Lead Software Engineer.
Guardian Life Insurance•New York, NY
•Hybrid
About The Position
We are seeking a highly motivated Technical Lead/Lead Software Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will be a part of shaping Guardian’s most critical customer-facing digital experiences, utilizing various frameworks such as React, Next and Node. This position requires technical familiarity with building scalable, performant web applications in AWS, working collaboratively with a team of engineers, collaborating with business leaders, UI/UX, data and leadership to create best-in-class experiences for our customers.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience delivering resilient, highly performant, public-facing web applications that have had demonstrative business impact.
- Highly proficient in Javascript/Typescript (Node/React/Next/NestJS/Jest), including advanced patterns to architect large applications, build strategies to maintain these apps in good standards and mentor the team in the appropriate standards.
- Extensive experience in API development best practices (REST/GraphQL) and integration with third-party systems.
- Mastery of web fundamentals, including vanilla Javascript, HTML, CSS, and web core vitals performance management.
- Experience developing complex applications in an Agile environment as part of a team of engineers, designers, product experts, marketers, and strategists
- Experience with modern web application development, including building tools, testing, CI/CD and AWS.
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Working knowledge of security best practices, e.g.: OWASP, dealing with PII data.
- Excitement, energy, and strong people skills including excellent written and verbal communication.
- BA/BS degree in computer science or relevant history
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Redis, micro-frontends and micro-services desirable.
Responsibilities
- Be Creative - have the freedom to innovate, modernize and create technical solutions to solve complex business problems
- Be Collaborative - work with product and design to deliver robust user experiences.
- Be Precise - understand the business goals behind every feature and create a solution that can deliver
- Be Awesome - launch products that you can be proud of
Benefits
- skill-building
- leadership development
- philanthropic opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
