Sr. Software Engineer/ Developer

ettain group; Westlake (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in Texas is seeking a skilled developer for a contract role focused on developing and maintaining an Investing Desktop Platform. The ideal candidate will have expertise in JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3, as well as experience in SaaS or PaaS environments. Responsibilities include conducting technical analyses, mentoring team members, and providing 24/7 on-call support. This is a contract to hire opportunity in a collaborative work environment that values innovation and diverse perspectives.

Qualifications

• Experience in a SaaS and/or PaaS environment highly desirable.
• Expertise in modern client-side programming concepts.
• Experience with responsive web design through CSS3.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Investing Desktop Platform.
• Conduct technical and functional analysis.
• Mentor team members and provide technical guidance.
• Perform unit and integration testing.

Skills

JavaScript programming

Client-side development

HTML5

CSS3

Web technologies

SQL database technologies

NoSQL database technologies

Tools

Node.js

Angular.js

Bootstrap

Git

WPF

WCF

Job description

An American multinationalfinancial services corporation. It is one of the largest mutual fund and financial services groups in the world!

A company that is committed to innovation and being an industry leader by investing in technology.

We reward ambitious, passionate individuals with a work environment that fosters diversity, teamwork and collaboration as well as encourages innovative ideas and fresh thinking. We recognize the value that employees’ individual differences can contribute to the bright and strong future of our company.

Job Description

Primary Responsibilities

• You will be a technical contributor and responsible for the development and maintenance of an Investing Desktop Platform
• You will performs technical and functional analysis of moderately complex scope
• You will develops proof of concepts and applications of advanced complex scope
• Provide technical guidance, train and mentor other team members.
• Providing 24 x 7 on-call support on a weekly rotating basis for applications in production
• Performs unit and integration testing.
• Responsible for all phases of the development lifecycle - requirements gathering, design, coding, testing and deployment of the functionality.

Qualifications

• Experience in a SaaS and/or PaaS environment highly desirable
• Expertise in one or more of the following:
  • JavaScript programming on both the client and the server (e.g. Bootstrap, jQuery UI, Node.js, Backbone.js, Angular.js etc.)
  • Using leading industry standard technologies: ESB, Web API, etc.
  • Web technologies (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript frameworks, e.g., MEAN stack)

• Experience in configuring client side development environments, build tools and tests utilizing modern client side programming concepts (e.g. AMD, TDD, CI, Grunt, Git, SASS)

The following are considered a plus, but not required:

• Expertise in making use of Cascading Style Sheets CSS3 features & CSS frameworks to implement responsive web design
• Expertise developing large scale rich UI applications on .NET platform (WPF or .NET MVC)
• Expert Knowledge of .NET 4.0/4.5 framework, hands on experience with WPF & WCF framework
• Recent hands on, i.e., ability to demonstrate expert level software development experience
• Proficiency with both SQL and NoSQL database technologies (Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB etc.)

Additional Information

6 Months Contract to Hire

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Job Location