Senior Backend Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Advanced Optimization team within Planning Solutions.

Our department, Planning Experience is responsible for our proprietary financial planning platform that lets our advisors deliver multifaceted, dynamic and comprehensive plans that uniquely showcase our conviction for financial planning with insurance and investment solutions.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Demonstrates technical leadership among our team.

• Establishes, aggregates, and shares team standards and standard methodologies within the department.

• Applies working relationships across teams within their division.

• Assesses and provides solutions to system-wide architectural problems.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

• 4-5 years professional experience building Restful API's

• 3-5+ years of experience working with Java, Springboot and Node.JS. Experience with Kafka or Kotlin is a Bonus.

• Database knowledge in SQL and PostgreSQL

• Experience developing solutions using agile methods

• Mentor for the team and department

• Advanced skills in one or more technical platforms

• Capable of presenting between product, engineering, and the business

• Manages own time to meet objectives

• Ability to perform peer reviews on code and design

• Proven understanding of design patterns and architecture

Benefits:

• Tuition reimbursement, commuter plans, and paid time off

• Highly competitive compensation that include base salary plus bonus

• Medical/Dental/Vision plans, 401(k), pension program

$97,930.00

$139,900.00

Please note that this is the standard pay structure. Positions in certain locations (such as California) may provide an increase on the standard pay structure based on the location. Please click here for additional information relating to location-based pay structures.

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age or status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you work or would be working in California, Colorado, New York City, Washington or outside of a Corporate location, please click here for information pertaining to compensation and benefits.

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