Senior Associate- Full Stack Engineer

New York Life • New York, NY

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

As part of Technology, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to groundbreaking initiatives that shape New York Life's digital landscape. Leverage cutting-edge technologies like Generative AI to increase productivity, streamline processes, and create seamless experiences for clients, agents, and employees. Your expertise fuels innovation, agility, and growth — driving the company's success. New York Life is looking for a Full Stack Engineer to join the technology team to design and execute the company's modern software development strategy. You will work with our team of talented engineers to design and build applications in the Client Prospecting Value Stream in a hybrid environment encompassing on-prem solutions and cloud hosted applications and platforms.

Requirements

• Experience with the ReactJS framework, HTML5, and CSS3 is a must.
• Strong knowledge of designing secure and performant RESTful APIs, with expertise in authentication and authorization (e.g., OAuth, JWT, SSO).
• Strong expertise with cloud platforms, preferably AWS
• Familiarity with DevOps principles, including version control (Github), and CI/CD.
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting experience.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and deliver high-quality outcomes.
• Demonstrated initiative in identifying technical gaps and proposing actionable solutions.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to clearly convey ideas across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Bachelor's degree, preferably in computer science or another related technical field
• Candidates who have completed full stack development/coding bootcamps or equivalent industry recognized certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Developer or Solutions architect) will also be considered in lieu of a technical undergraduate degree.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with C#, Java, and JavaScript is a plus.
• Experience with content management is a plus.
• Experience in designing and implementing microservices is a plus.
• A master's degree in computer science or related field or any other higher degree preferred, but not mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Write clean, well-tested & secure code, exhibit ownership from requirements to development.
• Deeply understand existing architecture on the back end as well as the front-end side to be able to enhance and improve architecture going forward with a key focus on scalability and quality.
• A sharp focus on gaining an in-depth understanding of the requirements around user experience to be able to deliver high quality, cross-platform optimized and responsive web front-end experience.
• Focus on getting the required depth of functional expertise to be able to effectively suggest solutions to business problems/requirements.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work with designers, engineers, product management, and business stakeholders to deliver, and enhance new/existing capabilities.
• Learn new technologies as needed and apply them to business solutions. Stay abreast of new/upcoming technologies in the market.
• Detail orientation with strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Proactive ownership, troubleshooting, and resolution of issues that arise.
• Ensure compliance with NYL security standards.

Benefits

• We provide a full package of benefits for employees - and have unique offerings for a modern workforce, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan repayment programs. Based on feedback from our employees, we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering, so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees