Position Overview

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 Technology Engineer Sr within PNC's Treasury Solutions organization, you will be based in Pittsburgh, PA.

The PAY technology team supports PNC’s client-servicing M&A, Escrow, and Paying Agent platform, powering complex, high-value financial transactions where reliability, scalability, and operational excellence are essential to client success. The team develops and maintains the applications and services used to onboard transactions, process payments, deliver client reporting, and support the operational servicing of M&A and escrow-related events.

PNC is an in-office company that fosters a supportive culture where employees can thrive and achieve balance. We encourage candidates to connect with their recruiter and hiring manager to understand workplace expectations and ensure the role aligns with their goals.

 

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

Job Description

Core Responsibilities

• Lead platform-level architecture and solution design efforts for business-critical payment processing applications, ensuring scalability, reliability, security, and maintainability.
• Provide technical leadership across multiple PAY applications and services, guiding engineering teams through complex technical challenges and strategic initiatives.
• Drive modernization efforts, platform enhancements, and technology roadmap execution across the PAY ecosystem.
• Deliver hands-on development and technical leadership using Java to design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade backend services.
• Build and enhance microservices and application components using Spring Boot to support high-volume transaction processing and business workflows.
• Develop and support user-facing solutions using Angular to deliver intuitive and efficient application experiences.
• Design, develop, and maintain REST APIs that enable secure and scalable integration between enterprise systems and services.
• Apply SQL and database design expertise to optimize data models, improve application performance, and support transactional processing requirements.
• Define and implement enterprise application architecture patterns that align technology solutions with business objectives and long-term platform strategy.
• Leverage integration patterns to enable seamless connectivity between internal applications, external systems, and business services.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues, perform root cause analysis, and improve platform resiliency in a fast-paced, high-availability environment.
• Participate in on-call support and provide leadership during critical production incidents affecting revenue-generating business processes.
• Mentor and coach engineers on software design, coding standards, troubleshooting techniques, and engineering best practices.
• Partner closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Architects, Operations teams, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Support release planning, technical risk assessment, dependency management, and delivery execution for complex initiatives.
• Evaluate, implement, and promote AI-enabled engineering practices that improve software quality, productivity, and development velocity.
• Drive the adoption of Generative AI and AI-assisted software development capabilities throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), including requirements analysis, solution design, development, test automation, documentation, code reviews, release readiness assessments, troubleshooting, and production support.
• Establish governance, standards, and guardrails for responsible AI adoption while ensuring compliance, security, quality, and operational excellence.
• Assess emerging AI technologies and identify opportunities to deliver measurable engineering and business value across development teams.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Proven experience serving as a Technical Lead, Solution Lead, or operating in an architecture-focused leadership capacity across multiple applications or teams.
• Hands-on experience developing enterprise applications using Java and modern backend engineering practices.
• Strong experience building scalable microservices and enterprise applications using Spring Boot.
• Hands-on experience developing modern web applications using Angular.
• Experience designing, developing, and supporting REST APIs for enterprise integrations and business-critical applications.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and database design, including data modeling, query optimization, and transactional systems.
• Expertise in enterprise application architecture, including system design, scalability, reliability, and maintainability principles.
• Experience implementing integration patterns to support distributed systems and enterprise technology ecosystems.
• Demonstrated success troubleshooting complex production issues and providing production support in highly available, mission-critical environments.
• Experience leading technical design discussions, mentoring engineers, and establishing development best practices.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with business stakeholders, product teams, architecture groups, and operations organizations.
• Demonstrated experience leveraging Generative AI and AI-assisted development tools to enhance software engineering outcomes.
• Hands-on experience using GitHub Copilot or similar AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity, code quality, testing, and delivery effectiveness.
• Experience applying AI capabilities across the SDLC, including requirements analysis, software development, testing, code reviews, documentation, modernization, and troubleshooting.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI adoption, engineering governance, and best practices for AI-enabled software development.
• Experience with DevOps practices to improve software delivery, operational efficiency, and engineering automation.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines to accelerate deployments and improve release quality.
• Strong proficiency with GitHub for source control, collaboration, and modern development workflows.
• Experience deploying and supporting applications within AWS and/or Azure cloud environments.
• Experience utilizing observability and monitoring platforms to enhance application performance, reliability, and operational visibility.
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks and technology strategy planning.
• Experience leading or contributing to application modernization, scalability improvements, and performance optimization initiatives.
• Understanding of Generative AI, GitHub Copilot, AI-assisted SDLC practices, AI governance, and responsible AI implementation.
• Experience building AI-powered solutions, AI Agents, or process frameworks that enable AI adoption across engineering teams.
• Demonstrated success implementing AI-driven process improvements that resulted in measurable gains in engineering efficiency, delivery speed, quality, or developer productivity.
• Experience evaluating emerging AI technologies and translating them into practical engineering solutions that deliver business impact.

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

Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence Technologies, Competitive Advantages, Customer Solutions, Design, Enterprise Architecture Framework, Generative AI, Machine Learning (ML), Risk Assessments, Software Testing, Spring Boot, Technical Knowledge

Competencies

Application Delivery Process, Consulting, Effectiveness Measurement, Emerging Technologies, Industry Knowledge, IT Industry: Trends & Directions, IT Standards, Procedures & Policies, Planning: Tactical, Strategic, Problem Solving

Work Experience

Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree, with 5+ years of industry-relevant experience. Specific certifications are often required. 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)

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; 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.

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 may also call 877-968-7762 and say "Workday" for accommodation assistance. All information provided will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.

At PNC we foster an inclusive and accessible workplace.  We provide reasonable accommodations to employment applicants and qualified individuals with a disability who need an accommodation to perform the essential functions of their positions.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

PNC provides equal employment opportunity to qualified persons regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other categories protected by law.

This position is subject to the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) and, for any registered role, the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 (SAFE Act) and/or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), which prohibit the hiring of individuals with certain criminal history.

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