Advanced Middleware Developer

Wintrust provides community and commercial banking specialty finance and wealth management services through its 16 bank charters and nine non-bank businesses. Wintrust delivers the sophisticated solutions of a large bank while staying true to the relationship-focused personalized service of our community banking roots. We serve clients in all 50 states with more than 200 branch banking locations in Illinois southwestern Florida northwestern Indiana west Michigan and southern Wisconsin and commercial banking offices in Chicago Denver Milwaukee Grand Rapids Mich. and in key branch banking locations throughout Illinois. Our people are the heart of our business and we are proud to rank consistently as a top place to work. Wintrust is a $66 billion financial institution based in Rosemont Illinois and listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol WTFC.

Why join us

• An award-winning culture! We are rated a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune (past 11 years) and Employee Recommended award by the Globe & Mail (past 6 years)

• Competitive pay and discretionary or incentive bonus eligible

• Comprehensive benefit package including medical dental vision life a 401k plan with a generous company match and tuition reimbursement to name a few

• Promote from within culture

Why join this team

• This position has the opportunity to interface with and have a positive impact on multiple areas of Wintrusts business

• We hold ourselves accountable to high standards share wins operate ethically and have fun

What youll do:

Advanced Middleware Developer is a key position within the Data Management team responsible for the development test and implementation of best coding practices in complex Integration solutions for the organization including application connectivity Performance Security and audit. This role will be engaged in all phases of the API lifecycle and follows all the best practices that were put in place. Successful candidate will have a proven track record demonstrating sound technical and business knowledge.

• Design development and continuous improvement of complex and critical data projects.

• Design and develop data ingestion frameworks leveraging open source tools and data processing frameworks.

• Enhance data solutions that enables seamless integration and flow of data across the data ecosystem.

• Participates in and supports initiatives outside of main area of responsibility.

• Support/enhance/create data solutions to ensure business continuity ensuring all related processes meets best-in-class standards offering high performance.

• Support and maintain existing integration solutions for Middleware systems for operational and analytical applications.

• Required to work in other areas of Data Enablement lifecycle as needed.

• Work on the API specification documentation.

• Ensure DevOps practices are implemented for all data solutions.

• Participate in all types of testing and triages.

• Required to work in other areas of Data Enablement lifecycle including batch and real time processes using SQL Server SSIS ETL/ETL MuleSoft as needed.

• Onboard the new team members to the projects from both technical and business standpoint.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree with 5 years experience or Masters degree with 3 years experience in Computer Science Engineering Math or other quantitative field.

• 3 years experience in Application or API development - designing implementing data persistence data processing data integration and MDM Solutions.

• Experience in designing and building complete information flow moving and transforming data for ODS Staging Data Warehousing and Data Marts MDM including Middleware Integrations.

• Experience with implementing audit balance and control mechanism in data solutions.

• Strong understanding of Middleware concepts for modern integration infrastructures such as API management and ESB and MDM Concepts.

• Has in-depth understanding of development best practices.

• Has mastered the tools needed to debug and diagnose issues in any type of environment.

• Has Subject Matter expertise in multiple components and good understanding of all components.

• Strong analytical skills related to middleware products.

• Perform peer reviews and take ownership of the application or API development and identify any potential defects.

• Experience working on a CI/CD pipeline is a plus.

• Experience with source control repository system such as TFS or GIT is preferred.

• Efficiently work in Agile environment. Familiarity with tracking tools such as JIRA is a plus.

• Experience working on Banking and Financial domain is preferred.

• Passionate about learning new technologies and solving hard problems in a fast-paced environment.

• Proven ability to work within a team environment and interacting with data professionals and business data SMEs throughout the organization

• Desire to work in a fast-growing environment with strong time management ability

• Demonstrates strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Must be self-directed and have excellent initiative and organization skills.

• Proven track record of meeting commitments with the highest standards of ethics and integrity.

Benefits:

Medical Insurance Dental Vision Life insurance Accidental death and dismemberment Short-term and long-term Disability Insurance Parental Leave Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Traditional and Roth 401(k) with company match Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Employee Stock Purchase Plan at 5% discount Critical Illness Insurance Accident Insurance Transportation and Commuting Benefits Banking Benefits Pet Insurance

Compensation:

The estimated salary range for this role is $85000-$110000 along with eligibility to earn an annual bonus. Actual salaries may vary based on several factors such as a candidates qualifications skills and experience.

#LI-Hybrid

From our first day in business Wintrust has been proud to serve a variety of unique communities and people from all walks of life. To build a company that reflects the communities we serve we believe that fostering a unique and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered to succeed will support our ongoing success. Wintrust Financial Corporation including community banking and financial services subsidiaries is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex age national origin disability veteran status genetic information and other legally protected categories.