Lead Applications Developer

Company:

Marsh

Description:

Marsh McLennan is seeking candidates for the following position based in the New York City office

We are looking for Lead applications developer to be part of an agile product development team supporting major global business and technology transformation initiative. Lead Applications Developer is responsible for design and development of complex custom software solutions to support Marsh business requirements, a recognized subject matter expert and a senior individual contributor who manages large-scale projects, solves complex problems, ensures code quality and coaches team members

Lead Applications Developer

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT?

• Oversee the entire life cycle of a software application, creating the design, coding it, and testing the product for functionality and errors, while ensuring that user needs, performance requirements and security standards are met.
• Development of key insurance systems using new open source technical stack and codeless application development platforms in the cloud
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Architects, Business Users and other stakeholders across our organization, contributing towards the successful delivery of business goals whilst adhering to technical strategy, driving innovation promoting reuse through effective solution design
• Located in Marsh New York city office and work alongside the business, operation, and sponsors on the global product roadmap development and refinement activities
• Focus on quality code, automation and good practices
• Proactively contribute to our system architecture and technical stack design, toolset, agile and DevOps approach
• Automate build, test (unit, security, functional and performance) and deployment of the code part of the CI/CD pipeline by working closely with DevOps team

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

• Join the leading professional services company in the areas of risk, strategy and people, with a 150-year heritage of shaping industries, driving innovation and serving the public good
• Work in a global, diverse, forward-thinking environment where everyone is encouraged to be a leader and shape their career
• A fast-paced, exciting, and friendly culture
• Competitive salary, benefits, 401K matching, retail discounts and much more

WE WILL COUNT ON YOU TO:

• Lead Applications Developer owns the design of the application and is responsible for the implementation with the development team and ensure the design is properly incorporated into the deliverables meeting the quality standard
• Act as technical expert and design authority collaborating with the solution architect to implement the solution
• Serve as the central Technical Leader for the Global Product Team, working with other squad Technical Leads in multiple regions to ensure continuous program increment deliveries.
• Provide application design feedback to the project team on an ongoing basis
• Create detailed design, review code deliverables and ensure quality
• Adhere MMC development technical standards, policies and tools
• Responsible for effective application development including integration with other Marsh systems and reusability
• Responsible for operational effectiveness of the environment; adhere to Marsh Product Development Process Framework.
• Proactively contribute to our system architecture and stack design, toolset, agile and DevOps approach
• Collaborate closely with Agile Dev team members, Product Owners and business users and deliver business value
• Automate build, test (unit, functional, security and performance) and deployment of the code part of the CI/CD pipeline by working closely with DevOps team
• Provide technical oversight, direction, guidance to development team and mentors other developers.

WHAT YOU NEED TO HAVE:

• A degree in Computer Science or related field or have relevant experience
• 10+ years of development experience in applications development using Java and JavaScript technologies
• Proven experience as a Lead Applications Developer with hands-on experience in solution design and development
• Extensive experience designing solutions that can be rapidly built, tested and deployed using Agile best practices
• In-depth knowledge of modern software architectures, including microservices, APIs, cloud computing, data insights and modernization patterns
• Experience designing and developing solutions using multiple technologies (e.g., full-stack, low-code/no-code, AI, serverless)
• Experience developing with low-code/no-code and other platform technologies (e.g., Unqork, Power Platform, Mendix)
• Excellent relationship building skills, including the ability to influence and collaborate with senior business and technology partners
• Advanced communication skills at all levels, including the ability to convey complex technical strategy and obstacles to senior business and technology partners

Skills:

• Java, Spring Boot, JavaScript, Node, Angular, React, REST API, JSON
• Developing applications using Unqork code-less platform
• Developing applications using MongoDB
• Microservices based architecture, API Gateway (Apigee/AWS)
• Containerization / Kubernetes
• DevSecOps Tools – GitHub, Azure DevOps/JIRA, Confluence, CI/CD pipelines, Selenium, Sonar, Artifactory, Datadog, Sysdig, SNYK, GitGuardian, Postman

WHAT MAKES YOU STAND OUT?

• Java, MEAN/MERN Stack
• Unqork
• Microservices, REST API, Apigee/AWS API Gateway
• MongoDB
• Application Performance Monitoring (APM) techniques
• AWS Cloud
• Agile

Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC) is the world’s leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people. The Company’s more than 85,000 colleagues advise clients in over 130 countries. With annual revenue of $23 billion, Marsh McLennan helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment through four market-leading businesses. Marsh provides data-driven risk advisory services and insurance solutions to commercial and consumer clients. Guy Carpenter develops advanced risk, reinsurance and capital strategies that help clients grow profitably and pursue emerging opportunities. Mercer delivers advice and technology-driven solutions that help organizations redefine the world of work, reshape retirement and investment outcomes, and unlock health and well being for a changing workforce. Oliver Wyman serves as a critical strategic, economic and brand advisor to private sector and governmental clients. For more information, visit marshmclennan.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, veteran status (including protected veterans), or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by contacting reasonableaccommodations@mmc.com

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person

The applicable base salary range for this role is $105,800 to $211,600.

The base pay offered will be determined on factors such as experience, skills, training, location, certifications, education, and any applicable minimum wage requirements. Decisions will be determined on a case-by-case basis. In addition to the base salary, this position may be eligible for performance-based incentives.

We are excited to offer a competitive total rewards package which includes health and welfare benefits, tuition assistance, 401K savings and other retirement programs as well as employee assistance programs.

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