Lead Applications Developer

About

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.

What You Can Expect?

Lead Applications Developer is responsible for developing complex custom software solutions.

In this role you will:

• Conduct Code reviews
• 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:

• Perform code reviews
• 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 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 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
• Must have experience or working knowledge of: Web platforms such as NODE, Angular, React, MEAN/MERN Stack
• Must have experience or working knowledge of: Microservices, Micro frontend Architecture, API Management (Apigee)
• Must have experience or working knowledge of: REST API first design and Open API Specification, specifically using Swagger
• Must have experience or working knowledge of: Agile – TDD (Junit, Mockito, Jasmine, Karma) BDD (Cucumber) Pair Programming, Scrum/Kanban
• Must have experience or working knowledge of: DevOps – GitHub, Git Actions, Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, Selenium, Artifactory, Docker/Kubernetes, Datadog/Splunk, JMeter, Whitehat
• Must have experience or working knowledge of: Databases: MongoDB, PostgreSQL, SQL Server
• Must have experience or working knowledge of: Cloud – Azure, Private Cloud
• Must have experience or working knowledge of: OS – Linux, VM Architectures

Will be a plus if experience includes:

• Have developed backend services using NestJS

Additional Information:

Vertex Solutions Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, religion, age, citizenship, sex, marital or veteran status, disability or handicap, sexual orientation or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

Only direct W2 candidates - NO candidates from 3rd parties will be considered