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Application Developer

Community Financial System, Inc.
Syracuse, NY Full Time
POSTED ON 6/21/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/20/2026
Overview

At Community Financial System, Inc. (CFSI), we are dedicated to providing our customers with friendly, personalized, high-quality financial services and products. Our retail division, Community Bank, N.A., operates more than 200 customer facilities across Upstate New York, Northeastern Pennsylvania, Vermont and Western Massachusetts. Beyond retail banking, we also offer commercial banking, wealth management, investment management, insurance and risk management, and benefit plan administration.

Just as our employees are committed to helping our customers manage their finances, we're committed to our employees. After all, they make it happen for our customers every day.

To ensure our people can enjoy long and successful careers here at CFSI, we offer competitive compensation, great benefits, and professional development and advancement opportunities. As an equal-opportunity workplace and affirmative-action employer, we celebrate and support a diverse workplace for the benefit of all: our employees, customers and communities.

Responsibilities

Responsible for designing, developing, testing, deploying and maintaining new and existing custom software applications, including desktop/mobile/web/cloud applications, system integration processes, database instances, and other software projects.

Essential Duties

  • Contribute to software development lifecycle efforts including requirements gathering, design, prototyping, implementation, testing, deployment, and documentation of new and existing software projects.
  • Manage, monitor, troubleshoot and support existing projects and processes; collaborate with various cross-functional teams to determine and define software requirements and propose software solutions.
  • Provide technical subject matter expertise and work with a wider team to ensure development activities are aligned with the scope, schedule, priority, and business objectives.
  • Maintain proficient knowledge of, and demonstrate ongoing compliance with all laws and regulations applicable to this position, ensure ongoing adherence to policies, procedures, and internal controls, and meet all training requirements in a timely manner.
  • Participate in mentoring junior team members where applicable.Ancillary Duties:Performs other related duties as assigned or directed.

Qualifications

Education/Training/ Requirements:

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Software Development or related field with programming related courses or equivalent; strong knowledge and understanding of application development principles, including design, documentation, and programming skills.Experience with database design/development, application lifecycle management, user interface frameworks, and web/web services/cloud development. All applicants must be 18 years of age or older.
  • All applicants must be 18 years of age or older.Skills:
  • Strong communication skills.
  • Ability to work effectively in a team environment and to multi-task in a fast paced environment.
  • Ability to work independently and remain on task.
  • Strong programming skills in C#/.NET, C , Javascript, and Python.
  • Experience developing and consuming web service API's (REST, SOAP, etc.) and handling XML/JSON.
  • Experience with SQL databases, such as Microsoft SQL Server, and/or No-SQL database platforms.
  • Experience with cloud providers such as Microsoft Azure.
  • (Preferred) Experience with modern UI frameworks.
  • A strong understanding of Object Oriented Design principles.
  • Strong communication skills.
  • Ability to work effectively in a team environment and to multi-task in a fast paced environment.
  • Ability to work independently and remain on task.
  • Strong programming skills in C#/.NET, C , Javascript, and Python.
  • Experience developing and consuming web service API's (REST, SOAP, etc.) and handling XML/JSON.
  • Experience with SQL databases, such as

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