Senior Associate - Frontend Developer

Location Designation: Hybrid - 3 days per week 

Our New York Life culture has laid the foundation for over 180 years of commitment to our employees, agents, policy owners, and the communities where we live and work. Here you become a valued part of a welcoming, inclusive, and caring organization with a long-standing legacy in stability and growth. The strength revolves around our diversified, multi-dimensional business portfolio that goes beyond life insurance.

As a Fortune 100 company and industry leader, we provide an environment where you can explore your career ambitions, offering opportunities to tackle meaningful challenges and stretch your skills while balancing work and life priorities.  You will be part of an inclusive team guided by our belief to always be there for each other–providing the support and flexibility to grow and reach new heights while making an impact in the lives of others.

You are our future, and we commit to investing in you accordingly.

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.

As an expert in Digital Front End technologies, lead technical design and implementation efforts that leverage the core capabilities of our digital platforms, bringing web and mobile innovative solutions and experiences that meet/exceed business goals and outcomes.

What You’ll Do:
• Work with Product and UX to analyze/refine requirements and design/implement leading customer experience that drives value and is scalable and secure
• Bridge the gap between high-level architecture developed by platform architects and detail designs created by UI/UX experts
• Working with the ASM and Development team, provide guidance on implementing appropriate monitoring, alerting, and measurements to ensure the health of our environment
• Working with the Digital DevOps team and QA teams to instrument and implement effective automation, realizing both increased productivity and quality
• Provide technical guidance, code reviews, and mentorship to the team on software development best practices using clean code, solid architecture, and craftsmanship
• Integrate APIs and third-party systems as part of the overall architecture
• Optimize site performance to achieve great Core Web Vitals to ensure fast load times and smooth user experience across devices.
• Working with the cloud team, promote and codify platform/cloud engineering best practices as it pertains to application development
• Model strong disciplinary skills through documenting solutions and techniques, ensuring information is available to the team through technical notes and internal knowledge base
 

What You’ll Bring:
• 5+ years of strong experience as a Front-end software developer
• In-depth knowledge in Angular, React, Vue.js, and Next.js
• Expertise in RxJS, Redux, GraphQL
• JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, SCSS
• Experience working with enterprise-level applications and building consumer-facing products
• Experience in API and MicroServices design and implementation
• Experience in AWS cloud infrastructure and application services
• Experience with Responsive Web Design
• Proficiency in UX design tools such as Zeplin and Figma
• Experience building accessible websites that meet WCAG 2.1 compliance
• Experience interpreting wireframe design specs into functional front-end authorable experiences
• Experience leveraging AI-powered tools and frameworks to enhance user interactions, personalize experiences, or streamline front-end development workflows.
• Proven experience working within a distributed technology environment demonstrating ownership and accountability
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and conceptual skills
• Excel at communicating (spoken, written, presentation) with an ability to express technical concepts in business terms
• Ability to negotiate and navigate difficult or ambiguous situations, adapt and work effectively with a variety of situations, individuals and technologies
• Degree in a STEM or Business field or equivalent
• Takes ownership and accountability
• Ability to work a