Federal Reserve Board

Backend Engineer

• Define the long-term architectural strategy for the economic research platform ecosystem.
• Align architecture with evolving research needs, data growth, and public data access.
• Provide technical leadership across the Research Domain Architect and Application Architect roles.
• Establish architecture principles, design standards, and governance practices across engineering teams.
• Lead architecture reviews for major technology initiatives.
• Lead architecture for high-availability public APIs and data services used globally by developers and institutions.
• Collaborate with data architecture to support large-scale time-series datasets and historical revisions.
• Design systems capable of handling traffic spikes during major economic events and releases.
• Partner with engineering leaders, and product teams to translate research needs into scalable platform architecture.
• Mentor engineers on modern platform architecture practices.

Research Platform Architect

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Software Engineers use an analytical, engineering-focused approach and knowledges of programming languages to design, develop, configure, test, maintain and support software applications.
• This role requires a advanced understanding of software development and/or test automation principles.
• Has specialized depth and/or substantial breadth of expertise in discipline.
• Often relied on to provide thought leadership regarding industry experience and knowledge.
• Performs work independently.
• Coaches, delegates, and reviews work of less experienced staff, as well as serves as a knowledge resource.
• May serve as a team lead.
• Apply the principles of software engineering to the design, implementation, configuration, and optimization of solutions to support applications, databases, test automation tools, DevOps processes, and Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) products.
• Perform peer reviews using software engineering principles, patterns, and development guidelines.
• Partner with customers in the development of innovative solutions.
• Analyze business and technical requirements and implement technical solutions to meet them.
• Provide on-call support, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, incident management, and service request management for supported products and environments.

Advanced Software Engineer

Architect

• Architect high-throughput distributed payment systems with strong consistency guarantees
• Design and implement EVM virtual machine infrastructure with parallel execution capabilities
• Write production-grade Solidity implementing settlement, orchestration, and atomic cross-service composition
• Optimize transaction processing for extreme load through parallelization and intelligent partitioning
• Build cryptographic protocols including zero-knowledge proofs for privacy-preserving validation
• Establish code quality standards and lead reviews across smart contracts, infrastructure, cryptography, and DevOps
• Architect cloud-native platforms with multi-region resilience and horizontal scalability
• Translate payment system challenges into AI-native and agentic capabilities that modernize payment workflows and operations
• Mentor engineers across application development, platform engineering, DevOps, and AI implementation

Principal Architect – Money and Payments R&D

• Working with subject matter experts to gather requirements for automation.
• Working with automation team to develop scripts using Ansible, Splunk, and Dynatrace.
• Maintaining automation documentation on standards, templates, and operational needs.
• Scheduling automated using Ansible Tower or similar software.
• Working with automation team to continually improve process, drive cost reduction activities and build domain knowledge.

Software Engineer I

Data Engineer

• Lead design pattern/technology selection and architecture decisions for complex product development initiatives
• Engage with business areas, clients, and stakeholders as a trusted consultant to identify gaps and recommend optimal technologies
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams throughout the full development lifecycle
• Establish and enforce data governance policies and quality frameworks

Senior Data Architect

Auditor

• Assist in executing the approved System or local audit program under direct supervision, including evaluating IT governance, risks, and controls related to information systems, operations, integrity of data, safeguarding of assets, and compliance requirements
• Prepare clear, concise, and persuasive work paper documentation in line with IIA International Standards, under guidance
• Assist in identifying and assessing audit exceptions, develop recommendations, and present issues clearly to audit management and operating personnel
• Support appraisal of corrective actions taken in response to previously reported audit findings or findings from other assurance providers
• Build general knowledge of assigned liaison coverage areas, review relevant data, and help conduct risk assessments and develop/maintain audit programs
• Participate in District Audit workgroups or strategic initiatives aligned with skill level and development objectives
• Build and maintain a strong network of contacts across District Audit

Associate IT Auditor

Data Scientist

• Lead and participate in on- and off-site reviews of development, use, and validation of models
• Participate in Federal Reserve System reviews of regulated firms’ capital adequacy and conduct additional quantitative analysis
• Serve as an internal consultant to examination staff, department officers, and Reserve Bank management
• Participate in examinations, inspections, and analyze complex BHCs’ use of quantitative techniques
• Develop and recommend appropriate supervisory actions to ensure sound risk management practices

Data Scientist, Senior Data Scientist

• Under general supervision, leads and participates in on- and off-site reviews of the development, use and validation of models, related quantitative risk management practices and governance
• Contributes to building perspectives on industry modeling approaches for a variety of business problems
• Actively participates in Federal Reserve System reviews of regulated firms’ capital adequacy (e.g. CCAR, DFAST, stress testing)
• Conduct additional quantitative analysis related to capital adequacy processes of large BHCs
• Serves as an internal consultant to examination staff, Department officers, and Reserve Bank management
• Assists with model risks and model risk management frameworks at large banks and BHCs to determine compliance with supervisory expectations
• Review and evaluate advanced risk management systems and quantification methodologies
• Develops and recommends appropriate supervisory actions to ensure sound risk management practices
• Prepares clear and concise written summaries, workpapers, supervisory documents, as well as coordinates and leads meetings

Data Scientist, Atlanta / Miami

Full-stack Engineer

• Serves as a Principal Data Engineer: to design, develop and implement end-to-end data pipelines for ingestion, transformation, and distribution
• Collaborates closely with architects, product managers, analytics teams, and platform engineers to align data solutions with business needs
• Optimizes data platforms for performance, scalability, cost efficiency, and reliability
• Defines and enforces data quality standards, implementing automated validation and monitoring
• Provides primary or backup production support for applications and components

Principal Data/Software Engineer

Solutions Engineer

• Translate business and operational challenges into practical AI opportunities and technical solutions
• Deploy and configure AI capabilities in ERP platforms and products such as Workday and SAP Ariba (AI agents, assistants, automation features)
• Build custom AI solutions including intelligent agents, chatbots and automation leveraging Gen AI and LLMs as platform maturity increases
• Define and document technical specifications for deploying ERP and AI solutions and capabilities.
• Lead AI projects from concept to production, ensuring business alignment and measurable ROI
• Enable PaaS environments within Workday and SAP to support AI deployments and future custom development
• Help develop deployment pipelines and engineering processes as we establish PaaS services, bringing your cloud engineering expertise
• Configure and integrate platform services, security, and governance with corporate cloud computing services and other business systems
• Assess emerging technologies and recommend adoption approaches, contributing to the ERP technology roadmap
• Evaluate vendor AI capabilities versus custom solutions based on requirements and total cost of ownership
• Champion AI literacy through training, demonstrations, and knowledge sharing across the organization
• Provide production support and knowledge training for solutions you deploy

AI Solutions Engineer – ERP Systems

• Lead, coordinate, plan, and execute interactions with other business lines that require changes to supporting applications impacting FRFS applications
• Apply deep understanding of cross business operations/processes when participating in complex assignments
• Lead and/or perform complex analyses, identifying application and/or operational changes to support the long-term vision of FRFS
• Document and validate business requirements, ensuring any interim steps can easily transition to longer-term solutions in the future
• Identify and coordinate updates to Guides/Policies/Procedures with other business lines, as applicable
• Execute internal communication plans, ensuring that supporting applications are fully engaged with changes needed to support FRFS implementation
• Support technology efforts, by providing expert SME input to requirements and ensure overall alignment of FRFS build with Business Partners’ application needs
• Work closely with FRFS Technical and Product teams, supporting Business Integration requirements to ensure interfaces with business partners are developed and tested successfully
• Coordinate with functional areas and other business lines to identify key risks
• Work with Technical, Product, and Program Management teams, as well as other business lines, plan and manage ongoing interface testing throughout the ecosystem from development through production implementation, including testing between FRFS core applications and other business partners’ systems, as well as between various other business partners’ systems
• Collaborate and strategize with functional areas and management to identify future product and service needs
• Prepare meeting materials, including status updates to senior leadership
• Coach, delegate, and review work of less experienced staff as well as responsible for knowledge transfer