Summary

Designs highly functional and scalable Web infrastructures using Angular, NodeJS, GraphQL, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Leads all aspects of mobile Web application development. Designs and consumes RESTful APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) to deliver rich experiences. Delivers, measures, and iterates products and features using Test Driven Development (TDD), automation, and DevSecOps. Designs User Experience (UX) and leads new product development. Draws on in-depth knowledge of the business or function to provide business unit-wide solutions. Researches and recommends new technologies in support of the strategic direction of the business.

Primary Responsibilities:

1. Sets visions, goals, and direction of the team/organization.
2. Plans and leads organization wide initiatives.
3. Consults on the development and delivery of major technology initiatives for the business unit.
4. Sets the technical direction for the software engineering team and defines architectural standards in partnership with other leaders.
5. Provides direct management, coaching, and mentorship for a growing software engineering team, with a specific focus on career development.
6. Partners effectively with other leaders in the group to develop a cohesive and comprehensive technical strategy and roadmap, supporting a range of products.
7. Works closely with business partners to analyze their needs and drive technical decisions in support of these goals.
8. Designs, develops and modifies complex and major software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design.
9. Develops and directs software system testing and validation procedures, programming, and documentation.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, Information Management, Business Administration, or a closely related field and six (6) years of experience as a Director, Front End Development (or closely related occupation) developing real-time transaction services within a financial services or brokerage environment, using Angular and NodeJS.

Or, alternatively, Master’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, Information Management, Business Administration, or a closely related field and four (4) years of experience as a Director, Front End Development (or closely related occupation) developing real-time transaction services within a financial services or brokerage environment, using Angular and NodeJS.

Skills and Knowledge:

Candidate must also possess:

1. Demonstrated Expertise (“DE”) building microservice-based APIs for consumption by applications — mobile applications and Web experiences — according to SOAP and REST standards in a financial services domain, using OSGi, tcSever, Java/Go programming languages, AWS, and Docker.
2. DE developing and delivering secure Web applications in a financial services company, using server-side and client-side technologies – Karma, AngularJS, Angular, NodeJS, and Protractor.js; providing technical support and contributing to large Web applications in a financial planning domain to ensure delivery of consistent experiences, using Learna and NPM, Typescript, and Angular.
3. DE managing the automated continuous integration of Web and Mobile applications using continuous integration tools – Jenkins and SeleniumGrid — by creating Jenkins jobs with validation for quality gates and security; building, deploying, and maintaining build infrastructure; and performing integrated reporting of testing coverage to tools (Sonar) to communicate code quality to the teams and reports for developers and stakeholders to consume.
4. DE writing business functional tests and integration tests in cucumber and gherkin syntax for large applications used in a financial company; and ensuring all business functionalities are covered and all interactions were expected.

Skills

• Development
• TypeScript
• API Integration
• AWS
• Java