Join a great place to work with MissionSquare Retirement, a FINANCIAL SERVICES LEADER in public sector employee retirement products and services. Headquartered in Washington, DC, MissionSquare Retirement was founded to provide portable retirement benefits for city and county managers, enabling accumulated retirement assets to be transferred between employers. Today, MissionSquare Retirement serves more than 1.5 million participant accounts, and more than 9,000 retirement plans across the country. We have an extraordinary talent base and invite you to consider joining MissionSquare Retirement's Technology team.
The Senior Engineer, Software (AWS Full Stack) is a member of MissionSquare Retirement’s Technology Engineering and Delivery (TED) team creating MissionSquare’s next generation web applications. The Senior Engineer leverages a strong technical background in AWS Full Stack development to design, develop, test, and implement solutions.
Essential Functions for this role include:
Works with architects, product owners, and business owners to define user stories and acceptance criteria. Develops accurate estimates of story size using story points to enable development planning.
Writes well designed, testable, efficient code within a collaborative agile development environment (both front and back end).
Actively participates in team ceremonies including story and feature demos, planning meetings, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
Develops and executes test plans to verify logic of new or modified programs (unit testing and integration testing).
Follows and contributes to technical processes, coding standards, and guidelines. Implements secure coding best practices in alignment with coding standards. Creates and updates technical documentation.
Provides production support to resolve operational issues in conjunction with other technical and functional teams.
Assists in identifying opportunities for process and procedure improvements to drive efficiency and customer service levels (continuous improvement).
Assists in the evaluation and recommendation of application software packages, application integration and testing tools.
Actively participates in and contributes to team meetings and supports teammates. Encourages innovation, implementation of innovative technologies, inclusion, outside-of-the-box thinking, teamwork, self-organization, and diversity.
Other duties as assigned.
If you have the following skills, we encourage you to apply:
Bachelor’s degree preferred in Information Systems, Engineering, or other related discipline and 3+ years of relevant experience. Or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
3 + years of experience developing web applications as a full stack developer.
At least 3 years in-depth experience and demonstrated proficiency developing in AWS.
Experience working as part of an agile cross-functional team (team-based mentality). Our team members will help other teammates strengthen their full stack skill sets and work together to get the best end results to support business and technology needs.
Experience in financial services or other regulated industries a plus.
Experience with Front end technologies such as React, JavaScript, HTML, CSS. Experience with YAML, JSON
Experience building REST API’s, Java, Spring Boot
Experience with source code repositories such as GIT (AWS Code Commit)
Experience with relational databases (Oracle) including SQL/PLSQL/Procedures/Triggers
Strong solution design and problem-solving skills
Proficiency in Agile development methodologies
Working knowledge of MS Office tools
Development experience in AWS Cloud environments
To benefit your career and support your wellbeing, we offer:
Competitive Total Rewards (compensation and benefits) package, including 401(k) Plan with matching contributions
Varied incentive plans
Flexible/Hybrid work schedules
Wellness programs
Tuition reimbursement
Professional and career development courses
Mentoring programs
Volunteerism program
As a company, MissionSquare Retirement is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to create an environment that reflects the value and diversity of our employees and fosters respect among them. We believe that talent from diverse backgrounds will further enhance our ability, and mission, to serve those who serve their communities.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other protected classifications under any applicable law.
