What Is It Like To Work @ Top US Banks?

From technology to titles, you will love this!

First of all, coming to the US to study MS in Computer Science as an immigrant from India was a dream to come true. Fortunately, I got a chance to work at some very reputable US companies, three of which happened to be the top US banks. With the help of this article, I want to share my experiences so it is useful to people seeking jobs or people who want to learn about the corporate American culture in general. So let’s get started!

The Technology (👨‍💻)

Let me get this straight, I know banks in the US are notoriously famous for using old technology and for relying on legacy systems and I think this is not true. Banks in the US are already into:

• Cloud-based Technology: Gone are the old days when every application used to run on old legacy servers and on-prem hardware. Banks nowadays rely on migrating tons of their applications into private or public cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, GCP, and even inbuilt internal cloud environments.
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: From building AI chatbots, fraud detection systems, compliance systems, customer wealth models to financial forecasting you name it and there would be a team/project in every top bank that is already…