Junior Full Stack Engineer

Software Engineer

Location:

Remote/MA/NH/RI/NJ/NC/TX/UT/KY

Ideal Candidate: BS/BA Degree or equivalent experience preferred

Robust critical thinking skills coupled with a desire for growth, to learn and to engage with peers in technical and design discussions

Demonstrated experience in communicating technical needs and capabilities to non-technical team members, product owners, and partners

Ability to utilize a long-term mentality to help produce scalable, maintainable solutions

Passion to provide guidance on standard methodologies and mentoring support to the other Developers within the wider Digital Platforms Technology team

2+ years of experience, with a focus in financial services applications

Background in the following will prove vital:

• A sense of humor
• Experience collaborating in a team environment to develop, deploy, and support key applications and features
• A desire and aptitude for learning new technologies
• A demonstrable understanding of the Agile software development methodology
• Proficiency with server-side/mid-tier languages, frameworks, libraries, and related technologies:
  Java EE, Apache Tomcat, Spring MVC/Spring Boot, Logback, SLF4j, Maven
• Client-side language, library, and framework proficiency:
  Angular, JavaScript/Type Script, Node, NPM, HTML/CSS, RxJS
• Appreciation for and alignment to standard methodologies regarding object-oriented design, coding standards, RESTful service consumption and integration, common design patterns, secure application development, and test coverage

Familiarity with the following will be a plus:

• Dev Ops concepts governing SCM, continuous integration, monitoring, and deployment processes
• Enterprise application architecture patterns and orchestration frameworks such as Apache Camel
• Client-side unit testing frameworks and test runners like Jasmine and Karma
• Docker containerization and AWS cloud deployment and application management via the AWS console
• AWS certification(s)
• The W3C’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and their implementation

Job Description:

CLIENT’s Workplace Solutions (WS) Digital Platforms Technology team designs, develops, implements, and supports WS’s suite of Digital products and services. The Digital Platforms development team focuses on delivering innovative solutions that meet the needs of our customers. Our systems professionals thrive, with a steadfast dedication to innovation, which champions a culture of continuous improvement and significant achievement. We see ourselves as a vital link to CLIENT’s customers.

This is a fast-paced group that is using ground-breaking technologies to build powerful tools and outstanding user experiences for our customers, using Java-based technologies.

The Purpose of your role:
You will serve as a Software Engineer who will play a key role on a Scrum team and within Digital Platforms Technology. You will work closely with the Squad Lead, Scrum Master, Systems Analyst, Quality Assurance, Architects and other Developers, to craft, build, test, and deliver the features that make up CLIENT’s Digital experiences. You will also be expected to provide guidance and mentoring to the other Developers within the wider Digital Platforms Technology team.

The Value you deliver:

• Knowledge of internet, mobile, and application architecture, as well as current and emerging technologies
• Grasp of the software development process including analysis, design, coding, system and user testing, problem resolution and planning
• Use of formal methods (traditional structured or Agile/iterative) for delivering new or enhanced applications, identify and communicating systems development processes and developing work you're doing associated with the respective phases of the lifecycle
• Ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups, both in person and virtually, in a constructive and collaborative manner
• Strong analytical skills and ability to tackle issues and work through ambiguous situations by making timely decisions based on facts, knowledge, experience and judgment
• Can communicate in various settings; one-on-one, small and large groups, with peers, and senior management
• Skilled at influencing team members and external groups
• Proactively navigates the organization in order to accomplish tasks
• Willingness to work on multiple efforts simultaneously
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills