Office Assistant

General Description

Responsible to engineer and architect technology solutions to support business initiatives. Coordinate software development activities on initiatives to improve existing technology and streamline processes.

• Ensure performance and operational reliability of applications
• Ensure data integrity and security of applications
• Engineer and architect custom software solutions utilizing USI approved technologies
• Create and document end‑to‑end system integration designs and deployment strategies
• Develop enterprise coding standards and drive process improvements
• Provide estimates for development efforts
• Break down tasks and identify resource allocation, including offshore team members
• Collaborate with team members for task assignments, pseudo code and or class definitions
• Create a collaborative development environment. Encourage new ideas for finding solutions to common problems
• Mentor team members on design patterns and code reusability
• Conduct code reviews and provide a positive environment for feedback and new ideas
• Prototype end‑to‑end solutions for new technologies being implemented. Identify roadblocks and alternate solutions early in the process.
• Keep the application stack current – remediate technical debt.
• Communicate with project management and other IT leadership. Provide progress updates, identify risks and offer solutions
• Create documentation of designs and solutions
• Ensure proper unit testing occurs

• Operate in accordance with USI Policies for the Information Security Program (PISP) and USI Standards for the Information Security Program (SISP)
• Keep up to date with security updates and improvements. Implement improvements as appropriate.
• Protect systems against unauthorized access by appropriately defining access.
• Upgrade systems by implementing and maintaining security and technical controls.

• Expert‑level understanding and practical experience in developing and maintaining large‑scale applications using React, Typescript, and C#/.Net
• Extensive knowledge of React Hooks and advanced React patterns
• Strong proficiency in Type Script, including type definitions, interfaces, generics, and advanced Type Script features
• Proficient with UI/UX frameworks for building scalable, responsive, and accessible UI components – Material UI preferred
• Experience with frontend build tooling – Vite experience preferred
• Experience with Redux and Redux Toolkit (RTK Query) for managing global state in large applications – preferred
• Expertise with database design, development, maintenance, and performance tuning
• Azure SQL Database and Cosmos DB experience – preferred
• Advanced knowledge of Azure architectural best practices and services
• Strong understanding of authentication and authorization flows and security best practices and compliance
• 7+ years designing software solutions. 3+ years leading other developers.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Understanding of Agile/Scrum software development life‑cycle.
• Strong written and verbal communication, including technical writing skills.

Salary Range: $140,000 – $155,000. Bonus eligible position with a target incentive of 10%.

USI offers a wide range of health, welfare and financial benefits including medical, wellness, dental and vision, 401(k), flexible spending and health savings accounts, short and long‑term disability, life insurance and other unique employer‑sponsored and voluntary programs. Generous paid time off policy, paid family leave benefit, and paid holiday time.