Job Description

JOB TITLE:

Front End Developer

LOCATION:

Owings Mills, MD (2 days onsite, 3 days remote. Must be onsite day 1)

DESCRIPTION:

Compass Pointe has partnered with a global financial company in the Owings Mills, MD area that is looking for a Front End Developer. The team is responsible for secure client-direct websites that deliver service and transaction capabilities. This is a hands-on, full development lifecycle role which provides an opportunity to solve complex business, logic, data, and technical challenges.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Designing and developing IT architecture (integrated process, applications, data, and technology) solutions to business problems in alignment with the enterprise architecture direction and standards.
• Engaging and collaborating with teams to identify and deliver solutions that raise the quality of UI engineering in the firm and ultimately improve the experience of users.
• Practicing disciplined software engineering (e.g., automated testing, code reviews, and delivering well written code aligned with best practices).
• Performing technical planning, architecture development, and modification of specifications.
• Developing specifications for new products/services, applications, and service offerings.

 QUALIFICATIONS:

• BS or MS degree in a technical discipline and 5+ years of progressive Software Engineering experience.
• Ability to perform as an expert in multiple parts of the software lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of UI development best practices.
• Strong JavaScript/TypeScript programming skills.
• Extensive professional experience with React (16 or 18) and NodeJS.
• Demonstrated experience with unit testing, E2E testing, and automated testing and techniques.
• Experience in designing and building client-direct websites, including those written by others.
• Ability to converse in many technologies and learn new technologies quickly.
• Excellent communication skills and comfortable presenting ideas to varied audiences.
• Experience with AWS.

PREFFERED:

• Financial industry experience.
• Full-stack experience / Java & Spring Boot experience