Senior Applications Developer

Skills: MEAN/MERN Stack, JavaScript, TypeScript, JSON, SASS/LESS/CSS, NODE, Angular, Microservices, Micro Frontend Architecture, API Management (Apigee), TDD, BDD, CI/CD, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Cloud, Azure, Private Cloud, NestJS

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• You will be responsible for application development of key systems on the new modern technology stack while focusing on quality code, automation, and best practices.
• Lead Applications Developer is responsible for developing complex custom software solutions to support business requirements.

In this role you will:

• Implement business logic from business requirements and design specification.
• Development of key systems using new open-source technology stack
• Focus on quality code, automation, and good practices.
• Contribute to and be part of the Development Center of Excellence in driving up the quality and value of software development and delivery across the enterprise.
• Develop and test software solutions and review code quality.
• Automate build, test (unit, functional and performance) and deployment of the code part of the CI/CD pipeline by working closely with Platform Engineer

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead Applications Developer owns the design of the application and is responsible for the implementation with the development team and ensure the design is properly incorporated into the deliverables.
• Act as technical design authority collaborating with the solution architect to implement the solution.
• Provide application design feedback to the project team on an ongoing basis.
• Review detailed design, code deliverables, and ensure quality.
• Assist the Enterprise architects in defining, implementing and overseeing technical standards, policies and tools.
• Provide technical oversight to development teams.
• Work with technical staff to understand problems with software and develop specifications to resolve them.
• Responsible for effective application development including integration with other Guy Carpenter systems.
• Responsible for operational effectiveness of the environment; adhere to Guy Carpenter Process Framework.
• Proactively contribute to our system architecture and stack design, toolset, agile and DevOps approach.
• Collaborate closely with Agile Dev team members, Product Owners, and business users to deliver business value.
• Automate build, test (unit, functional, security vulnerability and performance) and deployment of the code part of the CI/CD pipeline by working closely with System Engineer
• Mentor developers on both technical topics and with Agile/DevOps adoption
• Estimate Development efforts for new initiatives; help define and build Development teams by working with stakeholders.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• A degree in Computer Science or related field or have relevant experience.
• 5+ years of development experience in applications/product development using MEAN/MERN Stack
• Must have experience or working knowledge of:
• JavaScript, TypeScript, JSON, XML, HTML, SASS/LESS/CSS
• Web platforms such as NODE, Angular, React, MEAN/MERN Stack
• Microservices, Micro frontend Architecture, API Management (Apigee)
• REST API first design and Open API Specification, specifically using Swagger.
• Agile TDD (Junit, Mockito, Jasmine, Karma) BDD (Cucumber) Pair Programming, Scrum/Kanban
• DevOps GitHub, Git Actions, Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, Selenium, Artifactory, Docker/Kubernetes, Datadog/Splunk, JMeter, Whitehat
• Databases: MongoDB, PostgreSQL, SQL Server
• Cloud Azure, Private Cloud
• OS Linux, VM Architectures

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Have developed backend services using NestJS