IT Developer

Job Title:  Developer

Client Industry: Life Insurance

Location: Golden Valley MN (Hybrid)

Pay Rate: $45-$50/hr

Term: 3 Month Contract-To-Hire

Tech Stack: .NET, C#, HTML, CSS, SQL, Angular.js, Java script, AWS, Azure Dev Ops

Certifications: AWS (preferred, not required)

Participate in the design, development and delivery of technology-enabled applications, products and services. Under some general guidance, oversee the delivery of technical solutions and ensure that the delivered solution meets the business requirements, design requirements and technical specifications.

• Design, document, code and conduct unit tests and debugging of software solutions and components; apply enterprise standards, application patterns and development best practices in solutions development / delivery. Generally self‑directed at designing and implementing timely, quality solutions.
• Project process support:
  Provide / coordinate estimates for the development components required for the solution and oversee design efforts across capabilities / systems; provide support to Project Managers to ensure design / build activities remain within project schedule / budget; act as a technical advisor to the Project Manager, QA lead and/or business; facilitate escalation and resolution of technical issues during the development of the solutions;
  
  responsible for supporting vendor work, delivery review and acceptance.
• Communication:
  Responsible for assessing and communicating status of development activities based on summaries from System Analysts, Developers, vendors and other solution participants; facilitate the maintenance and progression of development standards and currency of solution frameworks.
• Decompose complex problems into manageable work items for delivery of others. Provide technical guidance and solutions regarding coding and design. Resource for more junior Developers and development team members (FTE and vendors).
• Provide inputs in establishment of development standards and process. In partnership with technical experts, evaluate new solutions / tools / methodologies and provide feedback. Own and ensure maintenance of technical solution diagrams and models; present solution alternatives as needed to operational leaders within IT and assigned business units.
• Planning and execution:
  Participate in the conceptual design development, ensuring that the solution is viable and designed appropriately to solve the business case; provide support for the facilitation and review of estimates, development and deployment plans for all capabilities participating in the release in both Agile / Scrum and SDLC (Waterfall) projects.
• Assess and recommend IT capability improvements for applications, including implementing, logging and monitoring at appropriate levels and driving upgrades to currently supported software.
• Utilization of artificial intelligence tools and resources (e.g. generative AI).

• At least 6 years of experience in some of the following technologies and practices:
  Platforms:
  Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Excel, Internet Information Server (IIS), AWS EC2, AWS S3, AWS SMS, AWS SQS, AWS State Machine, AWS Cloud Watch, AWS Dynamo Db, AWS Lambda, AWS API Gateway, Node.js, Azure Dev Ops, and Azure virtual machines.
• Languages & Frameworks: C#, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, Python 3+, SQL, Type Script, WSDL, XML, .NET, .NET Framework, AJAX, Angular, Angular.js, ASP.NET MVC, Bootstrap, and Vue.
  
  JS.
• Techniques:
  Debugging, SOAP, and web service development.
• Tools: MS Test, nUnit, NuGet, NPM, git, and Subversion (SVN).
• EDUCATION:
  
  Four-year degree required:
  Software Engineering, Information Systems, or similar discipline.

• A background in large financial services or insurance companies. Formal certifications like AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, AWS Certified AI Practitioner, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, and AWS Certified Developer.

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