Lead Software Engineer - AWS, IAC, Javascript

Contract to hire position with a major financial firm.

Hybrid in Newark, NJ - 3 days / week.

Looking for a senior AWS developer. Will develop Lambdas and Step Functions. Need to have strong IAC experience - CloudFormation or Terraform.

Javascript, Java.

NOSQL (DynamoDB)

As a Lead Software Engineer on the Retirement Strategies Technology team, you will partner with product owners, tech leads, designers, engineers and delivery professionals to deliver quality platforms and products with speed. You will code, test and debug new and existing applications as you implement capabilities to solve sophisticated business problems, deploy innovative products, services and experiences to delight our customers! In addition to advanced technical expertise and experience, you will bring excellent problem solving, communication and teamwork skills, along with agile ways of working, strong business insight, an inclusive leadership attitude and a continuous learning focus to all that you do.

Here is What You Can Expect on a Typical Day

Build applications ensuring that the code follows latest coding practices and industry standards, using modern design patterns and architectural principles; remove technical impediments

Develop high quality, well documented and efficient code adhering to all applicable standards

Collaborate with product owners in understanding needs and defining feature stories, tech leads in defining technical design and other team members to understand the system end-to-end and deliver robust solutions that bring about business impact

Write unit, integration tests and functional automation, researching problems discovered by quality assurance or product support, developing solutions to address the problems

Bring a strong understanding of relevant and emerging technologies, provide input and coach team members and embed learning and innovation in the day-to-day

Work on complex problems in which analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangible variables.

The Skills & Expertise You Bring

Bachelor of Computer Science or Engineering or experience in related fields

Ability to coach others with minimal guidance and effectively leverage diverse ideas, experiences, thoughts and perspectives to the benefit of the organization

Experience with agile development methodologies and Test-Driven Development (TDD)

Knowledge of business concepts tools and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the company's business

Ability to learn new skills and knowledge on an on-going basis through self-initiative and tackling challenges

Excellent problem solving, communication and collaboration skills

Advanced experience and/or expertise with several of the following:

Programming Languages: Java, JavaScript; working in distributed systems, object oriented programming, design patterns and design methodology; J

Data Store: NoSQL and Relational Data structures;

AWS Core Services across compute, storage, DB, IAM and analytics

Preferred Qualifications:

Strong experience with Domain Driven Development (DDD)

AWS cloud native solution development

Architecture Patterns

Design and critical Thinking

Financial/Insurance industry experience is a plus

People Leadership Experience is a plus.

Experience with agentic frameworks and AI driven development tools is a major plus [Claude Code, GitHub Copilot etc] #LI-LB1