the main challenge is to identify causes and implement solutions to complex & critical business problems in a multifunctional project, assessing and communicating issues of technology impact on the business.The colleague in this position would be comfortable with the following activities:Evaluates application software packages and makes recommendations to senior management. Leads & and provides guidance to other colleagues in code reviews, tests, and pilots. Collects & in-depth analyzes business requirements for large & critical projects. Performs in-depth feasibility studies, translates complex requirements into an appropriate design.
WHAT WILL YOU DO?
- Help lead in the design and development of business and client-facing applications.
- Write great quality code with a drive for automated testing and validation based on the You Build You Own (YBYO) model.
- Perform complex engineering activities for performance tuning, monitoring, deployment and production support.
- Implement, maintain and update CI/CD pipelines in the cloud.
- Collaborate with business partners, architects and other groups to identify complex technical and functional needs of systems based on priority.
- Collaborate with multiple, enterprise-wide distributed performing teams to deliver new capabilities in business applications.
- Design and develop API's.
- Provide expert technical guidance to team members across T&I.
- Build APIs and UIs to help make use of large data sets, infrastructure and user experience.
- Owns the City National Bank's Secure Software Development Life Cycle (SSDLC), from ideas to production.
- Provides software engineering skills within broad business area, usually as an industry expert, in analyzing, designing, modifying, and developing business applications.
- Creates and educates on programming specifications from which programs will be written, and designs, codes, tests, debugs, and documents programs.
- Create and review programming documentations and recommend changes in development, maintenance and application standards.
- Analyzes and develops logical database designs, data models and relational data definitions across multiple computing environments (e.g., host based, distributed systems, client server, etc.)
- Complies with architectural standards and established methodologies and practices.
- Learn, follow and improve City National Bank's Secure Software Development Life Cycle (SSDLC).
- Create and maintain application system overviews and technical documentation.
- Complies fully with all Bank Operational and Credit policies and procedures as well as all regulatory requirements (e.g. Bank Secrecy Act, Know Your Client, Community Reinvestment Act, Fair Lending Practices, Code of Conduct, etc.).
- Completes all required training.
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SUCCEED?
Required Qualifications*
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
- Minimum 12 years of software development experience.
- Minimum 12 years of experience using modern languages (C#, Java, Python).
- Minimum 12 years experience with databases and data modeling / design (SQL and NoSQL).
- Minimum 10 years experience mentoring software engineers.
WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?
Compensation
Starting base salary: $122,535 - $208,715 per year. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location. This job is eligible for bonus and/or commissions.
Benefits and Perks
At City National, we strive to be the best at whatever we do, including the benefits and perks we offer our colleagues including:
- Comprehensive healthcare coverage, including Medical, Dental and Vision plans, available the first of the month following start date
- Generous 401(k) company matching contribution
- Career Development through Tuition Reimbursement and other internal upskilling and training resources
- Valued Time Away benefits including vacation, sick and volunteer time
- Specialized health and family planning benefits including fertility benefits, and cancer, diabetes and musculoskeletal support programs
- Career Mobility support from a dedicated recruitment team
- Colleague Resource Groups to support networking and community engagement
Get a more detailed look at our Benefits and Perks.
ABOUT US
Since day one we've always gone further than the competition to help our clients, colleagues and communities flourish. City National Bank was founded in 1954 by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs and that legacy of integrity, community and unparalleled client relationships continues today. City National is a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada, one of North America's leading diversified financial services companies. To learn more about City National and our dynamic company culture, visit us at About Us.
INCLUSION AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT
City National Bank fosters an inclusive environment where all forms of diversity are valued and leveraged to make us a better company and employer. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other basis protected by law.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
*Represents basic qualifications for the position. To be considered for this position, you must at least meet the required qualifications. careers.cnb.com accepts applications on an ongoing basis, until filled.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
*Represents basic qualifications for the position. To be considered for this position, you must at least meet the required qualifications. careers.cnb.com accepts applications on an ongoing basis, until filled.