Full Stack Developer

Contract to hire position with a leading Financial firm.

Hybrid in Newark, NJ.

• Build applications ensuring that the code follows latest coding practices and industry standards, using modern design patterns and architectural principles; remove technical impediments
• Develop high quality, well documented and efficient code adhering to all applicable standards
• Collaborate with product owners in understanding needs and defining feature stories, tech leads in defining technical design and other team members to understand the system end-to-end and deliver robust solutions that bring about business impact
• Write unit, integration tests and functional automation, researching problems discovered by quality assurance or product support, developing solutions to address the problems
• Bring a strong understanding of relevant and emerging technologies, provide input and coach team members and embed learning and innovation in the day-to-day
• Work on complex problems in which analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangible variables.
• Use programming languages including but not limited to Python, Java, or JavaScript and React, Springboot frameworks

• Bachelor of Computer Science or Engineering or experience in related fields
• 6+ years of hands-on experience building enterprise-grade applications using modern Java and JavaScript ecosystems
• Experience with agile development methodologies and Test-Driven Development (TDD)
• Knowledge of business concepts tools and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the company's business
• Ability to learn new skills and knowledge on an on-going basis through self-initiative and tackling challenges
• Excellent problem solving, communication and collaboration skills

• Programming
  
  Languages:
  
  Python, Java, Java Script;
  Typescript working in distributed systems, object oriented programming, design patterns and design methodology; JAVA services using Spring, Maven, Microservices, multi-threading, Concurrency and parallel processing
• Frameworks:
  React, Springboot, Flask, Django, Node.js (Run time)
• Data Store:
  No
  
  SQL or Relational Data structures – PL/SQ, DB2, Oracle, Postgres, Red Shift
• Data Streaming: SQS, Kinesis, AWS MSK, Event Bridge
• Application Programming Interfaces (API):
  Consumption & Development; implementing service oriented architecture (SOA) patterns;
  Web service technologies such as APIs, REST, JSON, SOAP, XML, JDBC, MySQL
• API Management & Integration :
  Kong, Apigee
• Unit, interface and end user testing concepts and tooling (functional & non-functional)
• Automated testing
• Accessibility awareness
• Software security skills including secure coding, web application security and Dev Sec Ops ;
  Solid grasp of security concepts (authentication, authorization, encryption, digital signature, JWT), SSL, web service proxies, firewall, SAML 2.0, OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0)
• Dev Ops Tools & Practices:
  Branching techniques and usage of Git Hub, Bitbucket or Subversion;
  Dev Ops, Jenkins
• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC):
  Monitoring and logging techniques
• AWS Core Services across compute, storage, DB, IAM and analytics incl specific services listed above

• Strong UI expertise in building modern applications using React and JavaScript ecosystem is a Must.
• Strong experience with Domain Driven Development (DDD)
• AWS cloud native solution development
• Architecture Patterns
• Design and critical Thinking
• Financial/Insurance industry experience is a must, not a plus
• Experience with agentic frameworks and AI driven development tools is a Must. [Claude Code, Git Hub Copilot etc]

Payrate 65 - 70 per hour depending on experience.

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