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Come work with us:

Metropolitan Commercial Bank (the "Bank") is a New York City based full-service commercial bank that provides a broad range of business, commercial and personal banking products and services to individuals, small businesses, private and public middle-market and corporate enterprises and institutions, municipalities and local government entities. The Bank operates banking centers and private client offices in Manhattan and Boro Park, Brooklyn in New York City and Great Neck on Long Island in New York State.

The Bank is a New York State chartered commercial bank, a member of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and an equal housing lender. The parent company of Metropolitan Commercial Bank is Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (NYSE: MCB).

For more information, please visit the Bank's website at MCBankNY.com.

Metropolitan Commercial Bank was named one of Newsweek's Best Regional Banks and Credit Unions 2024. The Bank was ranked by Independent Community Bankers of America among the top ten successful loan producers for 2023 by loan category and asset size for commercial banks with more than $1 billion in assets. The Bank finished ninth in S&P Global Market Intelligence's annual ranking of the best-performing community banks with assets between $3 billion and $10 billion for 2022 and eighth among top-performing community banks in the Northeast region for 2022.

About the role:

Metropolitan Commercial Bank (the "Bank") is offering an opportunity for a Junior Full Stack Developer (.NET Technologies) who will work works closely with and receives guidance from the senior IT Staff (Application Manager, Senior Developers, Business Analysts, Management) with a focus on improving bank system efficiencies and external customer experience through development in innovative projects in an agile environment and production support work. The position reports directly to the manager of the Application Support and Development team, under the Chief Digital Officer (CDO). This position is ideal for a candidate who is motivated to learn and grow in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

Duties and responsibilities of the job include the following (but is not limited too):

• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code in .NET programming languages such as C# and VB.NET.

• Develop client-side interfaces and interactive web UIs with C#, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

• Develop server-side logic using ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Core, or similar frameworks.

• Implement database schemas that represent and support business processes using SQL Server, or other relational databases.

• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications by identifying bottlenecks and bugs, and devising solutions to these problems.

• Maintain code quality by enforcing standard practices and running regular code reviews.

• Integrate with external systems using APIs and Web Services.

• Work collaboratively with a team of developers, designers, and business analysts to deliver projects on time and to specification.

• Stay updated with the latest industry trends and advancements in .NET technology.

• Works with lines of businesses to determine and implement cost effective solutions to help improve business processes.

• Participate in group development projects. Coordinate with IT and business users, adhere to deadlines, and meet all assigned tasks.

• Assist with the implementation of innovative changes that improve workflow and reduce man-hours. These initiatives may be either requested or self-initiated.

• Thoroughly test all programming work, and any changes introduced to the Production environment. Coordinate user and integration testing as needed.

• Communicate regularly with users and other IT members regarding status, coding changes, procedure updates, etc.

• Thoroughly document all policies and procedures and post in shared environment.

• Thoroughly document all development activities according to relevant policies and standards.

• Work with the Senior Developers to help find solutions for complicated system issues.

• Assist in keeping bank applications current and up to date.

Preferred experience, education, and qualifications:

• 1-3 years of Information Technology experience.

• Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, software engineering or information technology.

• Knowledge of .NET web framework (ASP.NET, .NET Core)

• Experience in C# and/or VB.NET, with a good knowledge of their ecosystems

• Understanding of object-oriented programming

• Familiarity with Microsoft SQL Server

• Experience with popular web application frameworks

• Knack for writing clean, readable, and easily maintainable code.

• Experience creating database schemas that represent and support business processes.

• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as GitHub or GitLab

• Perform quality work within determined timeframes

• Interact professionally with other employees, customers, vendors and shareholders

• Work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other employees, departments, divisions, etc.

• Work on ad-hoc tasks, assignments and projects as needed

Potential Salary: $70,000 - $90,000 annually

This salary range only reflects base wages and does not include benefits, bonus, or incentive pay. Salary bands are purposefully wide ranging to encompass the different factors considered in determining where a candidate falls in the range, including but not limited to, seniority, performance, experience, education, and any other legitimate, non-discriminatory factor permitted by law.

Metropolitan Commercial Bank provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.