Senior Associate - Senior Developer Lead

New York Life • New York, NY

75d • $121,000 - $172,500

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. The Corporate Systems Development division of the New York Life Insurance Company is seeking an experienced senior level Enterprise Java developer to be responsible for detailed technical designs, hands-on development, successful implementation and on-going support of high quality scalable enterprise Java business applications using proven methodologies and technologies while at the same time keeping current with the latest advancements and trends in the Java Enterprise Edition (JEE) platform.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of JEE, Java Technology Stack, SOAP, Restful, SpringBoot, SQL.
• Strong knowledge of Web Development using some of the following: TypeScript, Angular, VueJS or React frameworks.
• Strong understanding of effective, pragmatic application security controls and related industry (e.g. OWASP) best practices.
• Good working knowledge with Team Foundation server, Git.
• Extensive hands on development experience with Cloud development and Storage services will be a plus.
• Understanding of existing and emerging web standards such as HTML5 and Mobile.
• Demonstrated ability to stay current with Application Architecture best practices, existing and emerging technology platforms, architectural and systems engineering industry trends.
• Ability to integrate APIs, write unit test cases, perform System Integration testing (SIT).
• Demonstrates expert understanding of the JEE application development processes.
• Understands architectural issues, and factors them into decisions and recommendations.
• Provides technical leadership in Enterprise Java (JEE) application development.

Nice To Haves

• 8+ years of Java Enterprise Edition (JEE) work experience is required.
• BS in Computer Science is preferred.
• SUN/Oracle Java certified developers preferred.

Responsibilities

• Converts functional specifications of business requirements into programming specifications.
• Designs, codes, documents and implements high quality scalable Enterprise Java solutions.
• Creates and maintains JUnit tests and performs full regression testing.
• Monitors operating efficiency of existing application systems & provides recommendations for improvement.
• Maintains records to document program development and revisions.
• Provides timely technical support and problem resolution for customer inquiries.
• May manage development of small projects or play a key role on a larger project team.
• Functions independently with limited work direction but is also a team player.
• Researches and recommend tools and methodologies for projects.
• Commits to deliverables with customers and management.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop and deliver enterprise quality applications.
• Conduct proofs-of-concept and develop prototypes.
• Work in an Agile Work Environment.

Benefits

• Leave programs
• Adoption assistance
• Student loan repayment programs
• Annual discretionary bonus eligibility
• Incentive program participation eligibility

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Insurance Carriers and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees