Senior Full-Stack Engineer: Vue/Nuxt & AWS

Morningstar; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 114,100 - 193,975; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match up to 6%

Stock ownership potential

Comprehensive health benefits

Sabbatical program

Parental leave

Job summary

Morningstar in Chicago is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with full‑stack JavaScript/TypeScript experience to join the Central Technology Web Development team supporting Corporate Marketing. You’ll help modernize Morningstar’s web marketing platforms, develop new systems, and maintain existing applications.

Candidates should have 3+ years of experience, strong JS/TS skills, and familiarity with Vue/Nuxt or React ecosystems, and AWS.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software development experience, preferably in full-stack JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Experience with modern front-end frameworks such as Vue, Nuxt, React, Next.js, Angular, or similar.
• Familiarity with server-side rendered, statically generated, or universal JavaScript applications.
• Solid understanding of browser fundamentals, including rendering, JavaScript execution, caching, networking, accessibility, and performance.
• Strong JavaScript or TypeScript skills, including asynchronous programming, modular code, package management, and modern build tooling.

Responsibilities

• Develop full-stack web applications using Vue.js, Nuxt 3, TypeScript, Node.js, and AWS.
• Build and maintain server-side rendered and universal web applications, with awareness of routing, hydration, caching, browser behavior, and performance.
• Create reusable front-end components and contribute to component libraries and design-system patterns.
• Build and maintain Node.js-based APIs, middleware, and service integrations, including integrations with headless CMS, analytics, personalization, and third-party platforms.
• Contribute to AI-enabled marketing workflows, including tools that assist with content creation, content migration, schema mapping, personalization, experimentation, and operational automation.
• Support production-quality delivery through testing, debugging, monitoring, accessibility, SEO, security, privacy, and Core Web Vitals improvements.
• Troubleshoot issues across browser behavior, API responses, CMS configuration, cloud infrastructure, and build pipelines.
• Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, documentation, and team planning while continuing to grow technical depth across the stack.

Skills

Vue.js

Nuxt 3

TypeScript

Node.js

REST APIs

AWS

Asynchronous programming

Modular code

Build tooling (Vite/Webpack/Rollup)

Tools

Vue.js

Nuxt 3

React

Next.js

Angular

Vite

Webpack

Rollup

Job description

Morningstar in Chicago is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with full‑stack JavaScript/TypeScript experience to join the Central Technology Web Development team supporting Corporate Marketing. You’ll help modernize Morningstar’s web marketing platforms, develop new systems, and maintain existing applications.

Candidates should have 3+ years of experience, strong JS/TS skills, and familiarity with Vue/Nuxt or React ecosystems, and AWS.