About Working at Commerce

Wouldn’t it be great to build your career at a bank that’s known for helping people with their financial challenges? That’s exactly what you’d be doing when you join the team at Commerce Bank. We’re looking for teammates who are ready to do whatever it takes to help our customers with their everyday financial needs. You’d be helping yourself too, because Commerce has a tradition of recognizing and rewarding team members for their talent, skills and contributions.

No wonder we’ve been an industry leader for over 155 years and have developed a reputation as a great place to work in the financial services world. If you’d like to be a part of a team and culture that is respected by its peers and in your community, we should talk. We’re always looking for the best and brightest.

About This Job

The IT Department is a huge driver in Commerce Bank’s success. We are the innovative and creative problem solvers who support the applications, maintain a secure network, and determine how to implement initiatives that aid the business units. The banking industry is evolving every day, giving us the ability to learn new technologies and grow to meet the needs of the bank, and at Commerce, we believe our people are what set us apart from our competitors. We are looking for candidates that share the same passion for technology as we do. We want to work with innovative and team-oriented people who have fantastic problem-solving skills.

We are looking for talented individuals who can help design, develop, deploy, and support an online banking application using leading edge technology. They will also provide technical direction and mentoring to entry-level developers along with ensuring that processes are documented and comply with business strategic needs, security requirements, and coding standards. In addition, they will consult with other IT application groups, IT architecture department, project management, and security to ensure that appropriate design considerations are made. They need to possess an understanding of application environments, interfaces, third-party components and integration architecture along with working with system support personnel and documents operational requirements for application support.

Essential Functions

• Analyze, design, and develop complex, object-oriented applications without assistance in an Agile environment

• Contribute to the development and support of key externally facing applications at the Bank in a C# .Net multi-tier environment

• Work with a Scrum team that is a mix of full time and contracted developers to lead development of new features and enhance existing functionality while maintaining security best practices

• Develop dependency injected code along with unit tests that can achieve quality code coverage

• Perform code reviews to ensure high coding standards are being met by others who are committing code

• Execute unit, integration, system, load and stress testing within a defined testing structure and environment

• Provide ongoing enhancements, maintenance, and support in existing systems and platforms.

• Provide production support including limited after-hours support as needed

• Provide recommendations for continuous improvement

• Perform other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required

• Strong knowledge of C#, ASP.NET, IIS, AJAX, JavaScript,

• Strong knowledge of front end, back end, and API development using the .Net framework and the C# language (or a comparable language – i.e. Java)

• Intermediate knowledge of PowerShell, Windows Web/Application servers running IIS, and version control (ideally Git)

• Intermediate development experience with SQL, including an understanding of relations database concepts and design

• Intermediate understanding of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) concepts, practices, and trends

• Intermediate knowledge of Windows operating systems

• Basic knowledge of Linux operating systems

• Ability to troubleshoot issues with an analytical mindset

• Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and effectively with multiple technical and non-technical groups

• Desire and ability to mentor, share skills, knowledge, and expertise

• Capable of delivering on multiple competing priorities with little supervision

• Motivated and organized self-starter with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities

• Inquisitive, agile, and strong team player with excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills

• Ability to remain adaptable and resilient to all situations with an optimistic outlook and cast a positive shadow that is aligned with our culture and Core Values.

• Intermediate level proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor degree in Information Systems preferred or an equivalent combination of education and experience required

• 7+ years Agile software development experience required

• DevOps, Vue.js and/or Azure Dev Ops (Formerly known as TFS) experience preferred

• Agile methodologies experience preferred

• MVP or MVC experience preferred

• Unit tests experience preferred

Location: 922 Walnut St, Kansas City, Missouri 64106

Time Type:

Full time

Commerce Bank has been awarded numerous awards for our company culture. We have been included on distinguished lists such as Forbes’ Best Midsized Employers, Forbes’ Best Employers for Women, and Korn Ferry’s Engaged Performance Award. You’ll see the difference for yourself when you join the team.

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Commerce Bank is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and believes that every individual should have the opportunity to work at a job for which he, she or they qualifies. We celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law.