Front-End React Developer-W2

Spectraforce; Newark (NJ); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Prudential Retirement Strategies Technology is seeking a Full Stack Developer/Engineer to join a team focused on delivering scalable financial services applications. You will partner with product owners, designers and engineers to code, test and deploy capabilities that impact customers and operations.

You will work on modern UI with React.js and build robust backend services using Node.js, AWS, and microservices patterns.

Qualifications

• Experience with modern web UI architectures using React.js and hooks.
• Backend development with Node.js and RESTful design principles.
• Experience designing REST/GraphQL APIs and microservices.
• Hands-on AWS cloud services knowledge (EC2, S3, API Gateway, Lambda).
• Containerization with Docker and deployment to AWS ECS or EKS.
• CI/CD automation in AWS environments and monitoring with CloudWatch.

Responsibilities

• Build applications following coding best practices and patterns; contribute to roadmap delivery.
• Develop high-quality, well-documented code aligned with Prudential standards.
• Collaborate with product owners, tech leads and teammates to define stories and designs.
• Write unit, integration and functional tests; investigate defects and fix them.
• Bring knowledge of emerging technologies and opportunities to improve the team.
• Tackle problems of diverse scope requiring data-driven analysis.

Skills

React.js

Node.js

RESTful APIs

GraphQL

AWS

Docker

CI/CD

Cloud infrastructure

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

CloudWatch

Tools

Express/NestJS

AWS ECS/EKS

API Gateway

Job description

Location: Newark, NJ (Hybrid-3 days onsite Tues-Thurs)

Duration: 12 Months (Temp to Hire)

Full Stack Developer/Engineer

Are you interested in building capabilities that enable the organization with innovation, speed, agility, scalability and efficiency. The Retirement Strategies Technology team takes great pride in our culture where digital transformation is built into our DNA! When you join our organization, you’ll unlock an exciting and impactful career – all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the world’s leading financial services institutions.

Your Team & Role

As a Software Engineer on/in Retirement Strategies Technology, you will partner with product owners, tech leads, designers, engineers and delivery professionals. You will code, test and debug new and existing applications as you implement capabilities to solve sophisticated business problems, deploy innovative products, services and experiences to delight our customers! In addition to an applied technical understanding and knowledge, you will bring excellent problem solving, communication and teamwork skills, along with agile ways of working, strong business insight, an inclusive leadership attitude and a continuous learning focus to all that you do.

Here is What You Can Expect on a Typical Day

• Build applications ensuring that the code follows latest coding practices and industry standards, using modern design patterns and architectural principles; with guidance, actively code against the roadmap
• Develop high quality, well documented and efficient code adhering to all applicable Prudential standards
• Collaborate with product owners in understanding needs and defining feature stories, tech leads in defining technical design and other team members to understand the system end-to-end and deliver robust solutions that bring about business impact
• Write unit, integration tests and functional automation, researching problems discovered by quality assurance or product support, developing solutions to address the problems
• Bring an understanding of relevant and emerging technologies, begin to identify opportunities to provide feedback to the team, and embed learning and innovation in the day-to-day
• Work on problems of diverse scope in which analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors

The Skills & Expertise You Bring

• Strong hands-on experience with React.js (hooks, state management, component-based architecture) for building responsive, scalable UIs.
• Solid backend development experience using Node.js (Express/NestJS) and RESTful API design.
• Experience designing and integrating REST/GraphQL 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)