Lead application developer Princeton NJ

Lead Application Developer
Location: Princeton, NJ
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 Positions: 1
Relocation Assistance: No

Note: Candidates must have 1 to 2 years of professional experience as a Lead Application Developer. 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.

Responsibilities:

1. Implement business logic from business requirements and design specifications.
2. Develop key systems using new open-source technology stack.
3. Focus on quality code, automation, and good practices.
4. Contribute to the Development Center of Excellence in driving up the quality and value of software development and delivery across the enterprise.
5. Proactively contribute to our system architecture and stack design, toolset, agile, and DevOps approach.
6. Collaborate closely with Agile Dev team members, Product Owners, and business users to deliver business value.
7. Develop and test software solutions and review code quality.
8. Automate build, test (unit, functional, and performance), and deployment of the code as part of the CI/CD pipeline by working closely with Platform Engineer.
9. 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.
10. Act as technical design authority collaborating with the solution architect to implement the solution.
11. Provide application design feedback to the project team on an ongoing basis.
12. Review detailed design, code deliverables, and ensure quality.
13. Assist the Enterprise architects in defining, implementing, and overseeing technical standards, policies, and tools.
14. Provide technical oversight to development teams. Work with technical staff to understand problems with software and develop specifications to resolve them.
15. Responsible for effective application development including integration with other systems.
16. Responsible for operational effectiveness of the environment; adhere to Process Framework.
17. Mentor developers on both technical topics and with Agile/DevOps adoption.
18. Estimate Development efforts for new initiatives; help define and build Development teams by working with stakeholders.

What is in it for you?
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:

1. A degree in Computer Science or related field or have relevant experience.
2. 5+ years of development experience in applications/product development using MEAN/MERN Stack.
3. Must have experience or working knowledge of:
1. JavaScript, TypeScript, JSON, XML, HTML, SASS/LESS/CSS.
2. Web platforms such as NODE, Angular, React, MEAN/MERN Stack.
3. Microservices, Micro frontend Architecture, API Management (Apigee).
4. REST API first design and Open API Specification, specifically using Swagger.
5. Agile – TDD (Junit, Mockito, Jasmine, Karma), BDD (Cucumber), Pair Programming, Scrum/Kanban.
6. DevOps – GitHub, Git Actions, Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, Selenium, Artifactory, Docker/Kubernetes, Datadog/Splunk, JMeter, Whitehat.
7. Databases: MongoDB, PostgreSQL, SQL Server.
8. Cloud – Azure, Private Cloud.
9. OS – Linux, VM Architectures.
4. Will be a plus if experience includes:
5. Have developed backend services using NestJS.