Junior Software Engineer

Why USAA

At USAA our mission is to empower our members to achieve financial security through highly competitive products exceptional service and trusted advice. We seek to be the #1 choice for the military community and their families.

Embrace a fulfilling career at USAA where our core values honesty integrity loyalty and service define how we treat each other and our members. Be part of what truly makes us special and impactful.

The Opportunity

The Public Cloud Enablement unit is responsible for defining delivering and supporting enterprise-ready capabilities that allow teams to confidently run workloads in the public cloud with the same quality of service operational rigor and security posture traditionally associated with onpremises environments. This unit provides a unified paved path for securely deploying and managing modern cloud-native workloads particularly AWS Lambda AWS EKS and similar Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services.

A key aspect of this role is the delivery and lifecycle stewardship of enterprise application archetypes such as Serverless developed in close partnership with Operations and Security and other cross-functional units. These archetypes serve as repeatable templates that accelerate cloud adoption simplify integration and promote consistent engineering practices across business domains. As one of the four Centers of Excellence within the broader public cloud portfolio PI aligns to the evolving cloud platform capability roadmap and helps drive the long-term vision for scalable compliant and developer-friendly cloud services.

The outcomes driven by this unit include enabling agile teams with compliant pipelineswith supported runtimes and safe landed capabilities; accelerating public cloud adoption through proven architectural patterns; and ensuring compliant application delivery through secure and standardized approach.

We offer a flexible work environment that requires an individual to bein the office 4 days per week.This position will be based in San Antonio. Relocation assistance isnotavailable for this position.

What youll do:

• Under direct supervision design develop code and test technical solutions.

• Write code to deliver features and improvements on a regular basis

• Verify and resolve technical problems and production issues through troubleshooting techniques.

• Improve application stability and scalability

• Create and maintain technical documentation

• Create and improve automated tests and code quality

• Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified measured monitored and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

What you have:

• Bachelors Degree or 4 additional years of experience beyond the minimum requirement can be used in lieu of a degree OR Approved certification from CodeUp Galvanize VetFIT (Veterans for IT) or eFIT (Employees for IT).

• Up to 2 years of software development experience.

• Foundational and conceptual knowledge of function/discipline and demonstrated application of knowledge skills and abilities towards work products.

• Basic Understanding of one or more of the following: Java Swift Objective-C Cobol JavaScript Kotlin C HTML CSS SQL Go and Python

• Ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions

• Basic understanding of cloud technologies and tools.

What sets you apart:

• Hands-on experience with GitLab CI/CD including creating modifying and troubleshooting pipelines for application builds testing and deployments.

• Foundational understanding of Amazon Web Services (AWS) with exposure to core compute networking IAM serverless or container services (e.g. Lambda EKS VPC Security Groups IAM policies).

• Basic networking knowledge including concepts such as VPCs subnets CIDR routing load balancing DNS and secure connectivity patterns.

• Familiarity with Test-Driven Development (TDD)principles and experience writing unit tests integration tests or validation scripts as part of the delivery lifecycle.

• Exposure to performance monitoring and observability tools such as CloudWatch Prometheus Grafana X-Ray or similar technologies.

• General understanding of cloud engineering concepts including infrastructure-as-code least-privilege access containerization and cloud-native application patterns.

• Experience working with pipeline-driven workflows including build automation quality gates artifact management and automated deployment strategies.

• Understanding of Agile delivery practices such as iterative development sprint planning retrospectives and cross-functional collaboration.

• Strong problemsolving and analytical skills with the ability to troubleshoot issues across multiple layers of the stack.

• Ability to collaborate effectivelywith engineering operations and security teams in a fast-moving environment.

• A growth mindset and desire to learn with enthusiasm for evolving cloud technologies platform engineering concepts and enterprise-scale cloud adoption patterns.

Salary:The salary range for this position is: $63590.00- $114450.00

USAA does not provide visa sponsorship for this role. Please do not apply for this role if at any time (now or in the future) you will need immigration support (i.e. H-1B TN STEM OPT Training Plans etc.).

USAA views its internship program as a pipeline to possible future employment. This is based on an individuals graduation date performance role qualifications and business need. To be considered for possible future employment opportunities interns must meet the full-time work eligibility requirements for any given role. Thus interns should ensure their sponsorship status and other provided information is accurately reflected on their intern application. Inadequate completion of your application may render you ineligible for further consideration in the hiring process.

Compensation: USAA has an effective process for assessing market data and establishing ranges to ensure we remain competitive. You are paid within the hourly range based on your experience and market data of the position. The actual hourly rate for this role may vary by location.

The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job.

Benefits: At USAA our employees enjoy best-in-class benefits to support their physical financial and emotional wellness. These benefits include comprehensive medical dental and vision plans 401(k) pension life insurance parental benefits adoption assistance paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours and various wellness programs. Additionally our career path planning and continuing education assists employees with their professional goals.

Interns may not be eligible for all benefits for more details on our outstanding benefits please visit our benefits page on .

Applications for this position are accepted on an ongoing basis this posting will remain open until the position is filled. Thus interested candidates are encouraged to apply the same day they view this posting.

USAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or status as a protected veteran.