Full Stack Java Developer

Together we fight for everyone’s opportunity for a better financial future.

We will do this together — with customers, partners and colleagues. We will fight for others, not against: We will stand up for and champion everyone’s access to opportunities. The status quo is not good enough … we believe every individual and every community deserves access to financial opportunities. We are determined to support both individuals and communities in reaching a better financial future.  We know that reaching this future depends on our actions today.

Like our Purpose Statement, Voya believes in being bold and committed to action.  We are committed to a work environment where the differences that we are born with — and those we acquire throughout our lives — are understood, valued and intentionally pursued. We believe that our employees own our culture and have a responsibility to foster an environment where we all feel comfortable bringing our whole selves to work. Purposefully bringing our differences together to positively influence our culture, serve our clients and enrich our communities is essential to our vision.

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Note - at this time we are not considering candidates who will now or in the future require sponsorship.

Note - we are focusing on candidates in the eastern time zone and would prefer candidates near an office location (Boston/Braintree MA, Windsor CT, Atlanta)

Job Description:

The Voya Enterprise Digital Technologies team is looking for a full stack Java Developer that can help build our newest and engaging websites, platforms and applications.  You will work with and mentor a team of Java developers in implementing best practices, performing code reviews, architecting solutions, and developing new features as part of an engaging and fast paced work environment.  This position requires a deep understanding of Java and JavaScript, JS frameworks such as Angular and React, microservices architectures and design patterns, business logic processing, and back-end Development.

This individual is responsible for leveraging technology to enable the organization's future-state business capabilities, which can enable or alter business processes or practices that, in turn, drive the organization's targeted business outcomes. 
 

This developer must be capable of practically applying existing, new, and emerging technologies to new and evolving business and operating models. Conversely, they must be able to understand, monetize and operationalize new technologies. The individual in this role develops deliverables that are valuable to the business, including business capabilities, business requirements and workflow.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop coding standards and best practices for new development.
• Assist in the development of software application architecture.
• Analyze, design, code, test, debug, maintain, and document software components in accordance with our software architecture
• Collaborate closely with designer, engineering and product teams to create the best experience for our customers.
• Support other frontend, business logic and backend developers.
• Work with our developer community on enhancements to the component and pattern library, review PRs and publish new releases.
• Mentor junior Frontend Developers

Job Qualifications and Requirements:

• Minimum of 5+ years of full stack Java development experience.
• Minimum 5+ years of microservices development experience
• Strong knowledge of front end technologies including: Angular2, React, Polymer, HTML, and CSS
• Hands on coding experience with Java, Spring boot, Microservices etc.
• Experience with app monitoring, performance engineering, distributed caching, cloud technologies.
• Experience with Responsive Design and Mobile web.
• Develop with Accessibility in mind to meet WCAG 2.1 AA standards.
• Hybrid Mobile development experience a plus
• Automated Testing - Accessibility, Regression, Component, Unit, System • Dependency Management, package managers, etc.
• Experience with creating component libraries or design systems for large scale re-use and deployment.
• Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around such issues
• Familiarity with front-end build tools, such as Grunt and Gulp.js
• Good understanding of SCRUM/agile methodology
• Excellent communication skills, and ability to lead and influence team members and adjacent teams
• Pivotal experience is a plus