<h1>Position Overview</h1>At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company’s success. As a Software Engineer Principal within PNCs Technology organization, you will be based in Pittsburgh, PA, Cleveland , OH, Birmingham, AL or Dallas, TX. The position is primarily based in a PNC location. Responsibilities require time in the office or in the field on a regular basis. Some responsibilities may be performed remotely, at the manager’s discretion. This position may not be available in all geographic locations. ***PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.*** The ideal candidate will have the ability to build java applications for data pipelines using Kafka, and Oracle is essential to the platform. Here are some skills required: •	Core Java Skills* o	Strong understanding of Java •	Apache Kafka Basics* o	Understanding of Kafka architecture (brokers, partitions, topics, producers, consumers) (High level) o	Experience with Kafka Producers and Consumers using the Kafka Java client o	Knowledge of Kafka topic configurations (retention, replication, partitioning) (High level) o	Understanding of the Kafka Streams •	Distributed Processing Concepts (Just a high level) o	Familiarity with event-driven architecture o	Knowledge of exactly-once processing vs at-least-once processing o	Understanding of stream-table duality (Kafka Streams vs. KTables) o	Schema Management o	Experience with Avro, Protobuf, or JSON for structured messages •	Integration with External Systems o	Connecting Kafka Streams with databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra) o	Using Kafka Connect for external data integration o	Knowledge of REST APIs and how to expose data from Kafka Streams •	DevOps and Deployment* o	Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes for containerized deployment o	Using CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI) o	Logging and tracing using ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) or OpenTelemetry (High level understanding) •	Testing Kafka Streams Applications o	Writing unit tests with Mockito and JUnit o	Using TestContainers for integration testing with Kafka o	Validating Kafka Streams topologies using TopologyTestDriver •	API developers: o	Experience building REST APIs using Spring Boot o	Experience with Spring Data/Spring Data JPA for connecting to and reading from databases via APIs o	Experience writing unit tests using JUnit/Spock o	Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins o	Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases •	Nice-to-have Skills: o	Monitoring and Optimization o	Understanding of Kafka Streams metrics (through JMX, Grafana, Prometheus) o	Profiling performance and tuning configurations (buffer sizes, commit intervals) o	Handling out-of-order events and rebalancing issues o	Knowledge of Apache Flink or KSQLDB for alternative stream processing o	Knowledge of Docker, OpenShift o	Experience with tools like Dynatrace for troubleshootingPNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.<h1>Job Description</h1><ul><li>Aligns business strategy with software solutions.</li><li>Proposes, designs &amp; codes software solutions to address complex business needs. Oversees technical and procedural documentation required.</li><li>Leads complex problem solving.</li><li>Provides technical guidance and support to colleagues and solution development.</li><li>Displays an innovative approach to apply modern principles, methodologies and tools to advance business initiatives and capabilities.</li></ul>PNC Employees take pride in our reputation and to continue building upon that we expect our employees to be:<ul><li>Customer Focused - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.</li><li>Managing Risk - Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support PNCs Enterprise Risk Management Framework.</li></ul><h1>Qualifications</h1>Successful candidates must demonstrate appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities for a role. Listed below are skills, competencies, work experience, education, and required certifications/licensures needed to be successful in this position.<h2>Preferred Skills</h2>Application Development, Business Management, Customer Solutions, Design, Group Problem Solving, Process Improvements, Release Management, Software Solutions, User Experience (UX) Design<h2>Competencies</h2>Application Design, Architecture, Packaged Application Integration, Product and Vendor Evaluation, Software Process Improvement (SPI), System Development Life Cycle, Technical Troubleshooting<h2>Work Experience</h2>Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree, with 5+ years of industry-relevant experience. Specific certifications are often required. In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered.<h2>Education</h2>Bachelors<h2>Certifications</h2>No Required Certification(s)<h2>Licenses</h2>No Required License(s)<h1>Pay Transparency</h1>Base Salary: $65,000.00 – $165,600.00Salaries may vary based on geographic location, market data and on individual skills, experience, and education. This role is incentive eligible with the payment based upon company, business and/or individual performance.<h1>Application Window</h1>Generally, this opening is expected to be posted for two business days from 09/09/2025, although it may be longer with business discretion.<h1>Benefits</h1>PNC offers a comprehensive range of benefits to help meet your needs now and in the future. Depending on your eligibility, options for full-time employees include: medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature), dental and vision options; employee and spouse/child life insurance; short and long-term disability protection; 401(k) with PNC match, pension and stock purchase plans; dependent care reimbursement account; back-up child/elder care; adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement; educational assistance, including select programs fully paid; a robust wellness program with financial incentives.In addition, PNC generally provides the following paid time off, depending on your eligibility: maternity and/or parental leave; up to 11 paid holidays each year; 8 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law; between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level; and years of service.To learn more about these and other programs, including benefits for full time and part-time employees, visit <a target="_blank" href="http://yourpnctotalrewards.com">Your PNC Total Rewards</a>.<h1></h1><h1>Disability Accommodations Statement</h1>If an accommodation is required to participate in the application process, please contact us via email at <a href="mailto:AccommodationRequest@pnc.com" target="_blank">AccommodationRequest@pnc.com</a>. Please include “accommodation request” in the subject line title and be sure to include your name, the job ID, and your preferred method of contact in the body of the email. Emails not related to accommodation requests will not receive responses.  Applicants may also call 877-968-7762 and say Workday for accommodation assistance. All information provided will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations. At PNC we foster an inclusive and accessible workplace.  We provide reasonable accommodations to employment applicants and qualified individuals with a disability who need an accommodation to perform the essential functions of their positions.<h1>Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)</h1> PNC provides equal employment opportunity to qualified persons regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other categories protected by law.This position is subject to the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) and, for any registered role, the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 (SAFE Act) and/or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), which prohibit the hiring of individuals with certain criminal history.<h1>California Residents </h1>Refer to the <a href="https://content.pncmc.com/live/pnc/aboutus/HR/Onboarding/PNC_CCPA_Privacy_Disclosure_Employee.pdf" target="_blank">California Consumer Privacy Act Privacy Notice</a> to gain understanding of how PNC may use or disclose your personal information in our hiring practices.