Sr. Applications Architect/Full Stack Developer
- Employer
- Travelers Insurance
- Location
- Hartford, Connecticut
- Salary
- Not Specified
- Closing date
- Jul 15, 2019
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- Category
- IT
- Job Type
- Not Specified
- Career Level
- Not Specified
Job Details
This is a excellent opportunity for a Senior Architect and Full Stack Engineer with strength in building Web Applications using modern JavaScript framework and Microservices architectural pattern. The resource should have broad experience designing, building, deploy, and monitoring large scale systems in complex enterprise environments with back ground in user centric design employing agile/lean development methodology. The ideal candidate should be able to operate at conceptual / technical architecture level and at the same time able to build the solution and take it to production as part of lean engineering team.
Additionally, the preferred candidate will be able to contribute in the following areas:
* Ability to lead technical direction and solution design with teams
* Work with Product Owners and incorporate user feedback into solutions as part of continuous delivery environment.
* Ability to run multiple tracks of work at the same time crossing various engineering teams
* Understanding of various tradeoffs and ability to make decision balancing security, performance, delivery timeline, testability, maintainability, and production monitoring for medium to large system complexity in a cloud-based environment
Bachelor's degree in a related field preferred. 5 years of experience in enterprise, application, and/or information architecture preferred.
Communication
1. Communicate with various stakeholders on various levels and able to articulate the technical solution in terms of business benefit
2. Communicate with various technical resources within Business Insurance on both delivery and architecture levels.
3. Ability to translate between Business and Technical and vice versa
4. Ability to negotiate tradeoffs with business and technical stakeholders
5. Hard Skills
* Full-stack web development experience
* Modern JavaScript frameworks such as React, Vue, or ExtJs
* Programming in one or more of the following: NodeJS, Java or .Net Core
* Microservices architecture pattern and APIs development
* End to end understanding and ability to diagnose performance issues across transactions path in a cloud-based environment
* Knowledge of Docker
* Familiar with Web Application Security including SSO mechanisms
* MongoDB or NoSQL equivalent database experience
* Experience with CI/CD, Unit Testing and continuous integration like Gitlab-CI
* Apache SOLR search engine experience and Exposure to Apache Kafka would be a plus
* Ability to quickly pick up new technologies
* Excellent communication & interpersonal skills
Travelers is an equal opportunity employer.
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WHO WE ARE
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For more than 160 years Travelers has earned a reputation as a leader in personal, business and specialty insurance because we take care of our customers. When you work at Travelers, life’s most important moments become your life’s work. That means helping families feel secure, businesses to prosper, knowing that you’ve made a difference, and feeling like you belong to something bigger.
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