Full Stack Developer

Contract position with a major financial firm.

Hybrid. in Newark, NJ.

Description:

Work closely with business partners to understand needs and transform them into testable components

Employ industry best practices to deliver world-class solutions. Ensure developed solutions remain compliant with all applicable *** standards

Drive software development activities to meet schedules and timelines

Thrives to ensure code quality is high with supporting unit test and automation, and timely delivery

Research problems discovered by quality assurance or product support with a strong sense of ownership and develop solutions to address the problems

Stay abreast of emerging technologies and how they can be applied

Enable change, help accelerate innovation

Demonstrating experience with taking intelligent risks and leveraging a 'test and learn' mentality

Committed to a spirit of authentic partnership – to colleagues both internal and external to the organization

Conduct unit testing and integration testing for functionality

Ensure that software standards, non-functional requirements and quality targets are met

Skills needed:

Solid backend development experience using Java/Python and RESTful API design.

Experience designing and integrating REST APIs and microservices architectures.

Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services (e.g., EC2, S3, API Gateway, Lambda) .

Working knowledge of containerization using Docker and deployment to AWS ECS (or EKS)

Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated deployments in AWS environments

Understanding of cloud infrastructure concepts (VPC, IAM, load balancing, auto scaling)

Proficiency with databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or NoSQL) and query optimization

Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., CloudWatch)

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