Sr. Java Developer (Full Stack)

As a Senior Engineer, you will be defining and developing the next generation of digital Client Facing Applications for the firm. You will be a full stack developer working with a group of world-class engineers, architects and product managers to increase user experience and create efficiency for our clients, prospects, distributors, and internal business teams. You'll be a part of a modern, lean, self-governing engineering team where you have the ability to switch hats between designing new capabilities, coding features, and testing for quality and performance.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design and develop world-class web sites, applications and services

• Expertise in technical and programming skills across the full stack - front-end, middle-tier and back-end

• Digital champion and thought partner for meeting business objectives

• Act as a hands-on lead with responsibilities for visual design, architecture, code, deploy and support documentation

• Demonstrate a solid understanding of best practices for content management systems and client facing web applications

• Collaborate with other IT teams to seamlessly integrate web sites with the client's enterprise systems

• Demonstrate strong project management and leadership skills with ability to handle multiple activities in a dynamic fast paced environment.

• Keep abreast of the emerging technologies - champion initiatives that improve our external presence and take our products and the team to the "next level"

• Work with business team members, project managers, and systems analysts to review and qualify business requirements, functional specifications, use-cases, and test plans

Technical Requirements

• Strong JavaScript programmer (2+ years)

• Strong knowledge of JavaScript frameworks: jQuery, AngularJS, ReactJS, Knockout, etc.

• Experienced in building single page architecture (SPA) applications using the above frameworks.

• HTML5/CSS/CSS3, Bootstrap, Responsive design

• Experience with Java (with Spring framework) programming preferred

• Experience building REST services and API design.

• Familiarity with relational databases (RDBMS) and SQL

• Experience with at least one NoSQL database: MongoDB, Redis, CouchDB, etc

• Experience with Node.js would be a big plus.

• Excellent technical, management, and systems analysis skills

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related discipline

The preferred candidate will possess experience with the following:

• Cloud computing (AWS)
• Service-Oriented-Architecture technologies using SOAP, REST, JSON
• .NET technologies
• CMS systems (Drupal/PHP preferred)

Non-Technical Requirements

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Proven ability to support multiple applications simultaneously

• Must be self-motivated with the ability to work independently in an energetic, fast-paced, business-critical and team oriented-environment

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• A strong team player, with ability to work in collaboration across teams and globe