Lead application developer Princeton NJ mean mern

Job Description

Lead application developer Princeton NJ mean mern

Experience level: Mid-senior Experience required: 5 Years Education level: Bachelor’s degree Job function: Information Technology Industry: Insurance Pay rate : $75 per hour Total position: 1 Relocation assistance: No

NOTE: The candidates must have 1 to 2 years of professional experience as a Lead Application Developer. Also, Insurance industry background will be a huge plus.

What can you expect?

We are a global leader in reinsurance broking and risk management, and we are looking for a Lead Applications Developer. 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 Guy Carpenter 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

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

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

We will count on you to:

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 othersystems.

Responsible for operational effectiveness of the environment; adhere to Process Framework.

Proactively contribute to our system architecture and stack design, toolset, agile and DevOps approach

Collaborate closely with 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.

What is in it for you?

We are the global leader in the human resources consulting.

As part of Mercer, we offer top-notch benefits: multiple medical, dental, and vision plans with choices to fit all needs and budgets - benefits coverage starting Day 1

Flexible work opportunities for work/life balance

A culture of internal mobility, diversity, inclusion, and collaboration

What you need to have:

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

Will be a plus if experience includes:

Have developed backend services using NestJS

Skills