Application Developer

Job Description

Application Developer

About Northcross Group

Northcross Group (NCG) is a professional services firm specializing in merger and acquisition integrations, system modernization, and compliance programs for clients in the private and public sectors. We provide industry-specific business solutions and understand the importance of providing the same level of care to the people who will use it and the underlying data. These fundamentals—technology, data, and people—are all a part of the equation for success. We work with clients in the banking/finance, healthcare, transportation, manufacturing, technology, and federal markets.

NCG develops tooling and automated platforms to support its professional services practices and is in the process of deploying a SaaS platform that will make some of its tooling available to broader markets. We have an internal development team that develops, maintains, and continuously improves our automation.

Opportunity Description

NCG’s AppDev Team is seeking an experienced developer with demonstrable experience delivering user-centric applications for business users. This is an exciting opportunity to work with product owners, user focus groups and front- and back-end developers to produce intuitive and fun to use business applications in a DevOps environment.

The position will be based out of either NCG’s Portland, Maine, Marquette, Michigan, or Arlington, Virgina offices.

Role & Responsibilities

We are looking for a hands-on Developer specializing in front-end development. The role will focus on designing and developing interactive applications that support and drive user interaction for business function applications. The role is part of NCG’s AppDev Team.

Responsibilities:

Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle from initial specification through design, development, testing, and launching

Applying human factors and usability considerations into application design

Engage with internal and external stakeholders to capture and develop fit-for-purpose application functions.

Big Picture Awareness: Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure each feature contributes to strategic goals and aligns with user needs.

Anticipate how decisions impact metrics such as ease of use and data integrity

Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code

Maintain a strong understanding of how individual features, user interactions, and backend data management contribute to the overarching business objectives

Create and maintain software documentation

Collaborate with the creative team to match visual design intent

Engage with internal and external clients to ensure successful audience adoption

Keep abreast of industry best practices and implement

Participate in NCG initiatives and contribute positively to our team environment

Qualifications

Required:

Bachelor's degree

At least 4 years of application development experience

Demonstrable professional experience with software engineering practices for the full software development lifecycle, coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build process, testing and operations

Excellent written and verbal communication and exceptional attention to detail

Ability to maintain a strategic perspective, recognizing how each element of an application impacts the business, user engagement, and decision-making processes

Self-motivator with ability to determine appropriate next steps

Demonstrable knowledge of user interface (UI) design

Demonstrable experiences with and skill demonstration in:

Front-end development with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Work with a JavaScript framework like React, Vue, or Angular

Back-end development using web frameworks such as Express (Node.js), Django (Python), or Spring (Java)

Developing web applications with SOA, RESTful, and/or MVC architectures

Mobile App development

Relational database development skills (MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgresSQL)

Development using React.js and/or React Native

Component libraries including MUI/Material-UI, React Bootstrap, Semantic UI

A lower-level language like Java or C#

Basic DevOps, deploying and maintaining client projects

Programming knowledge in SQL, especially within runtime environments like Node.js

Frontend and backend testing frameworks integrated in a CI environment (Cypress, Artillery, SonarQube, Jest)

Benefits

At NCG, we have a commitment to excellence driven by continuous improvement across all areas of our business. We value our team members and offer competitive benefits, work/life balance, and opportunities for advancement. Benefits include:

Competitive salary

Employer-paid Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Employer contributing 401(k) Retirement Benefits

Employer provided Life Insurance and Short- & Long-Term Disability Insurance

Three weeks paid time off

Eleven paid holidays

Tuition and education benefits

To Apply

Please send a resume and cover letter to

Qualified applicants must undergo a successful background check. NCG is an equal opportunity employer.

Full-time